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item.delete

Description

object item.delete(array itemIds)

This method allows to delete items.

Web items cannot be deleted via the Zabbix API.

Parameters

(array) IDs of the items to delete.

Return values

(object) Returns an object containing the IDs of the deleted items under the itemids property.

Examples

Deleting multiple items

Delete two items.
Dependent items and item prototypes are removed automatically if master item is deleted.

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "item.delete",
           "params": [
               "22982",
               "22986"
           ],
           "auth": "3a57200802b24cda67c4e4010b50c065",
           "id": 1
       }

Response:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "result": {
               "itemids": [
                   "22982",
                   "22986"
               ]
           },
           "id": 1
       }

Source

CItem::delete() in frontends/php/include/classes/api/services/CItem.php.