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script.execute
Description
object script.execute(object parameters)
This method allows to run a script on a host or event. Except for URL type scripts. Those are not executable.
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 containing the ID of the script to run and either the ID of the host or the ID of the event.
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| scriptid | string | ID of the script to run. Parameter behavior: - required |
| hostid | string | ID of the host to run the script on. Parameter behavior: - required if eventid is not set |
| eventid | string | ID of the event to run the script on. Parameter behavior: - required if hostid is not set |
Return values
(object) Returns the result of script execution.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| response | string | Whether the script was run successfully. Possible value - success. |
| value | string | Script output. |
| debug | object | Contains a debug object if a webhook script is executed. For other script types, it contains empty object. |
Examples
Run a webhook script
Run a webhook script that sends HTTP request to external service.
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "script.execute",
"params": {
"scriptid": "4",
"hostid": "30079"
},
"id": 1
}Response:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"result": {
"response": "success",
"value": "{\"status\":\"sent\",\"timestamp\":\"1611235391\"}",
"debug": {
"logs": [
{
"level": 3,
"ms": 480,
"message": "[Webhook Script] HTTP status: 200."
}
],
"ms": 495
}
},
"id": 1
}Run a custom script
Run a "ping" script on a host.
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "script.execute",
"params": {
"scriptid": "1",
"hostid": "30079"
},
"id": 1
}Response:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"result": {
"response": "success",
"value": "PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.\n64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_req=1 ttl=64 time=0.074 ms\n64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_req=2 ttl=64 time=0.030 ms\n64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_req=3 ttl=64 time=0.030 ms\n\n--- 127.0.0.1 ping statistics ---\n3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 1998ms\nrtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.030/0.044/0.074/0.022 ms\n",
"debug": []
},
"id": 1
}Source
CScript::execute() in ui/include/classes/api/services/CScript.php.