template.get

Description

integer/array template.get(object parameters)

The method allows to retrieve templates according to the given parameters.

Parameters

(object) Parameters defining the desired output.

The method supports the following parameters.

Parameter Type Description
templateids string/array Return only templates with the given template IDs.
groupids string/array Return only templates that belong to the given host groups.
parentTemplateids string/array Return only templates that are children of the given templates.
hostids string/array Return only templates that are linked to the given hosts.
graphids string/array Return only templates that contain the given graphs.
itemids string/array Return only templates that contain the given items.
triggerids string/array Return only templates that contain the given triggers.
with_items flag Return only templates that have items.
with_triggers flag Return only templates that have triggers.
with_graphs flag Return only templates that have graphs.
selectGroups query Return the host groups that the template belongs to in the groups property.

Does not support shorten or arrays of properties.
selectHosts query Return the hosts that are linked to the template in the hosts property.

Supports count; does not support shorten.
selectTemplates query Return the child templates in the templates property.

Supports count; does not support shorten.
selectParentTemplates query Return the parent templates in the parentTemplates property.

Supports count; does not support shorten.
selectItems query Return items from the template in the items property.

Supports count; does not support shorten.
selectDiscoveries query Return low-level discoveries from the template in the discoveries property.

Supports count; does not support shorten.
selectTriggers query Return triggers from the template in the triggers property.

Supports count; does not support shorten.
selectGraphs query Return graphs from the template in the graphs property.

Supports count; does not support shorten.
selectApplications query Return applications from the template in the applications property.

Supports count; does not support shorten.
selectMacros query Return the macros from the template in the macros property.

Does not support shorten or arrays of properties.
selectScreens query Return screens from the template in the screens property.

Supports count; does not support shorten.
limitSelects integer Limits the number of records returned by subselects.

Applies to the following subselects:
selectTemplates - results will be sorted by name;
selectHosts - sorted by host;
selectParentTemplates - sorted by host;
selectItems - sorted by name;
selectDiscoveries - sorted by name;
selectTriggers - sorted by description;
selectGraphs - sorted by name;
selectApplications - sorted by name;
selectScreens - sorted by name.
sortfield string/array Sort the result by the given properties.

Possible values are: hostid, host, name, status.
countOutput flag These parameters being common for all get methods are described in detail on the Generic Zabbix API information page.
editable boolean
excludeSearch flag
filter object
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 countOutput parameter has been used.

Examples

Retrieving templates by name

Retrieve all data about two templates named "Template OS Linux" and "Template OS Windows".

Request:

{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "template.get",
    "params": {
        "output": "extend",
        "filter": {
            "host": [
                "Template OS Linux",
                "Template OS Windows"
            ]
        }
    },
    "auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
    "id": 1
}

Response:

{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "result": [
        {
            "hostid": "10001",
            "proxy_hostid": "0",
            "host": "Template OS Linux",
            "status": "3",
            "disable_until": "0",
            "error": "",
            "available": "0",
            "errors_from": "0",
            "lastaccess": "0",
            "ipmi_authtype": "0",
            "ipmi_privilege": "2",
            "ipmi_username": "",
            "ipmi_password": "",
            "ipmi_disable_until": "0",
            "ipmi_available": "0",
            "snmp_disable_until": "0",
            "snmp_available": "0",
            "maintenanceid": "0",
            "maintenance_status": "0",
            "maintenance_type": "0",
            "maintenance_from": "0",
            "ipmi_errors_from": "0",
            "snmp_errors_from": "0",
            "ipmi_error": "",
            "snmp_error": "",
            "jmx_disable_until": "0",
            "jmx_available": "0",
            "jmx_errors_from": "0",
            "jmx_error": "",
            "name": "Template OS Linux",
            "templateid": "10001"
        },
        {
            "hostid": "10081",
            "proxy_hostid": "0",
            "host": "Template OS Windows",
            "status": "3",
            "disable_until": "0",
            "error": "",
            "available": "0",
            "errors_from": "0",
            "lastaccess": "0",
            "ipmi_authtype": "0",
            "ipmi_privilege": "2",
            "ipmi_username": "",
            "ipmi_password": "",
            "ipmi_disable_until": "0",
            "ipmi_available": "0",
            "snmp_disable_until": "0",
            "snmp_available": "0",
            "maintenanceid": "0",
            "maintenance_status": "0",
            "maintenance_type": "0",
            "maintenance_from": "0",
            "ipmi_errors_from": "0",
            "snmp_errors_from": "0",
            "ipmi_error": "",
            "snmp_error": "",
            "jmx_disable_until": "0",
            "jmx_available": "0",
            "jmx_errors_from": "0",
            "jmx_error": "",
            "name": "Template OS Windows",
            "templateid": "10081"
        }
    ],
    "id": 1
}

See also

Source

CTemplate::get() in frontends/php/api/classes/CTemplate.php.