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get()

Available since version: 1.8
This function allows you to retrieve event details based on filtering options. All parameters are optional. If parameter is set in query this option counted as ON, except if parameter is equal to NULL.

Parameters

Parameter Type Description Details
nodeids array Node IDs
groupids array Host group IDs
hostids array Host IDs
triggerids array Trigger IDs
eventids array Event IDs
editable integer only with read-write permission. Ignored for SuperAdmins
object integer Event object
value integer Event status
source integer Event source
acknowledged integer Acknowledged events
hide_unknown integer Hide unknown events
time_from integer Events since specified date Unix timestamp
time_till integer Events till specified date Unix timestamp
eventid_from integer Events with IDs greater or equal than specified
eventid_till integer Events with IDs less or equal than specified
output string Output options Values: shorten, refer, extend
select_hosts string Select hosts Values: shorten, refer, extend
select_items string Select items Values: shorten, refer, extend
select_triggers string Select event triggers Values: shorten, refer, extend
countOutput integer Count events, return the number of events found
preservekeys integer Return hash instead of array Keys of hash are object IDs
sortfield string Sort by event field Values: eventid,clock
sortorder string Sort order Values: ASC, DESC
limit int max number of event objects to return

Returns

Parameter Description
result Operation successful. Result will contain array of Event objects.
error In case of any errors

Example

Get last 10 events for specified period:

{
       "jsonrpc": "2.0",
       "method": "event.get",
       "params": {
           "time_from": "1284910040",
           "time_till": "1284991200",
           "output": "extend",
           "sortfield": "clock",
           "sortorder": "desc",
           "limit": 10
       },
       "auth": "6f38cddc44cfbb6c1bd186f9a220b5a0",
       "id": 2
       }

Retrieved events details:

{
       "jsonrpc": "2.0",
       "result": [{
           "eventid": "100100000884382",
           "source": "0",
           "object": "0",
           "objectid": "100100000064507",
           "clock": "1284910089",
           "value": "1",
           "acknowledged": "0"
       },{
           "eventid": "100100000884383",
           "source": "0",
           "object": "0",
           "objectid": "100100000064661",
           "clock": "1284910089",
           "value": "1",
           "acknowledged": "0"
       },{
           "eventid": "100100000884385",
           "source": "0",
           "object": "0",
           "objectid": "100100000064661",
           "clock": "1284910118",
           "value": "0",
           "acknowledged": "0"
       },{
           "eventid": "100100000884384",
           "source": "0",
           "object": "0",
           "objectid": "100100000064507",
           "clock": "1284910119",
           "value": "0",
           "acknowledged": "0"
       },{
           "eventid": "100100000884386",
           "source": "0",
           "object": "0",
           "objectid": "100100000064661",
           "clock": "1284910176",
           "value": "1",
           "acknowledged": "0"
       },{
           "eventid": "100100000884387",
           "source": "0",
           "object": "0",
           "objectid": "100100000064661",
           "clock": "1284910206",
           "value": "0",
           "acknowledged": "0"
       },{
           "eventid": "100100000884388",
           "source": "0",
           "object": "0",
           "objectid": "100100000064661",
           "clock": "1284910326",
           "value": "1",
           "acknowledged": "0"
       },{
           "eventid": "100100000884389",
           "source": "0",
           "object": "0",
           "objectid": "100100000064509",
           "clock": "1284910351",
           "value": "1",
           "acknowledged": "0"
       },{
           "eventid": "100100000884390",
           "source": "0",
           "object": "0",
           "objectid": "100100000064546",
           "clock": "1284910351",
           "value": "1",
           "acknowledged": "0"
       },{
           "eventid": "100100000884391",
           "source": "0",
           "object": "0",
           "objectid": "100100000012788",
           "clock": "1284910353",
           "value": "1",
           "acknowledged": "0"
       }],
       "id": 2
       }