hostgroup.get

Description

integer/array hostgroup.get(object parameters)

The method allows to retrieve host groups according to the given parameters.

This method is available to users of any type. Permissions to call the method can be revoked in user role settings. See User roles for more information.

Parameters

(object) Parameters defining the desired output.

The method supports the following parameters.

Parameter	Type	Description
graphids	string/array	Return only host groups that contain hosts with the given graphs.
groupids	string/array	Return only host groups with the given host group IDs.
hostids	string/array	Return only host groups that contain the given hosts.
maintenanceids	string/array	Return only host groups that are affected by the given maintenances.
triggerids	string/array	Return only host groups that contain hosts with the given triggers.
with_graphs	flag	Return only host groups that contain hosts with graphs.
with_graph_prototypes	flag	Return only host groups that contain hosts with graph prototypes.
with_hosts	flag	Return only host groups that contain hosts.
with_httptests	flag	Return only host groups that contain hosts with web checks. Overrides the `with_monitored_httptests` parameter.
with_items	flag	Return only host groups that contain hosts with items. Overrides the `with_monitored_items` and `with_simple_graph_items` parameters.
with_item_prototypes	flag	Return only host groups that contain hosts with item prototypes. Overrides the `with_simple_graph_item_prototypes` parameter.
with_simple_graph_item_prototypes	flag	Return only host groups that contain hosts with item prototypes, which are enabled for creation and have numeric type of information.
with_monitored_httptests	flag	Return only host groups that contain hosts with enabled web checks.
with_monitored_hosts	flag	Return only host groups that contain monitored hosts.
with_monitored_items	flag	Return only host groups that contain hosts with enabled items. Overrides the `with_simple_graph_items` parameter.
with_monitored_triggers	flag	Return only host groups that contain hosts with enabled triggers. All of the items used in the trigger must also be enabled.
with_simple_graph_items	flag	Return only host groups that contain hosts with numeric items.
with_triggers	flag	Return only host groups that contain hosts with triggers. Overrides the `with_monitored_triggers` parameter.
selectDiscoveryRule	query	Return a discoveryRule property with the LLD rule that created the host group.
selectGroupDiscovery	query	Return a `groupDiscovery` property with the host group discovery object. The host group discovery object links a discovered host group to a host group prototype and has the following properties: `groupid` - `(string)` ID of the discovered host group; `lastcheck` - `(timestamp)` time when the host group was last discovered; `name` - `(string)` name of the host group prototype; `parent_group_prototypeid` - `(string)` ID of the host group prototype from which the host group has been created; `ts_delete` - `(timestamp)` time when a host group that is no longer discovered will be deleted.
selectHosts	query	Return a hosts property with the hosts that belong to the host group. Supports `count`.
limitSelects	integer	Limits the number of records returned by subselects. Applies to the following subselects: `selectHosts` - results will be sorted by `host`.
sortfield	string/array	Sort the result by the given properties. Possible values: `groupid`, `name`.
countOutput	boolean	These parameters being common for all `get` methods are described in detail in the reference commentary page.
editable	boolean
excludeSearch	boolean
filter	object
limit	integer
output	query
preservekeys	boolean
search	object
searchByAny	boolean
searchWildcardsEnabled	boolean
sortorder	string/array
startSearch	boolean
monitored_hosts (deprecated)	flag	This parameter is deprecated, please use `with_monitored_hosts` instead. Return only host groups that contain monitored hosts.
real_hosts (deprecated)	flag	This parameter is deprecated, please use `with_hosts` instead. Return only host groups that contain hosts.

Return values

(integer/array) Returns either:

an array of objects;
the count of retrieved objects, if the countOutput parameter has been used.

Examples

Retrieving data by name

Retrieve all data about two host groups named "Zabbix servers" and "Linux servers".

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "hostgroup.get",
           "params": {
               "output": "extend",
               "filter": {
                   "name": [
                       "Zabbix servers",
                       "Linux servers"
                   ]
               }
           },
           "id": 1
       }

Response:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "result": [
               {
                   "groupid": "2",
                   "name": "Linux servers",
                   "internal": "0"
               },
               {
                   "groupid": "4",
                   "name": "Zabbix servers",
                   "internal": "0"
               }
           ],
           "id": 1
       }

Source

CHostGroup::get() in ui/include/classes/api/services/CHostGroup.php.

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