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delete()

Available since version: 1.8
This function allows you to delete information about one or several host groups.

Host group can't be deleted:

  1. contained hosts are linked to single(deleted) host group, hosts must be linked to at least one host group;
  2. host group is used to link discovered hosts to it (Administration→General→Other);

Parameters

Parameter Type Optional Description Details
groups array Array of Host Group objects

Returns

Parameter Description
result Operation successful. Result will contain array of deleted Host Group IDs.
error In case of any errors

Example

{
       "jsonrpc":"2.0",
       "method":"hostgroup.delete",
       "params":[
             {
                "groupid":107824
             },
             {
                "groupid":107825
             }
       ],
       "auth":"3a57200802b24cda67c4e4010b50c065",
       "id":2
       }

Host Groups deleted successfully:

{
       "jsonrpc":"2.0",
       "result":{
          "groupids": ["107824", "107825"]
       },
       "id":2
       }

Host Group does not exist:

{
       "jsonrpc":"2.0",
       "error":{
             "code":-32500,
             "message":"Application error.",
             "data":"[ CHostgroup::delete ] Host group does not exist"
       },
       "id":2
       }