hostprototype_get
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Retrieve host prototypes used by low-level discovery rules to automatically create hosts for discovered entities, including their assigned groups, templates, and interfaces.
Instructions
Retrieve host prototypes. Host prototypes are used by LLD rules to automatically create new hosts for each discovered entity (e.g., VMware VMs discovered on a hypervisor). Each host prototype defines the groups, templates, and interfaces for the discovered hosts.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | No | Maximum number of results to return. | |
| filter | No | Return only results whose properties exactly match the given values (a single value or a list of values per key). Example: {"status": 0} or {"status": [0, 1]}. Keys: custom_interfaces (6.0+), discover, flags (7.4+), host, hostid, inventory_mode, name, status, templateid, uuid (6.0+). Text properties cannot be filtered; use 'search' for them. | |
| output | No | Properties of the hostprototype object to return. Pass 'extend' for all, 'count' for the number of matches only, or a list of property names. Default when omitted: hostid, host, name, status. Properties: custom_interfaces (6.0+), discover, flags (7.4+), host, hostid, inventory_mode, name, status, templateid, uuid (6.0+). | |
| search | No | Return results whose string properties contain the given pattern (case-insensitive; '*' is a wildcard when searchWildcardsEnabled is true). Example: {"name": "web"}. Keys: host, name, uuid (6.0+). | |
| server | No | Target Zabbix server. Available: default. Defaults to 'default' if omitted. | |
| hostids | No | Return only host prototypes with the given IDs. | |
| raw_json | No | Strips the security disclaimer preamble from the response so it is pure JSON. Default: false. Requires the bearer token to have 'allow_raw_json' explicitly enabled by an operator in the admin portal - tokens without that policy receive a PolicyError instead. WARNING: setting true bypasses the prompt-injection mitigation marker that wraps untrusted Zabbix data (host names, item descriptions, problem text). LLM clients (Claude, GPT, Cursor, ...) should leave this false; only programmatic non-LLM consumers (Python scripts, n8n workflows that json.loads the result) should set true. | |
| sortfield | No | Sort by one or more of: hostid, host, name, status, discover (a list for several; pair with 'sortorder'). No other property is sortable. | |
| sortorder | No | Sort order: 'ASC' (ascending) or 'DESC' (descending). | |
| countOutput | No | Return the count of matching results instead of the actual data. | |
| searchByAny | No | If true, return results matching ANY search field (OR). Default is ALL fields (AND). | |
| discoveryids | No | Return only host prototypes belonging to the given LLD rules. | |
| extra_params | No | Other native hostprototype.get parameters, merged into the request as-is. Parameters: groupCount, inherited. Switches (true turns one on, false is the same as leaving it out): groupCount. groupCount goes with output='count': the count is then split by the ID filters the method groups by (hostids, groupids ...), one row per ID with 'rowscount'; a single row without such a filter. Sub-object selects (value 'extend', 'count' or a list of property names): selectDiscoveryData (7.4+), selectDiscoveryRule, selectDiscoveryRulePrototype (7.4+), selectGroupLinks, selectGroupPrototypes, selectInheritedTags (8.0+), selectInterfaces (6.0+), selectMacros, selectParentHost, selectTags (6.0+), selectTemplates. Any other key is refused here, because Zabbix would silently ignore it. For a parameter you are sure exists on your release but is not listed, use zabbix_raw_api_call. | |
| searchWildcardsEnabled | No | If true, enable * and ? wildcards in search patterns. |