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host.getobjects

Description

array host.getobjects(object filter)

This method allows to retrieve hosts that match the given filter criteria.

Parameters

(object) Criteria to search by.

Additionally to the standard standard host properties the following parameters are supported as search criteria.

Parameter Type Description
node string Name of the node the hosts must belong to.

This will override the nodeids parameter.
nodeids string/array ID of the node the hosts must belong to.

Return values

(array) Returns an array of objects with all properties.

Examples

Retrieving a host by name

Retrieve the host with the technical name "Zabbix server".

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "host.getobjects",
           "params": {
               "name": "Zabbix server"
           },
           "auth": "3a57200802b24cda67c4e4010b50c065",
           "id": 1
       }

Response:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "result": [
               {
                   "maintenances": [],
                   "hostid": "10084",
                   "proxy_hostid": "0",
                   "host": "Zabbix server",
                   "status": "0",
                   "disable_until": "0",
                   "error": "",
                   "available": "1",
                   "errors_from": "0",
                   "lastaccess": "0",
                   "ipmi_authtype": "-1",
                   "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": "Zabbix server"
               }
           ],
           "id": 1
       }

See also

Source

CHost::getObject() in frontends/php/api/classes/CHost.php.