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action.get

Description

integer/array action.get(object parameters)

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

This method is available to users of any type. Permissions to call the method can be revoked in user role settings. See User roles for more information.

Parameters

(object) Parameters defining the desired output.

The method supports the following parameters.

Parameter Type Description
actionids string/array Return only actions with the given IDs.
groupids string/array Return only actions that use the given host groups in action conditions.
hostids string/array Return only actions that use the given hosts in action conditions.
triggerids string/array Return only actions that use the given triggers in action conditions.
mediatypeids string/array Return only actions that use the given media types to send messages.
usrgrpids string/array Return only actions that are configured to send messages to the given user groups.
userids string/array Return only actions that are configured to send messages to the given users.
scriptids string/array Return only actions that are configured to run the given scripts.
selectFilter query Return a filter property with the action condition filter.
selectOperations query Return an operations property with action operations.
selectRecoveryOperations query Return a recoveryOperations property with action recovery operations.
selectAcknowledgeOperations query Return an acknowledgeOperations property with action update operations.
sortfield string/array Sort the result by the given properties.

Possible values are: actionid, name and status.
countOutput boolean These parameters being common for all get methods are described 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

Retrieve trigger actions

Retrieve all configured trigger actions together with action conditions and operations.

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "action.get",
           "params": {
               "output": "extend",
               "selectOperations": "extend",
               "selectRecoveryOperations": "extend",
               "selectAcknowledgeOperations": "extend",
               "selectFilter": "extend",
               "filter": {
                   "eventsource": 0
               }
           },
           "auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
           "id": 1
       }

Response:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "result": [
               {
                   "actionid": "3",
                   "name": "Report problems to Zabbix administrators",
                   "eventsource": "0",
                   "status": "1",
                   "esc_period": "1h",
                   "pause_suppressed": "1",
                   "filter": {
                       "evaltype": "0",
                       "formula": "",
                       "conditions": [],
                       "eval_formula": ""
                   },
                   "acknowledgeOperations": [
                       {
                           "operationid": "31",
                           "operationtype": "12",
                           "evaltype": "0",
                           "opmessage": {
                               "default_msg": "1",
                               "subject": "",
                               "message": "",
                               "mediatypeid": "0"
                           }
                       },
                       {
                           "operationid": "32",
                           "operationtype": "0",
                           "evaltype": "0",
                           "opmessage": {
                               "default_msg": "0",
                               "subject": "Updated: {TRIGGER.NAME}",
                               "message": "{USER.FULLNAME} updated problem at {EVENT.UPDATE.DATE} {EVENT.UPDATE.TIME} with the following message:\r\n{EVENT.UPDATE.MESSAGE}\r\n\r\nCurrent problem status is {EVENT.STATUS}",
                               "mediatypeid": "1"
                           },
                           "opmessage_grp": [
                               {
                                   "usrgrpid": "7"
                               }
                           ],
                           "opmessage_usr": []
                       },
                       {
                           "operationid": "33",
                           "operationtype": "1",
                           "evaltype": "0",
                           "opcommand": {
                               "scriptid": "3"
                           },
                           "opcommand_hst": [
                               {
                                   "hostid": "10084"
                               }
                           ],
                           "opcommand_grp": []
                       }
                   ],
                   "operations": [
                       {
                           "operationid": "3",
                           "actionid": "3",
                           "operationtype": "0",
                           "esc_period": "0",
                           "esc_step_from": "1",
                           "esc_step_to": "1",
                           "evaltype": "0",
                           "opconditions": [],
                           "opmessage": [
                               {
                                   "default_msg": "1",
                                   "subject": "",
                                   "message": "",
                                   "mediatypeid" => "0"
                               }
                           ],
                           "opmessage_grp": [
                               {
                                   "usrgrpid": "7"
                               }
                           ]
                       }
                   ],
                   "recoveryOperations": [
                       {
                           "operationid": "7",
                           "actionid": "3",
                           "operationtype": "11",
                           "evaltype": "0",
                           "opconditions": [],
                           "opmessage": {
                               "default_msg": "0",
                               "subject": "{TRIGGER.STATUS}: {TRIGGER.NAME}",
                               "message": "Trigger: {TRIGGER.NAME}\r\nTrigger status: {TRIGGER.STATUS}\r\nTrigger severity: {TRIGGER.SEVERITY}\r\nTrigger URL: {TRIGGER.URL}\r\n\r\nItem values:\r\n\r\n1. {ITEM.NAME1} ({HOST.NAME1}:{ITEM.KEY1}): {ITEM.VALUE1}\r\n2. {ITEM.NAME2} ({HOST.NAME2}:{ITEM.KEY2}): {ITEM.VALUE2}\r\n3. {ITEM.NAME3} ({HOST.NAME3}:{ITEM.KEY3}): {ITEM.VALUE3}\r\n\r\nOriginal event ID: {EVENT.ID}",
                               "mediatypeid": "0"
                           }
                       }
                   ]
               }
           ],
           "id": 1
       }

Retrieve discovery actions

Retrieve all configured discovery actions together with action conditions and operations. The filter uses the "and" evaluation type, so the formula property is empty and eval_formula is generated automatically.

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "action.get",
           "params": {
               "output": "extend",
               "selectOperations": "extend"
               "selectFilter": "extend",
               "filter": {
                   "eventsource": 1
               }
           },
           "auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
           "id": 1
       }

Response:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "result": [
               {
                   "actionid": "2",
                   "name": "Auto discovery. Linux servers.",
                   "eventsource": "1",
                   "status": "1",
                   "esc_period": "0s",
                   "pause_suppressed": "1",
                   "filter": {
                       "evaltype": "0",
                       "formula": "",
                       "conditions": [
                           {
                               "conditiontype": "10",
                               "operator": "0",
                               "value": "0",
                               "value2": "",
                               "formulaid": "B"
                           },
                           {
                               "conditiontype": "8",
                               "operator": "0",
                               "value": "9",
                               "value2": "",
                               "formulaid": "C"
                           },
                           {
                               "conditiontype": "12",
                               "operator": "2",
                               "value": "Linux",
                               "value2": "",
                               "formulaid": "A"
                           }
                       ],
                       "eval_formula": "A and B and C"
                   },
                   "operations": [
                       {
                           "operationid": "1",
                           "actionid": "2",
                           "operationtype": "6",
                           "esc_period": "0s",
                           "esc_step_from": "1",
                           "esc_step_to": "1",
                           "evaltype": "0",
                           "opconditions": [],
                           "optemplate": [
                               {
                                   "templateid": "10001"
                               }
                           ]
                       },
                       {
                           "operationid": "2",
                           "actionid": "2",
                           "operationtype": "4",
                           "esc_period": "0s",
                           "esc_step_from": "1",
                           "esc_step_to": "1",
                           "evaltype": "0",
                           "opconditions": [],
                           "opgroup": [
                               {
                                   "groupid": "2"
                               }
                           ]
                       }
                   ]
               }
           ],
           "id": 1
       }

See also

Source

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