screen.exists

Description

boolean screen.exists(object filter)

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

This method is deprecated and will be removed in the future. Please use screen.get instead.

Parameters

(object) Criteria to search by.

The following parameters are supported as search criteria.

Parameter Type Description
name string/array Names of the screens.
screenid string/array IDs of the screens.

Return values

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

Examples

Checking a screen by name

Check if a screen named "Graphs" already exists.

Request:

{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "screen.exists",
    "params": {
        "name": "Graphs"
    },
    "auth": "3a57200802b24cda67c4e4010b50c065",
    "id": 1
}

Response:

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

Source

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