Check_MK Werk 4018: WATO WebAPI: new functions to manage host, service and contactgroups

ID: 4018 Title: WATO WebAPI: new functions to manage host, service and contactgroups Component: WATO Level: 1 Class: New Feature Version: 1.4.0i4 A few new functions to manage host, service and contact groups have been introduced. First of all you can get all groups of a specific type with the url parameter action=get_all_{groupname} <tt> Example calls: curl http://localhost/heute/check_mk/webapi.py?action=get_all_hostgroups&_us… curl http://localhost/heute/check_mk/webapi.py?action=get_all_servicegroups&… curl http://localhost/heute/check_mk/webapi.py?action=get_all_contactgroups&… </tt> Furthermore you can add, edit and delete these groups <tt> # All group types can be managed with similar requests # Add curl "http://localhost/heute/check_mk/webapi.py?action=add_hostgroup&_username=automation&_secret=1122" -d 'request={"groupname": "hostgroup1", "alias": "the hg alias"}' curl "http://localhost/heute/check_mk/webapi.py?action=add_servicegroup&_username=automation&_secret=1122" -d 'request={"groupname": "servicegroup1", "alias": "the sg alias"}' curl "http://localhost/heute/check_mk/webapi.py?action=add_contactgroup&_username=automation&_secret=1122" -d 'request={"groupname": "contactgroup1", "alias": "the cg alias"}' # Edit group curl "http://localhost/heute/check_mk/webapi.py?action=edit_hostgroup&_username=automation&_secret=1122" -d 'request={"groupname": "hostgroup1", "alias": "the hg alias"}' curl "http://localhost/heute/check_mk/webapi.py?action=edit_servicegroup&_username=automation&_secret=1122" -d 'request={"groupname": "servicegroup1", "alias": "the sg alias"}' curl "http://localhost/heute/check_mk/webapi.py?action=edit_contactgroup&_username=automation&_secret=1122" -d 'request={"groupname": "contactgroup1", "alias": "the cg alias"}' # Delete group curl "http://localhost/heute/check_mk/webapi.py?action=delete_hostgroup&_username=automation&_secret=1122" -d 'request={"groupname": "hostgroup1"}' curl "http://localhost/heute/check_mk/webapi.py?action=delete_servicegroup&_username=automation&_secret=1122" -d 'request={"groupname": "servicegroup1"}' curl "http://localhost/heute/check_mk/webapi.py?action=delete_contactgroup&_username=automation&_secret=1122" -d 'request={"groupname": "contactgroup1"}' # For contact groups you may also specify a list of nagvis maps in the extra attribute nagivs_maps curl "http://localhost/heute/check_mk/webapi.py?action=add_contactgroup&_username=automation&_secret=1122" -d 'request={"groupname": "newgroup2", "alias": "the alias", "nagvis_maps": ["dfdf"]}' </tt>