Table of Contents
Mediatype
Methods
Class containing methods for operations with Media types.
| Methods | Description |
|---|---|
| get() | Get media type details |
| create() | Create media types |
| update() | Update media type details |
| delete() | Delete media types |
Object details
Media_type
The table contains complete list of Media types attributes.
| Parameter | Type | Description | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| mediatypeid | integer | Media type ID | |
| description | string | Name | |
| type | integer | Media type | 0 - Email, 1 - External script, 2 - SMS, 3 - Jabber, 100 - EzTexting |
| smtp_server | string | SMTP server name | |
| smtp_helo | string | HELO value for SMTP server | |
| smtp_email | string | Email address of Zabbix server | |
| exec_path | string | Name of external script | |
| gsm_modem | string | Serial device name of GSM modem | |
| username | string | User name | Jabber user name used by Zabbix server |
| passwd | string | User password | Jabber password used by Zabbix server |
Common tasks
The table contains list of common user-related tasks and possible implementation using Zabbix API
| Task | HOWTO |
|---|---|
| Add a media type | Use method mediatype.create |
| Add a bunch of new media types | Use method mediatype.create with array of User group objects |
| Update media type | Use method mediatype.update with media type IDs |
| Retrieve media type details by Group IDs | Use method mediatype.get with parameter mediatypeids |
| Retrieve media type details by User group name | Use method mediatype.get with parameter filter, specify "description":"<your mediatype>" |