Styjun

Im working on a python script that does some analysis. This script uses the following zabbix api to get the last value of an item:

getlastvalue = 
 "jsonrpc":"2.0",
 "method":"item.get",
 "params":
 "output":"extend",
 "hostids":"10084",
 "search":
 "key_":"vfs.fs.size[/var/log,used]"
 ,
 "sortfield":"name"
 ,
 "auth":mytoken,
 "id":1

My script analyzes the response and produces this feedback:

LatestValue:499728384 LatestValueEpoch:1553573850 HowLongAgo:33secs ItemID:51150

Now, I wish to know what the value of the item was 24 hours ago...meaning 24 hours from the LatestValueEpoch time. This is where Im having an issue. I think I may not be using the right json. But here's what I've been using:

historyget = 
 "jsonrpc":"2.0",
 "method":"history.get",
 "params":
 "output":[
 "itemid",
 "extend"
 ],
 "time_from":"",
 "time_to":"",
 "itemids":[
 "51150"
 ]
 ,
 "auth":mytoken,
 "id":1

I replace the value of time_from and time_to in my script to reflect yesterday's time (24 hours ago exactly from the current time). But the response I get isnt what I want. What am i doing wrong here?

You have to use the history.get API call.

Using a combination of time_from, time_till and limit you should get an array of values or a single value accordingly.

Important: You have to specify the history parameter (History object types to return) in the history.get call: I usually make an item.get to catch the stuff I need, then an history.get.

A small python sample I wrote as a helper:

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

"""
Get history values for specific items in a time range:

# ./getItemHistoryByName.py -H some-host -I "ICMP response time" -f "26/6/2018 16:00" -t "27/6/2018 23:59"
ItemID: 77013 - Item: ICMP response time - Key: icmppingsec
1530021641 26/06/2018 16:00:41 Value: 0.1042
1530021701 26/06/2018 16:01:41 Value: 0.0993
1530021762 26/06/2018 16:02:42 Value: 0.1024
1530021822 26/06/2018 16:03:42 Value: 0.0966
[cut]
"""

from zabbix.api import ZabbixAPI
import sys, argparse
import time
import datetime


zabbixServer = 'http://yourserver/zabbix/'
zabbixUser = 'someuser'
zabbixPass = 'somepass'


def main(argv):
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
 parser.add_argument('-H', required=True, metavar='Hostname')
 parser.add_argument('-I', required=True, metavar='Item Name')
 parser.add_argument('-f', required=True, metavar='From Timestamp')
 parser.add_argument('-t', required=True, metavar='Till Timestamp')

 args = parser.parse_args()


 zapi = ZabbixAPI(url=zabbixServer, user=zabbixUser, password=zabbixPass)

 fromTimestamp = time.mktime(datetime.datetime.strptime(args.f, "%d/%m/%Y %H:%M").timetuple())
 tillTimestamp = time.mktime(datetime.datetime.strptime(args.t, "%d/%m/%Y %H:%M").timetuple())


 f = 'name' : args.I 
 items = zapi.item.get(filter=f, host=args.H, output='extend' )

 for item in items:
 print "ItemID: - Item: - Key: ".format(item['itemid'], item['name'], item['key_'])

 values = zapi.history.get(itemids=item['itemid'], time_from=fromTimestamp, time_till=tillTimestamp, history=item['value_type'])

 for historyValue in values:
 currentDate = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(int(historyValue['clock'])).strftime('%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S')

 print " Value: ".format(historyValue['clock'], currentDate, historyValue['value'])

if __name__ == "__main__":
 main(sys.argv[1:])