> Item prototype object

The following objects are directly related to the itemprototype API.

Item prototype

The item prototype object has the following properties.

Property Type Description
itemid string ID of the item prototype.

Property behavior:
- read-only
- required for update operations
delay string Update interval of the item prototype.
Accepts seconds or a time unit with suffix (30s,1m,2h,1d).
Optionally one or more custom intervals can be specified either as flexible intervals or scheduling.
Multiple intervals are separated by a semicolon.
User macros and LLD macros may be used. A single macro has to fill the whole field. Multiple macros in a field or macros mixed with text are not supported.
Flexible intervals may be written as two macros separated by a forward slash (e.g. {$FLEX_INTERVAL}/{$FLEX_PERIOD}).

Property behavior:
- required if type is set to "Zabbix agent" (0), "Simple check" (3), "Zabbix internal" (5), "External check" (10), "Database monitor" (11), "IPMI agent" (12), "SSH agent" (13), "TELNET agent" (14), "Calculated" (15), "JMX agent" (16), "HTTP agent" (19), "SNMP agent" (20), "Script" (21), or if type is set to "Zabbix agent (active)" (7) and key_ does not contain "mqtt.get"
hostid string ID of the host that the item prototype belongs to.

Property behavior:
- constant
- required for create operations
interfaceid string ID of the item prototype's host interface.

Property behavior:
- required if item prototype belongs to host and type is set to "Zabbix agent", "IPMI agent", "JMX agent", "SNMP trap", or "SNMP agent"
- supported if item prototype belongs to host and type is set to "Simple check", "External check", "SSH agent", "TELNET agent", or "HTTP agent"
key_ string Item prototype key.

Property behavior:
- required for create operations
- read-only for inherited objects
name string Name of the item prototype.

Property behavior:
- required for create operations
- read-only for inherited objects
type integer Type of the item prototype.

Possible values:
0 - Zabbix agent;
2 - Zabbix trapper;
3 - Simple check;
5 - Zabbix internal;
7 - Zabbix agent (active);
10 - External check;
11 - Database monitor;
12 - IPMI agent;
13 - SSH agent;
14 - TELNET agent;
15 - Calculated;
16 - JMX agent;
17 - SNMP trap;
18 - Dependent item;
19 - HTTP agent;
20 - SNMP agent;
21 - Script.

Property behavior:
- required for create operations
- read-only for inherited objects
url string URL string.
Supports LLD macros, user macros, {HOST.IP}, {HOST.CONN}, {HOST.DNS}, {HOST.HOST}, {HOST.NAME}, {ITEM.ID}, {ITEM.KEY}.

Property behavior:
- required if type is set to "HTTP agent"
- read-only for inherited objects
value_type integer Type of information of the item prototype.

Possible values:
0 - numeric float;
1 - character;
2 - log;
3 - numeric unsigned;
4 - text.

Property behavior:
- required for create operations
- read-only for inherited objects
allow_traps integer Allow to populate value similarly to the trapper item.

0 - (default) Do not allow to accept incoming data;
1 - Allow to accept incoming data.

Property behavior:
- supported if type is set to "HTTP agent"
authtype integer Authentication method.

Possible values if type is set to "SSH agent":
0 - (default) password;
1 - public key.

Possible values if type is set to "HTTP agent":
0 - (default) none;
1 - basic;
2 - NTLM;
3 - Kerberos.

Property behavior:
- supported if type is set to "SSH agent" or "HTTP agent"
- read-only for inherited objects (if type is set to "HTTP agent")
description string Description of the item prototype.
follow_redirects integer Follow response redirects while polling data.

Possible values:
0 - Do not follow redirects;
1 - (default) Follow redirects.

Property behavior:
- supported if type is set to "HTTP agent"
- read-only for inherited objects
headers object Object with HTTP(S) request headers, where header name is used as key and header value as value.

Example: { "User-Agent": "Zabbix" }

Property behavior:
- supported if type is set to "HTTP agent"
- read-only for inherited objects
history string A time unit of how long the history data should be stored.
Also accepts user macro and LLD macro.

Default: 90d.
http_proxy string HTTP(S) proxy connection string.

Property behavior:
- supported if type is set to "HTTP agent"
- read-only for inherited objects
ipmi_sensor string IPMI sensor.

Property behavior:
- required if type is set to "IPMI agent" and key_ is not set to "ipmi.get"
- supported if type is set to "IPMI agent"
- read-only for inherited objects
jmx_endpoint string JMX agent custom connection string.

Default: service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://{HOST.CONN}:{HOST.PORT}/jmxrmi

Property behavior:
- supported if type is set to "JMX agent"
logtimefmt string Format of the time in log entries.

Property behavior:
- supported if value_type is set to "log"
- read-only for inherited objects
master_itemid integer Master item ID.
Recursion up to 3 dependent items and item prototypes and maximum count of dependent items and item prototypes equal to 29999 are allowed.

Property behavior:
- required if type is set to "Dependent item"
- read-only for inherited objects
output_format integer Should the response be converted to JSON.

Possible values:
0 - (default) Store raw;
1 - Convert to JSON.

Property behavior:
- supported if type is set to "HTTP agent"
- read-only for inherited objects
params string Additional parameters depending on the type of the item prototype:
- executed script for SSH agent and TELNET agent item prototypes;
- SQL query for database monitor item prototypes;
- formula for calculated item prototypes.

Property behavior:
- required if type is set to "Database monitor", "SSH agent", "TELNET agent", "Calculated", or "Script"
- read-only for inherited objects (if type is set to "Script")
parameters array Additional parameters if type is set to "Script". Array of objects with name and value properties, where name must be unique.

Property behavior:
- supported if type is set to "Script"
- read-only for inherited objects
password string Password for authentication.

Property behavior:
- required if type is set to "JMX agent" and username is set
- supported if type is set to "Simple check", "SSH agent", "TELNET agent", "Database monitor", or "HTTP agent"
- read-only for inherited objects (if type is set to "HTTP agent")
post_type integer Type of post data body stored in posts property.

Possible values:
0 - (default) Raw data.
2 - JSON data.
3 - XML data.

Property behavior:
- supported if type is set to "HTTP agent"
- read-only for inherited objects
posts string HTTP(S) request body data.

Property behavior:
- required if type is set to "HTTP agent" and post_type is set to "JSON data" or "XML data"
- supported if type is set to "HTTP agent" and post_type is set to "Raw data"
- read-only for inherited objects
privatekey string Name of the private key file.

Property behavior:
- required if type is set to "SSH agent" and authtype is set to "public key"
publickey string Name of the public key file.

Property behavior:
- required if type is set to "SSH agent" and authtype is set to "public key"
query_fields array Query parameters. Array of objects with key:value pairs, where value can be empty string.

Property behavior:
- supported if type is set to "HTTP agent"
- read-only for inherited objects
request_method integer Type of request method.

Possible values:
0 - (default) GET;
1 - POST;
2 - PUT;
3 - HEAD.

Property behavior:
- supported if type is set to "HTTP agent"
- read-only for inherited objects
retrieve_mode integer What part of response should be stored.

Possible values if request_method is set to "GET", "POST", or "PUT":
0 - (default) Body;
1 - Headers;
2 - Both body and headers will be stored.

Possible values if request_method is set to "HEAD":
1 - Headers.

Property behavior:
- supported if type is set to "HTTP agent"
- read-only for inherited objects
snmp_oid string SNMP OID.

Property behavior:
- required if type is set to "SNMP agent"
- read-only for inherited objects
ssl_cert_file string Public SSL Key file path.

Property behavior:
- supported if type is set to "HTTP agent"
- read-only for inherited objects
ssl_key_file string Private SSL Key file path.

Property behavior:
- supported if type is set to "HTTP agent"
- read-only for inherited objects
ssl_key_password string Password for SSL Key file.

Property behavior:
- supported if type is set to "HTTP agent"
- read-only for inherited objects
status integer Status of the item prototype.

Possible values:
0 - (default) enabled item prototype;
1 - disabled item prototype;
3 - unsupported item prototype.
status_codes string Ranges of required HTTP status codes, separated by commas.
Also supports user macros or LLD macros as part of comma separated list.

Example: 200,200-{$M},{$M},200-400

Property behavior:
- supported if type is set to "HTTP agent"
- read-only for inherited objects
templateid string ID of the parent template item prototype.

Property behavior:
- read-only
timeout string Item data polling request timeout.
Supports user macros and LLD macros.

Default: 3s.
Maximum value: 60s.

Property behavior:
- supported if type is set to "HTTP agent" or "Script"
- read-only for inherited objects
trapper_hosts string Allowed hosts.

Property behavior:
- supported if type is set to "Zabbix trapper", or if type is set to "HTTP agent" and allow_traps is set to "Allow to accept incoming data"
trends string A time unit of how long the trends data should be stored.
Also accepts user macro and LLD macro.

Default: 365d.

Property behavior:
- supported if value_type is set to "numeric float" or "numeric unsigned"
units string Value units.

Property behavior:
- supported if value_type is set to "numeric float" or "numeric unsigned"
- read-only for inherited objects
username string Username for authentication.

Property behavior:
- required if type is set to "SSH agent" or "TELNET agent", or if type is set to "JMX agent" and password is set
- supported if type is set to "Simple check", "Database monitor", or "HTTP agent"
- read-only for inherited objects (if type is set to "HTTP agent")
uuid string Universal unique identifier, used for linking imported item prototypes to already existing ones. Auto-generated, if not given.

Property behavior:
- supported if the item prototype belongs to a template
valuemapid string ID of the associated value map.

Property behavior:
- supported if value_type is set to "numeric float", "character", or "numeric unsigned"
- read-only for inherited objects
verify_host integer Whether to validate that the host name for the connection matches the one in the host's certificate.

Possible values:
0 - (default) Do not validate;
1 - Validate.

Property behavior:
- supported if type is set to "HTTP agent"
- read-only for inherited objects
verify_peer integer Whether to validate that the host's certificate is authentic.

Possible values:
0 - (default) Do not validate;
1 - Validate.

Property behavior:
- supported if type is set to "HTTP agent"
- read-only for inherited objects
discover integer Item prototype discovery status.

Possible values:
0 - (default) new items will be discovered;
1 - new items will not be discovered and existing items will be marked as lost.

Item prototype tag

The item prototype tag object has the following properties.

Property Type Description
tag string Item prototype tag name.

Property behavior:
- required
value string Item prototype tag value.

Item prototype preprocessing

The item prototype preprocessing object has the following properties.

Property Type Description
type integer The preprocessing option type.

Possible values:
1 - Custom multiplier;
2 - Right trim;
3 - Left trim;
4 - Trim;
5 - Regular expression;
6 - Boolean to decimal;
7 - Octal to decimal;
8 - Hexadecimal to decimal;
9 - Simple change;
10 - Change per second;
11 - XML XPath;
12 - JSONPath;
13 - In range;
14 - Matches regular expression;
15 - Does not match regular expression;
16 - Check for error in JSON;
17 - Check for error in XML;
18 - Check for error using regular expression;
19 - Discard unchanged;
20 - Discard unchanged with heartbeat;
21 - JavaScript;
22 - Prometheus pattern;
23 - Prometheus to JSON;
24 - CSV to JSON;
25 - Replace;
26 - Check unsupported;
27 - XML to JSON;
28 - SNMP walk value;
29 - SNMP walk to JSON.

Property behavior:
- required
params string Additional parameters used by preprocessing option.
Multiple parameters are separated by the newline (\n) character.

Property behavior:
- required if type is set to "Custom multiplier" (1), "Right trim" (2), "Left trim" (3), "Trim" (4), "Regular expression" (5), "XML XPath" (11), "JSONPath" (12), "In range" (13), "Matches regular expression" (14), "Does not match regular expression" (15), "Check for error in JSON" (16), "Check for error in XML" (17), "Check for error using regular expression" (18), "Discard unchanged with heartbeat" (20), "JavaScript" (21), "Prometheus pattern" (22), "Prometheus to JSON" (23), "CSV to JSON" (24), "Replace" (25), "SNMP walk value" (28), or "SNMP walk to JSON" (29)
error_handler integer Action type used in case of preprocessing step failure.

Possible values:
0 - Error message is set by Zabbix server;
1 - Discard value;
2 - Set custom value;
3 - Set custom error message.

Possible values if type is set to "Check unsupported":
1 - Discard value;
2 - Set custom value;
3 - Set custom error message.

Property behavior:
- required if type is set to "Custom multiplier" (1), "Regular expression" (5), "Boolean to decimal" (6), "Octal to decimal" (7), "Hexadecimal to decimal" (8), "Simple change" (9), "Change per second" (10), "XML XPath" (11), "JSONPath" (12), "In range" (13), "Matches regular expression" (14), "Does not match regular expression" (15), "Check for error in JSON" (16), "Check for error in XML" (17), "Check for error using regular expression" (18), "Prometheus pattern" (22), "Prometheus to JSON" (23), "CSV to JSON" (24), "Check unsupported" (26), "XML to JSON" (27), "SNMP walk value" (28), or "SNMP walk to JSON" (29)
error_handler_params string Error handler parameters.

Property behavior:
- required if error_handler is set to "Set custom value" or "Set custom error message"

The following parameters and error handlers are supported for each preprocessing type.

Preprocessing type Name Parameter 1 Parameter 2 Parameter 3 Supported error handlers
1 Custom multiplier number1, 6 0, 1, 2, 3
2 Right trim list of characters2
3 Left trim list of characters2
4 Trim list of characters2
5 Regular expression pattern3 output2 0, 1, 2, 3
6 Boolean to decimal 0, 1, 2, 3
7 Octal to decimal 0, 1, 2, 3
8 Hexadecimal to decimal 0, 1, 2, 3
9 Simple change 0, 1, 2, 3
10 Change per second 0, 1, 2, 3
11 XML XPath path4 0, 1, 2, 3
12 JSONPath path4 0, 1, 2, 3
13 In range min1, 6 max1, 6 0, 1, 2, 3
14 Matches regular expression pattern3 0, 1, 2, 3
15 Does not match regular expression pattern3 0, 1, 2, 3
16 Check for error in JSON path4 0, 1, 2, 3
17 Check for error in XML path4 0, 1, 2, 3
18 Check for error using regular expression pattern3 output2 0, 1, 2, 3
19 Discard unchanged
20 Discard unchanged with heartbeat seconds5, 6
21 JavaScript script2
22 Prometheus pattern pattern6, 7 value, label, function output8, 9 0, 1, 2, 3
23 Prometheus to JSON pattern6, 7 0, 1, 2, 3
24 CSV to JSON character2 character2 0,1 0, 1, 2, 3
25 Replace search string2 replacement2
26 Check unsupported 1, 2, 3
27 XML to JSON 0, 1, 2, 3
28 SNMP walk value OID2 Format:
0 - Unchanged
1 - UTF-8 from Hex-STRING
2 - MAC from Hex-STRING
3 - Integer from BITS
0, 1, 2, 3
29 SNMP walk to JSON10 Field name2 OID prefix2 Format:
0 - Unchanged
1 - UTF-8 from Hex-STRING
2 - MAC from Hex-STRING
3 - Integer from BITS
0, 1, 2, 3

1 integer or floating-point number
2 string
3 regular expression
4 JSONPath or XML XPath
5 positive integer (with support of time suffixes, e.g. 30s, 1m, 2h, 1d)
6 user macro, LLD macro
7 Prometheus pattern following the syntax: <metric name>{<label name>="<label value>", ...} == <value>. Each Prometheus pattern component (metric, label name, label value and metric value) can be user macro or LLD macro.
8 Prometheus output following the syntax: <label name> (can be a user macro or an LLD macro) if label is selected as the second parameter.
9 One of the aggregation functions: sum, min, max, avg, count if function is selected as the second parameter.
10 Supports multiple "Field name,OID prefix,Format records" records delimited by a new line character.