Zabbix API and Graph Data

[mattrk]

I've recently been trying to figure out how to get data out of Zabbix using the API so I can create custom graphs in a third party application. So far, it seems the history.get method in the API is the best way to do this.

My question to you is: Is this history data i'm getting from the history.get method the same data Zabbix uses to generate the graphs i see in Zabbix? Or is that data coming from somewhere else?

Thanks

[ingus.vilnis]

Hi,

Data gathered with history.get API method is the same which is used in Zabbix graphs and is located in Zabbix history* database tables.

Best Regards,
Ingus

[wamsterdam]

Be aware that the history.get class only retrieves data for the period set as 'history' for the item. So if you configured a history of 7 days for your item, you will not be able to graph data older than 7 days. For that info you would need a trend.get class, but that one is not (yet) available.

Although not adviced, you can copy the history.get class to create a new trend.get class and register that new class. That worked for me. Search the forum for trend.get, I think I found it here somewhere...

HTH,
Wouter