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trigger.get
Description
integer/array trigger.get(object parameters)
The method allows to retrieve triggers 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 |
|---|---|---|
| triggerids | string/array | Return only triggers with the given IDs. |
| groupids | string/array | Return only triggers that belong to hosts or templates from the given host groups or template groups. |
| templateids | string/array | Return only triggers that belong to the given templates. |
| hostids | string/array | Return only triggers that belong to the given hosts. |
| itemids | string/array | Return only triggers that contain the given items. |
| functions | string/array | Return only triggers that use the given functions. Refer to the supported function page for a list of supported functions. |
| group | string | Return only triggers that belong to hosts or templates from the host group or template group with the given name. |
| host | string | Return only triggers that belong to host with the given technical name. |
| inherited | boolean | If set to true return only triggers inherited from a template. |
| templated | boolean | If set to true return only triggers that belong to templates. |
| dependent | boolean | If set to true return only triggers that have dependencies. If set to false return only triggers that do not have dependencies. |
| monitored | flag | Return only enabled triggers that belong to monitored hosts and contain only enabled items. |
| active | flag | Return only enabled triggers that belong to monitored hosts. |
| maintenance | boolean | If set to true return only enabled triggers that belong to hosts in maintenance. |
| withUnacknowledgedEvents | flag | Return only triggers that have unacknowledged events. |
| withAcknowledgedEvents | flag | Return only triggers with all events acknowledged. |
| withLastEventUnacknowledged | flag | Return only triggers with the last event unacknowledged. |
| skipDependent | flag | Skip triggers in a problem state that are dependent on other triggers. Note that the other triggers are ignored if disabled, have disabled items or disabled item hosts. |
| lastChangeSince | timestamp | Return only triggers that have changed their state after the given time. |
| lastChangeTill | timestamp | Return only triggers that have changed their state before the given time. |
| only_true | flag | Return only triggers that have recently been in a problem state. |
| min_severity | integer | Return only triggers with severity greater or equal than the given severity. |
| evaltype | integer | Rules for tag searching. Possible values: 0 - (default) And/Or; 2 - Or. |
| tags | array of objects | Return only triggers with given tags. Exact match by tag and case-sensitive or case-insensitive search by tag value depending on operator value. Format: [{"tag": "<tag>", "value": "<value>", "operator": "<operator>"}, ...].An empty array returns all triggers. Possible operator types: 0 - (default) Like; 1 - Equal; 2 - Not like; 3 - Not equal 4 - Exists; 5 - Not exists. |
| expandComment | flag | Expand macros in the trigger description. |
| expandDescription | flag | Expand macros in the name of the trigger. |
| expandExpression | flag | Expand functions and macros in the trigger expression. |
| selectHostGroups | query | Return the host groups that the trigger belongs to in the hostgroups property. |
| selectHosts | query | Return the hosts that the trigger belongs to in the hosts property. |
| selectItems | query | Return items contained by the trigger in the items property. |
| selectFunctions | query | Return functions used in the trigger in the functions property.The function objects represent the functions used in the trigger expression and has the following properties: functionid - (string) ID of the function;itemid - (string) ID of the item used in the function;function - (string) name of the function;parameter - (string) parameter passed to the function. Query parameter is replaced by $ symbol in returned string. |
| selectDependencies | query | Return triggers that the trigger depends on in the dependencies property. |
| selectDiscoveryRule | query | Return the low-level discovery rule that created the trigger. |
| selectLastEvent | query | Return the last significant trigger event in the lastEvent property. |
| selectTags | query | Return the trigger tags in tags property. |
| selectTemplateGroups | query | Return the template groups that the trigger belongs to in the templategroups property. |
| selectTriggerDiscovery | query | Return the trigger discovery object in the triggerDiscovery property. The trigger discovery objects link the trigger to a trigger prototype from which it was created.It has the following properties: parent_triggerid - (string) ID of the trigger prototype from which the trigger has been created. |
| filter | object | Return only those results that exactly match the given filter. Accepts an array, where the keys are property names, and the values are either a single value or an array of values to match against. Supports additional filters: host - technical name of the host that the trigger belongs to;hostid - ID of the host that the trigger belongs to. |
| 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: triggerid, description, status, priority, lastchange, hostname. |
| countOutput | boolean | These parameters being common for all get methods are described in detail in the reference commentary page. |
| editable | boolean | |
| excludeSearch | boolean | |
| limit | integer | |
| output | query | |
| preservekeys | boolean | |
| search | object | |
| searchByAny | boolean | |
| searchWildcardsEnabled | boolean | |
| sortorder | string/array | |
| startSearch | boolean | |
| selectGroups (deprecated) |
query | This parameter is deprecated, please use selectHostGroups or selectTemplateGroups instead.Return the host groups and template groups that the trigger belongs to in the groups property. |
Return values
(integer/array) Returns either:
- an array of objects;
- the count of retrieved objects, if the
countOutputparameter has been used.
Examples
Retrieving data by trigger ID
Retrieve all data and the functions used in trigger "14062".
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "trigger.get",
"params": {
"triggerids": "14062",
"output": "extend",
"selectFunctions": "extend"
},
"id": 1
}Response:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"result": [
{
"triggerid": "14062",
"expression": "{13513}<10m",
"description": "{HOST.NAME} has been restarted (uptime < 10m)",
"url": "",
"status": "0",
"value": "0",
"priority": "2",
"lastchange": "0",
"comments": "The host uptime is less than 10 minutes",
"error": "",
"templateid": "10016",
"type": "0",
"state": "0",
"flags": "0",
"recovery_mode": "0",
"recovery_expression": "",
"correlation_mode": "0",
"correlation_tag": "",
"manual_close": "0",
"opdata": "",
"event_name": "",
"uuid": "",
"url_name": "",
"functions": [
{
"functionid": "13513",
"itemid": "24350",
"triggerid": "14062",
"parameter": "$",
"function": "last"
}
]
}
],
"id": 1
}Retrieving triggers in problem state
Retrieve the ID, name and severity of all triggers in problem state and sort them by severity in descending order.
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "trigger.get",
"params": {
"output": [
"triggerid",
"description",
"priority"
],
"filter": {
"value": 1
},
"sortfield": "priority",
"sortorder": "DESC"
},
"id": 1
}Response:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"result": [
{
"triggerid": "13907",
"description": "Zabbix self-monitoring processes < 100% busy",
"priority": "4"
},
{
"triggerid": "13824",
"description": "Zabbix discoverer processes more than 75% busy",
"priority": "3"
}
],
"id": 1
}Retrieving a specific trigger with tags
Retrieve a specific trigger with tags.
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "trigger.get",
"params": {
"output": [
"triggerid",
"description"
],
"selectTags": "extend",
"triggerids": [
"17578"
]
},
"id": 1
}Response:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"result": [
{
"triggerid": "17370",
"description": "Service status",
"tags": [
{
"tag": "service",
"value": "{{ITEM.VALUE}.regsub(\"Service (.*) has stopped\", \"\\1\")}"
},
{
"tag": "error",
"value": ""
}
]
}
],
"id": 1
}See also
Source
CTrigger::get() in ui/include/classes/api/services/CTrigger.php.