template.get

Description

integer/array template.get(object parameters)

The method allows to retrieve templates according to the given parameters.

Parameters

(object) Parameters defining the desired output.

The method supports the following parameters.

Parameter Type Description
templateids string/array Return only templates with the given template IDs.
groupids string/array Return only templates that belong to the given host groups.
parentTemplateids string/array Return only templates that are parent to the given templates.
hostids string/array Return only templates that are linked to the given hosts/templates.
graphids string/array Return only templates that contain the given graphs.
itemids string/array Return only templates that contain the given items.
triggerids string/array Return only templates that contain the given triggers.
with_items flag Return only templates that have items.
with_triggers flag Return only templates that have triggers.
with_graphs flag Return only templates that have graphs.
with_httptests flag Return only templates that have web scenarios.
evaltype integer Rules for tag searching.

Possible values:
0 - (default) And/Or;
2 - Or.
tags array/object Return only templates with given tags. Exact match by tag and case-sensitive or case-insensitive search by tag value depending on operator value.
Format: [{"tag": "<tag>", "value": "<value>", "operator": "<operator>"}, ...].
An empty array returns all templates.

Possible operator values:
0 - (default) Contains;
1 - Equals.
selectGroups query Return the host groups that the template belongs to in the groups property.
selectTags query Return template tags in the tags property.
selectHosts query Return the hosts that are linked to the template in the hosts property.

Supports count.
selectTemplates query Return templates to which the template is a child, in the templates property.

Supports count.
selectParentTemplates query Return templates to which the template is a parent, in the parentTemplates property.

Supports count.
selectHttpTests query Return the web scenarios from the template in the httpTests property.

Supports count.
selectItems query Return items from the template in the items property.

Supports count.
selectDiscoveries query Return low-level discoveries from the template in the discoveries property.

Supports count.
selectTriggers query Return triggers from the template in the triggers property.

Supports count.
selectGraphs query Return graphs from the template in the graphs property.

Supports count.
selectApplications query Return applications from the template in the applications property.

Supports count.
selectMacros query Return the macros from the template in the macros property..
selectScreens query Return screens from the template in the screens property.

Supports count.
limitSelects integer Limits the number of records returned by subselects.

Applies to the following subselects:
selectTemplates - results will be sorted by name;
selectHosts - sorted by host;
selectParentTemplates - sorted by host;
selectItems - sorted by name;
selectDiscoveries - sorted by name;
selectTriggers - sorted by description;
selectGraphs - sorted by name;
selectApplications - sorted by name;
selectScreens - sorted by name.
sortfield string/array Sort the result by the given properties.

Possible values are: hostid, host, name, status.
countOutput boolean These parameters being common for all get methods are described in detail in the reference commentary.
editable boolean
excludeSearch boolean
filter object
limit integer
output query
preservekeys boolean
search object
searchByAny boolean
searchWildcardsEnabled boolean
sortorder string/array
startSearch boolean

Return values

(integer/array) Returns either:

  • an array of objects;
  • the count of retrieved objects, if the countOutput parameter has been used.

Examples

Retrieving templates by name

Retrieve all data about two templates named "Template OS Linux" and "Template OS Windows".

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "template.get",
           "params": {
               "output": "extend",
               "filter": {
                   "host": [
                       "Template OS Linux",
                       "Template OS Windows"
                   ]
               }
           },
           "auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
           "id": 1
       }

Response:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "result": [
               {
                   "proxy_hostid": "0",
                   "host": "Template OS Linux",
                   "status": "3",
                   "disable_until": "0",
                   "error": "",
                   "available": "0",
                   "errors_from": "0",
                   "lastaccess": "0",
                   "ipmi_authtype": "0",
                   "ipmi_privilege": "2",
                   "ipmi_username": "",
                   "ipmi_password": "",
                   "ipmi_disable_until": "0",
                   "ipmi_available": "0",
                   "snmp_disable_until": "0",
                   "snmp_available": "0",
                   "maintenanceid": "0",
                   "maintenance_status": "0",
                   "maintenance_type": "0",
                   "maintenance_from": "0",
                   "ipmi_errors_from": "0",
                   "snmp_errors_from": "0",
                   "ipmi_error": "",
                   "snmp_error": "",
                   "jmx_disable_until": "0",
                   "jmx_available": "0",
                   "jmx_errors_from": "0",
                   "jmx_error": "",
                   "name": "Template OS Linux",
                   "flags": "0",
                   "templateid": "10001",
                   "description": "",
                   "tls_connect": "1",
                   "tls_accept": "1",
                   "tls_issuer": "",
                   "tls_subject": "",
                   "tls_psk_identity": "",
                   "tls_psk": ""
               },
               {
                   "proxy_hostid": "0",
                   "host": "Template OS Windows",
                   "status": "3",
                   "disable_until": "0",
                   "error": "",
                   "available": "0",
                   "errors_from": "0",
                   "lastaccess": "0",
                   "ipmi_authtype": "0",
                   "ipmi_privilege": "2",
                   "ipmi_username": "",
                   "ipmi_password": "",
                   "ipmi_disable_until": "0",
                   "ipmi_available": "0",
                   "snmp_disable_until": "0",
                   "snmp_available": "0",
                   "maintenanceid": "0",
                   "maintenance_status": "0",
                   "maintenance_type": "0",
                   "maintenance_from": "0",
                   "ipmi_errors_from": "0",
                   "snmp_errors_from": "0",
                   "ipmi_error": "",
                   "snmp_error": "",
                   "jmx_disable_until": "0",
                   "jmx_available": "0",
                   "jmx_errors_from": "0",
                   "jmx_error": "",
                   "name": "Template OS Windows",
                   "flags": "0",
                   "templateid": "10081",
                   "description": "",
                   "tls_connect": "1",
                   "tls_accept": "1",
                   "tls_issuer": "",
                   "tls_subject": "",
                   "tls_psk_identity": "",
                   "tls_psk": ""
               }
           ],
           "id": 1
       }

Searching by template tags

Retrieve templates that have tag "Host name" equal to "{HOST.NAME}".

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "template.get",
           "params": {
               "output": ["hostid"],
               "selectTags": "extend",
               "evaltype": 0,
               "tags": [
                   {
                       "tag": "Host name",
                       "value": "{HOST.NAME}",
                       "operator": 1
                   }
               ]
           },
           "auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
           "id": 1
       }

Response:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "result": [
               {
                   "hostid": "10402",
                   "tags": [
                       {
                           "tag": "Host name",
                           "value": "{HOST.NAME}"
                       }
                   ]
               }
           ],
           "id": 1
       }

See also

Source

CTemplate::get() in ui/include/classes/api/services/CTemplate.php.