login()

Available since version: 1.8
This function allows you to login to ZABBIX based on accepted parameters. This method mainly used for login from scripts with retrieving only authentication token. All parameters are mandatory.

Parameters

Parameter Type Description Details
user string User login name
password string User login password

Returns

Parameter Description
result Operation successful. Result will contain authentication string.
error In case of any errors

Example

Login in to ZABBIX by user alias "Admin" and password "zabbix":

{
"jsonrpc":"2.0",
"method":"user.login",
"params":{
    "user": "Admin",
    "password":"zabbix"
},
"id":1
}

Retrieved user authentication token:

{
"jsonrpc":"2.0",
"result":"a9a1f569d10d6339f23c4d122a7f5c46",
"id":1
}