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action.exists

Description

boolean action.exists(object filter)

This method checks if at least one action that matches the given filter criteria exists.

Parameters

(object) Criteria to search by.

The following parameters are supported as search criteria.

Parameter Type Description
actionid string/array IDs of actions.
name string/array Names of actions.
node string Name of the node the actions must belong to.

This will override the nodeids parameter.
nodeids string/array IDs of the nodes the actions must belong to.

Return values

(boolean) Returns true if at least one action that matches the given filter criteria exists.

Examples

Check action by name

Check if an action named "Auto discovery. Linux servers." exists.

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "action.exists",
           "params": {
               "name": "Auto discovery. Linux servers."
           },
           "auth": "3a57200802b24cda67c4e4010b50c065",
           "id": 1
       }

Response:

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

Source

CAction::exists() in frontends/php/api/classes/CAction.php.