hostgroup.exists

Description

boolean hostgroup.exists(object filter)

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

Parameters

(object) Criteria to search by.

The following parameters are supported as search criteria.

Return values

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

Examples

Check host group by name

Check if a host group called "Zabbix servers" exists.

Request:

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

Response:

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

See also

• hostgroup.isreadable
• hostgroup.iswritable

Source

CHostGroup::exists() in frontends/php/include/classes/api/services/CHostGroup.php.