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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Zabbix API related functions
+# Parameters in global variables ZAF_ZBX_API_*
+# returns auth on stdout or false
+zaf_zbxapi_login(){
+ local authstr
+ local user
+ local pass
+
+ [ -z "$ZAF_ZBXAPI_URL" ] || [ -z "$ZAF_ZBXAPI_USER" ] || [ -z "$ZAF_ZBXAPI_PASS" ] && zaf_err "Zabbix Api parameters not set!"
+ authstr='{
+   "params" : {
+      "password" : "'$ZAF_ZBXAPI_PASS'",
+      "user" : "'$ZAF_ZBXAPI_USER'"
+   },
+   "id" : 0,
+   "jsonrpc" : "2.0",
+   "method" : "user.login"
+ }'
+ zaf_dbg "Zabbix API login: $authstr"
+ ZAF_ZBXAPI_AUTH=$(curl -s -f -L -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json-rpc' -d "$authstr" "$ZAF_ZBXAPI_URL" | json_pp | grep result | cut -d ':' -f 2 | tr -d '", ') || { zaf_err "Bad zabbix API parameters, cannot login."; }
+ zaf_dbg "Logged into zabbix API ($ZAF_ZBXAPI_AUTH)"
+}
+
+zaf_zbxapi_getxml() {
+	sed -e 's/\({"jsonrpc":"2.0","result":\)"\(.*\)",\("id":.*\)/\n\2\n/g' | sed -r 's/\\([/"])/\1/g'
+}
+
+# $1 host group or empty
+zaf_zbxapi_gethosts() {
+ local hstr
+ local hgroup
+ local filter
+ 
+ hgroup="$1"
+ [ -n "$hgroup" ] && filter='"filter": { "hostgroup": [ "'$hgroup'" ] },'
+ hstr='{
+    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+    "method": "host.get",
+    "auth": "'$ZAF_ZBXAPI_AUTH'",
+    '$filter'
+    "id": 2
+ }'
+ zaf_dbg "Zabbix Get hosts: $hstr"
+ curl -s -f -L -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json-rpc' -d "$hstr" "$ZAF_ZBXAPI_URL" |  tr ',' '\n' | grep hostid | cut -d '"' -f 4
+}
+
+# Host backup
+# $1 hostid
+zaf_zbxapi_backuphost(){
+ local bkpstr
+ 
+ host="$1"
+ bkpstr='
+ {
+    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+    "method": "configuration.export",
+    "params": {
+        "options": {
+            "hosts": [
+                "'$host'"
+            ]
+        },
+        "format": "xml"
+    },
+    "auth": "'$ZAF_ZBXAPI_AUTH'",
+    "id": 1
+}'
+ zaf_dbg "Zabbix API backup host: $bkpstr"
+ curl -s -f -L -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json-rpc' -d "$bkpstr" "$ZAF_ZBXAPI_URL" | zaf_zbxapi_getxml 
+}
+
+