usermacro.get

Description

integer/array usermacro.get(object parameters)

The method allows to retrieve host and global macros 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
globalmacro	flag	Return global macros instead of host macros.
globalmacroids	ID/array	Return only global macros with the given IDs.
groupids	ID/array	Return only host macros that belong to hosts or templates from the given host groups or template groups.
hostids	ID/array	Return only macros that belong to the given hosts or templates.
hostmacroids	ID/array	Return only host macros with the given IDs.
inherited	boolean	If set to `true` return only host prototype user macros inherited from a template.
selectHostGroups	query	Return host groups that the host macro belongs to in the `hostgroups` property. Used only when retrieving host macros.
selectHosts	query	Return hosts that the host macro belongs to in the `hosts` property. Used only when retrieving host macros.
selectTemplateGroups	query	Return template groups that the template macro belongs to in the `templategroups` property. Used only when retrieving template macros.
selectTemplates	query	Return templates that the host macro belongs to in the `templates` property. Used only when retrieving host macros.
sortfield	string/array	Sort the result by the given properties. Possible values: `macro`.
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
selectGroups (deprecated)	query	This parameter is deprecated, please use `selectHostGroups` or `selectTemplateGroups` instead. Return host groups and template groups that the host macro belongs to in the `groups` property. Used only when retrieving host macros.

Return values

(integer/array) Returns either:

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

Examples

Retrieving host macros for a host

Retrieve all host macros defined for host "10198".

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "usermacro.get",
           "params": {
               "output": "extend",
               "hostids": "10198"
           },
           "id": 1
       }

Response:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "result": [
               {
                   "hostmacroid": "9",
                   "hostid": "10198",
                   "macro": "{$INTERFACE}",
                   "value": "eth0",
                   "description": "",
                   "type": "0",
                   "automatic": "0"
               },
               {
                   "hostmacroid": "11",
                   "hostid": "10198",
                   "macro": "{$SNMP_COMMUNITY}",
                   "value": "public",
                   "description": "",
                   "type": "0",
                   "automatic": "0"
               }
           ],
           "id": 1
       }

Retrieving global macros

Retrieve all global macros.