Zabbix provides an entry point to interact with, manipulate, configure, and create objects in Zabbix. This API is available through its PHP frontend at http://<your-zabbix-server>/zabbix/api_jsonrpc.php.

The communication protocol is JSON-based, and the medium used is obviously HTTP/HTTPS.

Zabbix's JSON-RPC API provides a nice interface and exposes a lot of functionalities. Once authenticated, it will allow you to perform any kind of operation on Zabbix objects. Now, if you need to configure Zabbix in a large or very large network, this Zabbix API can be really useful. As a practical example, you can consider that you may need to add a large number of devices that, most probably, are already defined in a separate document. The API provides the entry point to add all of them in Zabbix by simply using a dedicated script.

The Zabbix API was introduced with Zabbix Version 1.8 and went through changes up until the current Version 2.4. This version can be considered...