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item.create
Description
object item.create(object/array items)
This method allows to create new items.
Web items cannot be created via the Zabbix API.
This method is only available to Admin and Super admin user types. Permissions to call the method can be revoked in user role settings. See User roles for more information.
Parameters
(object/array) Items to create.
Additionally to the standard item properties, the method accepts the following parameters.
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| preprocessing | array | Item preprocessing options. |
| tags | array | Item tags. |
Restituisce i valori
(object) Restituisce un oggetto contenente gli ID degli oggetti creati sotto la proprietà itemids. L'ordine degli ID restituiti corrisponde a ordine degli oggetti passati.
Esempi
Creating an item
Create a numeric Zabbix agent item with 2 item tags to monitor free disk space on host with ID "30074".
Request:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "item.create",
"params": {
"name": "Free disk space on /home/joe/",
"key_": "vfs.fs.size[/home/joe/,free]",
"hostid": "30074",
"type": 0,
"value_type": 3,
"interfaceid": "30084",
"tags": [
{
"tag": "Disc usage"
},
{
"tag": "Equipment",
"value": "Workstation"
}
],
"delay": "30s"
},
"auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
"id": 1
}Response:
Creating a host inventory item
Create a Zabbix agent item to populate the host's "OS" inventory field.
Request:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "item.create",
"params": {
"name": "uname",
"key_": "system.uname",
"hostid": "30021",
"type": 0,
"interfaceid": "30007",
"value_type": 1,
"delay": "10s",
"inventory_link": 5
},
"auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
"id": 1
}Response:
Creating an item with preprocessing
Create an item using custom multiplier.
Request:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "item.create",
"params": {
"name": "Device uptime",
"key_": "sysUpTime",
"hostid": "11312",
"type": 4,
"snmp_oid": "SNMPv2-MIB::sysUpTime.0",
"value_type": 1,
"delay": "60s",
"units": "uptime",
"interfaceid": "1156",
"preprocessing": [
{
"type": "1",
"params": "0.01",
"error_handler": "1",
"error_handler_params": ""
}
]
},
"auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
"id": 1
}Response:
Creating dependent item
Create a dependent item for the master item with ID 24759. Only dependencies on the same host are allowed, therefore master and the dependent item should have the same hostid.
Request:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "item.create",
"params": {
"hostid": "30074",
"name": "Dependent test item",
"key_": "dependent.item",
"type": "18",
"master_itemid": "24759",
"value_type": "2"
},
"auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
"id": 1
}Response:
Create HTTP agent item
Create POST request method item with JSON response preprocessing.
Request:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "item.create",
"params": {
"url":"http://127.0.0.1/http.php",
"query_fields": [
{
"mode":"json"
},
{
"min": "10"
},
{
"max": "100"
}
],
"interfaceid": "1",
"type":"19",
"hostid":"10254",
"delay":"5s",
"key_":"json",
"name":"http agent example JSON",
"value_type":"0",
"output_format":"1",
"preprocessing": [
{
"type": "12",
"params": "$.random"
}
]
},
"auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
"id": 2
}Response:
Create script item
Create a simple data collection using a script item.
Request:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "item.create",
"params": {
"name": "Script example",
"key_": "custom.script.item",
"hostid": "12345",
"type": 21,
"value_type": 4,
"params": "var request = new CurlHttpRequest();\nreturn request.Post(\"https://postman-echo.com/post\", JSON.parse(value));",
"parameters": [{
"name": "host",
"value": "{HOST.CONN}"
}],
"timeout": "6s",
"delay": "30s"
},
"auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
"id": 2
}Response:
Fonte
CItem::create() in ui/include/classes/api/services/CItem.php.