Zabbix Documentation 2.4

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.