usermacro.get
Description
integer/array usermacro.get(object **parameters**)
The method allows to retrieve host and global macros according to the given parameters.
Parameters
(object) Parameters defining the desired output.
The method supports the following parameters.
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| globalmacro | flag | Return global macros instead of host macros. |
| globalmacroids | string/array | Return only global macros with the given IDs. |
| groupids | string/array | Return only host macros that belong to hosts or templates from the given host groups. |
| hostids | string/array | Return only macros that belong to the given hosts or templates. |
| hostmacroids | string/array | Return only host macros with the given IDs. |
| selectGroups | query | Return host groups that the host macro belongs to in the groups property.Used only when retrieving host macros. |
| selectHosts | query | Return hosts that the host macro belongs to in the hosts property.Used only when retrieving host macros. |
| selectTemplates | query | Return templates that the host macro belongs to in the templates property.Used only when retrieving host macros. |
| sortfield | string/array | Sort the result by the given properties. Possible value: macro. |
| 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
countOutputparameter has been used.
Examples
Retrieving host macros for a host
Retrieve all host macros defined for host “10198”.
Request:
{"jsonrpc": "2.0","method": "usermacro.get","params": {"output": "extend","hostids": "10198"},"auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e","id": 1}
Response:
{"jsonrpc": "2.0","result": [{"hostmacroid": "9","hostid": "10198","macro": "{$INTERFACE}","value": "eth0","description": "","type": "0"},{"hostmacroid": "11","hostid": "10198","macro": "{$SNMP_COMMUNITY}","value": "public","description": "","type": "0"}],"id": 1}
Retrieving global macros
Retrieve all global macros.
Request:
{"jsonrpc": "2.0","method": "usermacro.get","params": {"output": "extend","globalmacro": true},"auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e","id": 1}
Response:
{"jsonrpc": "2.0","result": [{"globalmacroid": "6","macro": "{$SNMP_COMMUNITY}","value": "public","description": "","type": "0"}],"id": 1}
Source
CUserMacro::get() in ui/include/classes/api/services/CUserMacro.php.