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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 acknowledge 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 an action that will be run when a trigger from host "30045" that has the word "memory" in its name goes into problem state. The action must first send a message to all users in user group "7". If the event is not resolved in 4 minutes, it will run script "3" on all hosts in group "2". On trigger recovery it will notify all users who received any messages regarding the problem before. On trigger acknowledge, message with custom subject and body will be sent to all who left acknowledgements and comments via all media types.

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "action.create",
           "params": {
               "name": "Trigger action",
               "eventsource": 0,
               "status": 0,
               "esc_period": "2m",
               "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_period": "0s",
                       "esc_step_from": 1,
                       "esc_step_to": 2,
                       "evaltype": 0,
                       "opmessage_grp": [
                           {
                               "usrgrpid": "7"
                           }
                       ],
                       "opmessage": {
                           "default_msg": 1,
                           "mediatypeid": "1"
                       }
                   },
                   {
                       "operationtype": 1,
                       "esc_step_from": 3,
                       "esc_step_to": 4,
                       "evaltype": 0,
                       "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 acknowledge operation message body",
                           "subject": "Custom acknowledge operation message subject"
                       }
                   }
               ]
           },
           "auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
           "id": 1
       }

Response:

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

Create a discovery action

Create an action that will link discovered hosts to template "30085".

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "action.create",
           "params": {
               "name": "Discovery action",
               "eventsource": 1,
               "status": 0,
               "esc_period": "0s",
               "filter": {
                   "evaltype": 0,
                   "conditions": [
                       {
                           "conditiontype": 21,
                           "value": "1"
                       },
                       {
                           "conditiontype": 10,
                           "value": "2"
                       }
                   ]
               },
               "operations": [
                   {
                       "esc_step_from": 1,
                       "esc_period": "0s",
                       "optemplate": [
                           {
                               "templateid": "10091"
                           }
                       ],
                       "operationtype": 6,
                       "esc_step_to": 1
                   }
               ]
           },
           "auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
           "id": 1
       }

Response:

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

Using a custom expression filter

Create a trigger action that will use a custom filter condition. The action must send a message for each trigger with severity higher or equal to "Warning" for hosts "10084" and "10106". The formula IDs "A", "B" and "C" have been chosen arbitrarily.

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "action.create",
           "params": {
               "name": "Trigger action",
               "eventsource": 0,
               "status": 0,
               "esc_period": "2m",
               "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_period": "0s",
                       "esc_step_from": 1,
                       "esc_step_to": 2,
                       "evaltype": 0,
                       "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.