trigger.get
Description
integer/array trigger.get(object parameters)
The method allows to retrieve triggers according to the given parameters.
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 from the given host 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. |
| applicationids | string/array | Return only triggers that contain items from the given applications. |
| functions | string/array | Return only triggers that use the given functions.
Refer to the supported trigger functions page for a list of supported functions. |
| group | string | Return only triggers that belong to hosts from the host groups with the given name. |
| host | string | Return only triggers that belong to hosts with the given 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| expandData | flag | Return additional data about the first host in the trigger expression.
Adds the following properties to each trigger: |
| expandComment | flag | Expand macros in the trigger comment. |
| expandDescription | flag | Expand macros in the name of the trigger. |
| expandExpression | flag | Expand functions and macros in the trigger expression. |
| selectGroups | query | Return the host groups that the trigger belongs to in the groups 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 represents the functions used in the trigger expression and has the following properties: |
| 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. |
| 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: |
| limitSelects | integer | Limits the number of records returned by subselects.
Applies to the following subselects: |
| sortfield | string/array | Sort the result by the given properties.
Possible values are: |
| countOutput | flag | These parameters being common for all get methods are described in detail in the reference commentary page. |
| editable | boolean | |
| excludeSearch | flag | |
| limit | integer | |
| nodeids | string/array | |
| output | query | |
| preservekeys | flag | |
| search | object | |
| searchByAny | boolean | |
| searchWildcardsEnabled | boolean | |
| sortorder | string/array | |
| startSearch | flag | |
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”.
Request:
{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "trigger.get", "params": { "triggerids": "14062", "output": "extend", "selectFunctions": "extend" }, "auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e", "id": 1 }
Response:
{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "result": [ { "functions": [ { "functionid": "13513", "itemid": "24350", "function": "diff", "parameter": "0" } ], "triggerid": "14062", "expression": "{13513}>0", "description": "/etc/passwd has been changed on {HOST.NAME}", "url": "", "status": "0", "value": "0", "priority": "2", "lastchange": "0", "comments": "", "error": "", "templateid": "10016", "type": "0", "state": "0", "flags": "0" } ], "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.
Request:
{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "trigger.get", "params": { "output": [ "triggerid", "description", "priority" ], "filter": { "value": 1 }, "sortfield": "priority", "sortorder": "DESC" }, "auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e", "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 }
See also
Source
CTrigger::get() in frontends/php/api/classes/CTrigger.php.
Data source: Zabbix