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script.execute

Description

object script.execute(object parameters)

This method allows to run a script on a host.

Parameters

(object) Parameters containing the ID of the script to run and the ID of the host.

Parameter Type Description
hostid
(required)
string ID of the host to run the script on.
scriptid
(required)
string ID of the script to run.

Return values

(object) Returns the result of script execution.

Property Type Description
response string Whether the script was run successfully.

Possible values: success or failed.
value string Script output.

Examples

Run a script

Run a "ping" script on a host.

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "script.execute",
           "params": {
               "scriptid": "1",
               "hostid": "30079"
           },
           "auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
           "id": 1
       }

Response:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "result": {
               "response": "success",
               "value": "PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.\n64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_req=1 ttl=64 time=0.074 ms\n64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_req=2 ttl=64 time=0.030 ms\n64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_req=3 ttl=64 time=0.030 ms\n\n--- 127.0.0.1 ping statistics ---\n3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 1998ms\nrtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.030/0.044/0.074/0.022 ms\n"
           },
           "id": 1
       }

Source

CScript::execute() in ui/include/classes/api/services/CScript.php.