event.get
Description
integer/array event.get(object **parameters**)
The method allows to retrieve events according to the given parameters.
This method may return events of a deleted entity if these events have not been removed by the housekeeper yet.
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 |
---|---|---|
eventids | string/array | Return only events with the given IDs. |
groupids | string/array | Return only events created by objects that belong to the given host groups. |
hostids | string/array | Return only events created by objects that belong to the given hosts. |
objectids | string/array | Return only events created by the given objects. |
applicationids | string/array | Return only events created by objects that belong to the given applications. Applies only if object is trigger or item. |
source | integer | Return only events with the given type. Refer to the event object page for a list of supported event types. Default: 0 - trigger events. |
object | integer | Return only events created by objects of the given type. Refer to the event object page for a list of supported object types. Default: 0 - trigger. |
acknowledged | boolean | If set to true return only acknowledged events. |
suppressed | boolean | true - return only suppressed events;false - return events in the normal state. |
severities | integer/array | Return only events with given event severities. Applies only if object is trigger. |
evaltype | integer | Rules for tag searching. Possible values: 0 - (default) And/Or; 2 - Or. |
tags | array of objects | Return only events with given tags. Exact match by tag and case-insensitive search by value and operator. Format: [{“tag”: “<tag>”, “value”: “<value>”, “operator”: “<operator>”}, …] .An empty array returns all events. Possible operator types: 0 - (default) Like; 1 - Equal. |
eventid_from | string | Return only events with IDs greater or equal to the given ID. |
eventid_till | string | Return only events with IDs less or equal to the given ID. |
time_from | timestamp | Return only events that have been created after or at the given time. |
time_till | timestamp | Return only events that have been created before or at the given time. |
problem_time_from | timestamp | Returns only events that were in the problem state starting with problem_time_from . Applies only if the source is trigger event and object is trigger. Mandatory if problem_time_till is specified. |
problem_time_till | timestamp | Returns only events that were in the problem state until problem_time_till . Applies only if the source is trigger event and object is trigger. Mandatory if problem_time_from is specified. |
value | integer/array | Return only events with the given values. |
selectHosts | query | Return a hosts property with hosts containing the object that created the event. Supported only for events generated by triggers, items or LLD rules. |
selectRelatedObject | query | Return a relatedObject property with the object that created the event. The type of object returned depends on the event type. |
select_alerts | query | Return an alerts property with alerts generated by the event. Alerts are sorted in reverse chronological order. |
select_acknowledges | query | Return an acknowledges property with event updates. Event updates are sorted in reverse chronological order.The event update object has the following properties: acknowledgeid - (string) acknowledgment’s ID;userid - (string) ID of the user that updated the event;eventid - (string) ID of the updated event;clock - (timestamp) time when the event was updated;message - (string) text of the message;action - (integer) update action that was performed see event.acknowledge;old_severity - (integer) event severity before this update action;new_severity - (integer) event severity after this update action;alias - (string) alias of the user that updated the event;name - (string) name of the user that updated the event;surname - (string) surname of the user that updated the event.Supports count . |
selectTags | query | Return a tags property with event tags. |
selectSuppressionData | query | Return a suppression_data property with the list of maintenances:maintenanceid - (string) ID of the maintenance;suppress_until - (integer) time until the event is suppressed. |
sortfield | string/array | Sort the result by the given properties. Possible values are: eventid , objectid and clock . |
countOutput | boolean | These parameters being common for all get methods are described in detail in the reference commentary page. |
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 trigger events
Retrieve the latest events from trigger “13926.”
Request:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "event.get",
"params": {
"output": "extend",
"select_acknowledges": "extend",
"selectTags": "extend",
"selectSuppressionData": "extend",
"objectids": "13926",
"sortfield": ["clock", "eventid"],
"sortorder": "DESC"
},
"auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
"id": 1
}
Response:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"result": [
{
"eventid": "9695",
"source": "0",
"object": "0",
"objectid": "13926",
"clock": "1347970410",
"value": "1",
"acknowledged": "1",
"ns": "413316245",
"name": "MySQL is down",
"severity": "5",
"r_eventid": "0",
"c_eventid": "0",
"correlationid": "0",
"userid": "0",
"opdata": "",
"acknowledges": [
{
"acknowledgeid": "1",
"userid": "1",
"eventid": "9695",
"clock": "1350640590",
"message": "Problem resolved.\n\r----[BULK ACKNOWLEDGE]----",
"action": "6",
"old_severity": "0",
"new_severity": "0",
"alias": "Admin",
"name": "Zabbix",
"surname": "Administrator"
}
],
"suppression_data": [
{
"maintenanceid": "15",
"suppress_until": "1472511600"
}
],
"suppressed": "1",
"tags": [
{
"tag": "service",
"value": "mysqld"
},
{
"tag": "error",
"value": ""
}
]
},
{
"eventid": "9671",
"source": "0",
"object": "0",
"objectid": "13926",
"clock": "1347970347",
"value": "0",
"acknowledged": "0",
"ns": "0",
"name": "Unavailable by ICMP ping",
"severity": "4",
"r_eventid": "0",
"c_eventid": "0",
"correlationid": "0",
"userid": "0",
"opdata": "",
"acknowledges": [],
"suppression_data": [],
"suppressed": "0",
"tags": []
}
],
"id": 1
}
Retrieving events by time period
Retrieve all events that have been created between October 9 and 10, 2012, in reverse chronological order.
Request:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "event.get",
"params": {
"output": "extend",
"time_from": "1349797228",
"time_till": "1350661228",
"sortfield": ["clock", "eventid"],
"sortorder": "desc"
},
"auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
"id": 1
}
Response:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"result": [
{
"eventid": "20616",
"source": "0",
"object": "0",
"objectid": "14282",
"clock": "1350477814",
"value": "1",
"acknowledged": "0",
"ns": "0",
"name": "Less than 25% free in the history cache",
"severity": "3",
"r_eventid": "0",
"c_eventid": "0",
"correlationid": "0",
"userid": "0",
"opdata": "",
"suppressed": "0"
},
{
"eventid": "20617",
"source": "0",
"object": "0",
"objectid": "14283",
"clock": "1350477814",
"value": "0",
"acknowledged": "0",
"ns": "0",
"name": "Zabbix trapper processes more than 75% busy",
"severity": "3",
"r_eventid": "0",
"c_eventid": "0",
"correlationid": "0",
"userid": "0",
"opdata": "",
"suppressed": "0"
},
{
"eventid": "20618",
"source": "0",
"object": "0",
"objectid": "14284",
"clock": "1350477815",
"value": "1",
"acknowledged": "0",
"ns": "0",
"name": "High ICMP ping loss",
"severity": "3",
"r_eventid": "0",
"c_eventid": "0",
"correlationid": "0",
"userid": "0",
"opdata": "",
"suppressed": "0"
}
],
"id": 1
}
See also
Source
CEvent::get() in ui/include/classes/api/services/CEvent.php.