Examples

Updating Multiple Service Checks

The restapi can be used to update multiple servicechecks in one go:

• Obtain the list of check to be modified and store in a file, i.e. all service checks with 'foo' in the name.

opsview_rest --username=USER --password=PASS --pretty --data-format=json GET 'config/servicecheck?json_filter={"name":{"-like":"%25foo%25"}}' > checks.json

• Edit the checks.json file as necessary.
• Import the contents of the file back into Opsview.

opsview_rest --username=USER --password=PASS --pretty --data-format=json --content-file=checks.json --pretty PUT config/servicecheck

Note: the ID's within the checks.json file must be left unchanged else new checks will be created, not current checks updated.

Note: Amending service check names could lose historical (graphing) information

Determining If A Host Exists

To see if the host 'foo' already exists:

opsview_rest --username=admin --password=initial GET 'config/host/exists?name=foo'

Will return ”{'exists' ⇒ '0'}” if the host does not exist, ”{'exists' ⇒ '1'}” if it does.

Fetching information for a specific contact

To fetch contact information without fetching the ID first

opsview_rest --username=admin --password=initial GET 'config/contact?s.name=admin'

Create a new user

This shows creating a new user with the minimum fields specified while the changelog is enabled:

opsview_rest --username=admin --password=initial put 'config/contact' --data='{"name":"newname","fullname":"New Name","changelog":"New user"}'

Amend a users role

opsview_rest --username=admin --password=initial put 'config/contact' --data='{"name":"newname","role": { "name":"Administrator"}}'