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action.create

Description

object action.create(object/array actions)

This method allows to create new actions.

Parameters

(object/array) Actions to create.

Additionally to the standard action properties, the method accepts the following parameters.

Parameter Type Description
filter object Action filter object for the action.
operations array Action operations to create for the action.
recovery_operations array Action recovery operations to create for the action.
acknowledge_operations array Action update operations to create for the action.

Return values

(object) Returns an object containing the IDs of the created actions under the actionids property. The order of the returned IDs matches the order of the passed actions.

Examples

Create a trigger action

Create a trigger action that will begin once a trigger (with the word "memory" in its name) from host "10084" goes into a PROBLEM state. The action will have 4 configured operations. The first and immediate operation will send a message to all users in user group "7" via media type "1". If the event is not resolved in 30 minutes, the second operation will run script "3" on all hosts in group "2". If the event is resolved, a recovery operation will notify all users who received any messages regarding the problem. If the event is updated, an acknowledge/update operation will notify (with a custom subject and message) all users who received any messages regarding the problem.

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "action.create",
           "params": {
               "name": "Trigger action",
               "eventsource": 0,
               "esc_period": "30m",
               "def_shortdata": "{TRIGGER.NAME}: {TRIGGER.STATUS}",
               "def_longdata": "{TRIGGER.NAME}: {TRIGGER.STATUS}\r\nLast value: {ITEM.LASTVALUE}\r\n\r\n{TRIGGER.URL}",
               "filter": {
                   "evaltype": 0,
                   "conditions": [
                       {
                           "conditiontype": 1,
                           "operator": 0,
                           "value": "10084"
                       },
                       {
                           "conditiontype": 3,
                           "operator": 2,
                           "value": "memory"
                       }
                   ]
               },
               "operations": [
                   {
                       "operationtype": 0,
                       "esc_step_from": 1,
                       "esc_step_to": 1,
                       "opmessage_grp": [
                           {
                               "usrgrpid": "7"
                           }
                       ],
                       "opmessage": {
                           "default_msg": 1,
                           "mediatypeid": "1"
                       }
                   },
                   {
                       "operationtype": 1,
                       "esc_step_from": 2,
                       "esc_step_to": 2,
                       "opconditions": [
                           {
                               "conditiontype": 14,
                               "operator": 0,
                               "value": "0"
                           }
                       ],
                       "opcommand_grp": [
                           {
                               "groupid": "2"
                           }
                       ],
                       "opcommand": {
                           "type": 4,
                           "scriptid": "3"
                       }
                   }
               ],
               "recovery_operations": [
                   {
                       "operationtype": "11",
                       "opmessage": {
                           "default_msg": 1
                       }
                   }    
               ],
               "acknowledge_operations": [
                   {
                       "operationtype": "12",
                       "opmessage": {
                           "message": "Custom update operation message body",
                           "subject": "Custom update operation message subject"
                       }
                   }
               ]
           },
           "auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
           "id": 1
       }

Response:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "result": {
               "actionids": [
                   "17"
               ]
           },
           "id": 1
       }

Create a discovery action

Create a discovery action that will link discovered hosts to template "10001".

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "action.create",
           "params": {
               "name": "Discovery action",
               "eventsource": 1,
               "filter": {
                   "evaltype": 0,
                   "conditions": [
                       {
                           "conditiontype": 21,
                           "value": "1"
                       },
                       {
                           "conditiontype": 10,
                           "value": "2"
                       }
                   ]
               },
               "operations": [
                   {
                       "optemplate": [
                           {
                               "templateid": "10001"
                           }
                       ],
                       "operationtype": 6
                   }
               ]
           },
           "auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
           "id": 1
       }

Response:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "result": {
               "actionids": [
                   "18"
               ]
           },
           "id": 1
       }

Using a custom expression filter

Create a trigger action that uses a custom expression - "A and (B or C)" - for evaluating action conditions. Once a trigger with a severity higher or equal to "Warning" from host "10084" or host "10106" goes into a PROBLEM state, the action will send a message to all users in user group "7" via media type "1". The formula IDs "A", "B" and "C" have been chosen arbitrarily.

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "action.create",
           "params": {
               "name": "Trigger action",
               "eventsource": 0,
               "esc_period": "15m",
               "def_shortdata": "{TRIGGER.NAME}: {TRIGGER.STATUS}",
               "def_longdata": "{TRIGGER.NAME}: {TRIGGER.STATUS}\r\nLast value: {ITEM.LASTVALUE}\r\n\r\n{TRIGGER.URL}",
               "filter": {
                   "evaltype": 3,
                   "formula": "A and (B or C)",
                   "conditions": [
                       {
                           "conditiontype": 4,
                           "operator": 5,
                           "value": "2",
                           "formulaid": "A"
                       },
                       {
                           "conditiontype": 1,
                           "operator": 0,
                           "value": "10084",
                           "formulaid": "B"
                       },
                       {
                           "conditiontype": 1,
                           "operator": 0,
                           "value": "10106",
                           "formulaid": "C"
                       }
                   ]
               },
               "operations": [
                   {
                       "operationtype": 0,
                       "esc_step_from": 1,
                       "esc_step_to": 1,
                       "opmessage_grp": [
                           {
                               "usrgrpid": "7"
                           }
                       ],
                       "opmessage": {
                           "default_msg": 1,
                           "mediatypeid": "1"
                       }
                   }
               ]
           },
           "auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
           "id": 1
       }

Response:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "result": {
               "actionids": [
                   "18"
               ]
           },
           "id": 1
       }

See also

Source

CAction::create() in frontends/php/include/classes/api/services/CAction.php.