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Event object
The following objects are directly related to the event API.
Event
Events are created by the Zabbix server and cannot be modified via the API.
The event object has the following properties.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| eventid | ID | ID of the event. |
| source | integer | Type of the event. Possible values: 0 - event created by a trigger; 1 - event created by a discovery rule; 2 - event created by active agent autoregistration; 3 - internal event; 4 - event created on service status update. |
| object | integer | Type of object that is related to the event. Possible values if source is set to "event created by a trigger":0 - trigger. Possible values if source is set to "event created by a discovery rule":1 - discovered host; 2 - discovered service. Possible values if source is set to "event created by active agent autoregistration":3 - auto-registered host. Possible values if source is set to "internal event":0 - trigger; 4 - item; 5 - LLD rule. Possible values if source is set to "event created on service status update":6 - service. |
| objectid | ID | ID of the related object. |
| acknowledged | integer | Whether the event has been acknowledged. |
| clock | timestamp | Time when the event was created. |
| ns | integer | Nanoseconds when the event was created. |
| name | string | Resolved event name. |
| value | integer | State of the related object. Possible values if source is set to "event created by a trigger" or "event created on service status update":0 - OK; 1 - problem. Possible values if source is set to "event created by a discovery rule":0 - host or service up; 1 - host or service down; 2 - host or service discovered; 3 - host or service lost. Possible values if source is set to "internal event":0 - "normal" state; 1 - "unknown" or "not supported" state. Property behavior: - supported if source is set to "event created by a trigger", "event created by a discovery rule", "internal event", or "event created on service status update" |
| severity | integer | Event current severity. Possible values: 0 - not classified; 1 - information; 2 - warning; 3 - average; 4 - high; 5 - disaster. |
| r_eventid | ID | ID of the recovery event. |
| c_eventid | ID | ID of the event that was used to override (close) current event under global correlation rule. See correlationid to identify exact correlation rule.This parameter is only defined when the event is closed by global correlation rule. |
| cause_eventid | ID | ID of the cause event. |
| correlationid | ID | ID of the correlation rule that generated closing of the problem. This parameter is only defined when the event is closed by global correlation rule. |
| userid | ID | ID of the user that closed the event (if the event was closed manually). |
| suppressed | integer | Whether the event is suppressed. Possible values: 0 - event is in normal state; 1 - event is suppressed. |
| opdata | string | Operational data with expanded macros. |
| urls | array | Active media type URLs. |
Event tag
The event tag object has the following properties.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| tag | string | Event tag name. |
| value | string | Event tag value. |
Media type URL
The media type URL object has the following properties.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| name | string | Media type defined URL name. |
| url | string | Media type defined URL value. |
Results will contain entries only for active media types with enabled event menu entry. Macro used in properties will be expanded, but if one of the properties contains an unexpanded macro, both properties will be excluded from results. For supported macros, see Supported macros.