regexp.get

Description

integer/array regexp.get(object parameters)

The method allows to retrieve global regular expressions according to the given parameters.

This method is available only to Super Admin. 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
regexpids string/array Return only regular expressions with the given IDs.
selectExpressions query Return a expressions property.
sortfield string/array Sort the result by the given properties.

Possible values: regexpid, name.
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 global regular expressions.

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "regexp.get",
           "params": {
               "output": ["regexpid", "name"],
               "selectExpressions": ["expression", "expression_type"],
               "regexpids": [1, 2],
               "preservekeys": true
           },
           "id": 1
       }

Response:

{
         "jsonrpc": "2.0",
         "result": {
           "1": {
             "regexpid": "1",
             "name": "File systems for discovery",
             "expressions": [
               {
                 "expression": "^(btrfs|ext2|ext3|ext4|reiser|xfs|ffs|ufs|jfs|jfs2|vxfs|hfs|apfs|refs|ntfs|fat32|zfs)$",
                 "expression_type": "3"
               }
             ]
           },
           "2": {
             "regexpid": "2",
             "name": "Network interfaces for discovery",
             "expressions": [
               {
                 "expression": "^Software Loopback Interface",
                 "expression_type": "4"
               },
               {
                 "expression": "^(In)?[Ll]oop[Bb]ack[0-9._]*$",
                 "expression_type": "4"
               },
               {
                 "expression": "^NULL[0-9.]*$",
                 "expression_type": "4"
               },
               {
                 "expression": "^[Ll]o[0-9.]*$",
                 "expression_type": "4"
               },
               {
                 "expression": "^[Ss]ystem$",
                 "expression_type": "4"
               },
               {
                 "expression": "^Nu[0-9.]*$",
                 "expression_type": "4"
               }
             ]
           }
         },
         "id": 1
       }

Source

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