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Configuration Item

It is the fundamental block of CMDB. A CI is a critical resource for your organization. The CIs can be categorized under different CI types, and CI to CI relationships can be defined.

Attributes

id (long)
Denotes the unique identifier used to identify the CI

id (long)
Numerical digits which are considered to have larger values.

Example

234759602834500

name (string)
Indicates the unique name used to identify the CI

name (string)
A text in a plain format. No rich text or new line characters allowed.

Example

Sample Content

description (string)
Description of the CI

description (string)
A text in a plain format. No rich text or new line characters allowed.

Example

Sample Content

created_by (user)read only
Indicates the user who created the CI

created_by (user)

created_time (datetime)read only
Indicates the time when the CI was created

created_time (datetime)
Represents a date/time as a JSON Object. Would contain the value and the display_value attributes.

value : The time in long format (No. of milliseconds from Jan 1, 1970 ).

display_value : The time in a readable form in a format as personalized by the user. If not personalized, default format would be used.

last_updated_by (user)read only
Indicates the user who last edited the CI

last_updated_by (user)

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last_updated_time (datetime)read only

Indicates the time when the CI was last edited

last_updated_time (datetime)
Represents a date/time as a JSON Object. Would contain the value and the display_value attributes.

value : The time in long format (No. of milliseconds from Jan 1, 1970 ).

display_value : The time in a readable form in a format as personalized by the user. If not personalized, default format would be used.

Add Configuration Item

This operation allows you to create a new CI.

Mandatory Fields :- name

Url

api/v3/cmdb/{ci_type_api_name}

Attributes

id (long)
Denotes the unique identifier used to identify the CI

id (long)
Numerical digits which are considered to have larger values.

Example

234759602834500

name (string)
Indicates the unique name used to identify the CI

name (string)
A text in a plain format. No rich text or new line characters allowed.

Example

Sample Content

description (string)
Description of the CI

description (string)
A text in a plain format. No rich text or new line characters allowed.

Example

Sample Content

created_by (user)read only
Indicates the user who created the CI

created_by (user)

created_time (datetime)read only
Indicates the time when the CI was created

created_time (datetime)
Represents a date/time as a JSON Object. Would contain the value and the display_value attributes.

value : The time in long format (No. of milliseconds from Jan 1, 1970 ).

display_value : The time in a readable form in a format as personalized by the user. If not personalized, default format would be used.

last_updated_by (user)read only
Indicates the user who last edited the CI

last_updated_by (user)

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last_updated_time (datetime)read only

Indicates the time when the CI was last edited

last_updated_time (datetime)
Represents a date/time as a JSON Object. Would contain the value and the display_value attributes.

value : The time in long format (No. of milliseconds from Jan 1, 1970 ).

display_value : The time in a readable form in a format as personalized by the user. If not personalized, default format would be used.

$ curl <url>/api/v3/cmdb/{ci_type_api_name}\
      -X POST\
      -H "Accept: application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json"\
      -H "Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx"\
      -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded"\
      -d input_data='{
    "ci_computer": {
        "name": "New Sample CI",
        "description": "API Test",
        "ci_attributes": {
        "txt_os": "Windows 10",
        "num_processor_count": 4,
        "dbl_purchase_cost": 54999.49,
        "date_purchase_date": {
            "value": "1628852400000"
        },
        "bool_rented": false,
        "ref_owned_by": {
            "id": "100000000000032679"
        }
    }
    }
}'
// Deluge Sample script
url = "<url>/api/v3/cmdb/{ci_type_api_name}";
headers = {"Accept":"application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json",
           "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
           "Authorization": "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx"};
input_data = {
    "ci_computer": {
        "name": "New Sample CI",
        "description": "API Test",
        "ci_attributes": {
        "txt_os": "Windows 10",
        "num_processor_count": 4,
        "dbl_purchase_cost": 54999.49,
        "date_purchase_date": {
            "value": "1628852400000"
        },
        "bool_rented": false,
        "ref_owned_by": {
            "id": "100000000000032679"
        }
    }
    }
};
params = {"input_data": input_data};
response = invokeurl
[
    url: url
    type: POST
    parameters: params
    headers: headers
];
info response;
#Powershell version - 5.1
$url = "<url>/api/v3/cmdb/{ci_type_api_name}"
$headers = @{ "Accept" = "application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json"
    "Authorization" = "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx"
    "Content-Type" = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"}
$input_data = @'
{
    "ci_computer": {
        "name": "New Sample CI",
        "description": "API Test",
        "ci_attributes": {
        "txt_os": "Windows 10",
        "num_processor_count": 4,
        "dbl_purchase_cost": 54999.49,
        "date_purchase_date": {
            "value": "1628852400000"
        },
        "bool_rented": false,
        "ref_owned_by": {
            "id": "100000000000032679"
        }
    }
    }
}
'@
$data = @{ 'input_data' = $input_data}
$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $url -Method post -Body $data -Headers $headers
$response
#Python version - 3.10
from urllib.error import HTTPError
from urllib.parse import urlencode
from urllib.request import urlopen,Request

url = "<url>/api/v3/cmdb/{ci_type_api_name}"
headers ={"Accept": "application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json", 
          "Authorization" : "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx", 
          "Content-Type" : "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"}
input_data = '''{
    "ci_computer": {
        "name": "New Sample CI",
        "description": "API Test",
        "ci_attributes": {
        "txt_os": "Windows 10",
        "num_processor_count": 4,
        "dbl_purchase_cost": 54999.49,
        "date_purchase_date": {
            "value": "1628852400000"
        },
        "bool_rented": false,
        "ref_owned_by": {
            "id": "100000000000032679"
        }
    }
    }
}'''
data = urlencode({"input_data":input_data}).encode()
httprequest = Request(url, headers=headers,data=data, method="POST")
try:
    with urlopen(httprequest) as response:
        print(response.read().decode())
except HTTPError as e:
    print(e.read().decode())
{
    "response_status": {
        "status_code": 2000,
        "status": "success"
    },
    "ci_computer": {
        "linked_instance": null,
        "created_time": {
            "display_value": "Aug 13, 2021 04:32 PM",
            "value": "1628852559740"
        },
        "attachments": "[]",
        "ci_attributes": {
            "ref_model": null,
            "txt_service_tag": null,
            "ref_owned_by": {
                "email_id": "lincoln@zmail.com",
                "is_technician": true,
                "sms_mail": "linc123@xys_sms.co",
                "contact_info_id": "100000000000032677",
                "mobile": "9876543210",
                "last_name": "",
                "user_scope": "0",
                "phone": "",
                "name": "Lincoln",
                "id": "100000000000032679",
                "photo_url": "test-photo-url",
                "is_vip_user": false,
                "department": null,
                "first_name": "Lincoln",
                "job_title": ""
            },
            "txt_processor_name": null,
            "bool_rented": false,
            "num_lease_number": null,
            "txt_location": null,
            "ref_managed_by": null,
            "txt_manufacturer": null,
            "txt_os": "Windows 10",
            "txt_serial_number": null,
            "txt_ip_address": null,
            "txt_mac_address": null,
            "num_processor_count": "4",
            "txt_service_pack": null,
            "dbl_purchase_cost": "54999.49",
            "date_purchase_date": {
                "display_value": "Aug 13, 2021 04:30 PM",
                "value": "1628852400000"
            },
            "ref_business_impact": null
        },
        "description": "API Test",
        "created_by": {
        "email_id": "lincoln@zmail.com",
        "is_technician": true,
        "sms_mail": "linc123@xys_sms.co",
        "contact_info_id": "100000000000032677",
        "mobile": "9876543210",
        "last_name": "",
        "user_scope": "0",
        "phone": "",
        "name": "Lincoln",
        "id": "100000000000032679",
        "photo_url": "test-photo-url",
        "is_vip_user": false,
        "department": null,
        "first_name": "Lincoln",
        "job_title": ""
        },
        "data_source": "[]",
        "last_updated_by": null,
        "ci_type": {
            "api_plural_name": "ci_computer",
            "name": "ci_computer",
            "display_name_plural": "Computer",
            "id": "100000000000030038",
            "display_name": "Computer",
            "icon_name": "exchange_server"
        },
        "linked_entity": null,
        "last_updated_time": null,
        "name": "New Sample CI",
        "id": "100000000000033079"
    }
}

Edit Configuration Item

This operation allows you to edit a CI

Url

api/v3/cmdb/{ci_type_api_name}/{ci_id}

Attributes

id (long)
Denotes the unique identifier used to identify the CI

id (long)
Numerical digits which are considered to have larger values.

Example

234759602834500

name (string)
Indicates the unique name used to identify the CI

name (string)
A text in a plain format. No rich text or new line characters allowed.

Example

Sample Content

description (string)
Description of the CI

description (string)
A text in a plain format. No rich text or new line characters allowed.

Example

Sample Content

created_by (user)read only
Indicates the user who created the CI

created_by (user)

created_time (datetime)read only
Indicates the time when the CI was created

created_time (datetime)
Represents a date/time as a JSON Object. Would contain the value and the display_value attributes.

value : The time in long format (No. of milliseconds from Jan 1, 1970 ).

display_value : The time in a readable form in a format as personalized by the user. If not personalized, default format would be used.

last_updated_by (user)read only
Indicates the user who last edited the CI

last_updated_by (user)

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last_updated_time (datetime)read only

Indicates the time when the CI was last edited

last_updated_time (datetime)
Represents a date/time as a JSON Object. Would contain the value and the display_value attributes.

value : The time in long format (No. of milliseconds from Jan 1, 1970 ).

display_value : The time in a readable form in a format as personalized by the user. If not personalized, default format would be used.

$ curl <url>/api/v3/cmdb/{ci_type_api_name}/{ci_id}\
      -X PUT\ 
      -H "Accept: application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json"\
      -H "Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx"\
      -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded"\
      -d input_data='{
    "ci_computer": {
        "description": "API Test - Edited",
        "ci_attributes": {
        "txt_os": "Windows 11"
          }
        }
}'
// Deluge Sample script
url = "<url>/api/v3/cmdb/{ci_type_api_name}/{ci_id}";
headers = {"Accept":"application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json",
           "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
           "Authorization": "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx"};
input_data = {
    "ci_computer": {
        "description": "API Test - Edited",
        "ci_attributes": {
        "txt_os": "Windows 11"
          }
        }
};
params = {"input_data": input_data};
response = invokeurl
[
    url: url
    type: PUT
    parameters: params
    headers: headers
];
info response;
#Powershell version - 5.1
$url = "<url>/api/v3/cmdb/{ci_type_api_name}/{ci_id}"
$headers = @{"Accept": "application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json", 
          "Authorization" : "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx", 
          "Content-Type" : "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"}
$input_data = @'
{
    "ci_computer": {
        "description": "API Test - Edited",
        "ci_attributes": {
        "txt_os": "Windows 11"
          }
        }
}
'@
$data = @{ 'input_data' = $input_data}
$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $url -Method put -Body $data -Headers $headers
$response
#Python version - 3.10
from urllib.error import HTTPError
from urllib.parse import urlencode
from urllib.request import urlopen,Request

url = "<url>/api/v3/cmdb/{ci_type_api_name}/{ci_id}"
headers ={"Accept": "application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json", 
          "Authorization" : "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx", 
          "Content-Type" : "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"}
input_data = '''{
    "ci_computer": {
        "description": "API Test - Edited",
        "ci_attributes": {
        "txt_os": "Windows 11"
          }
        }
}'''
data = urlencode({"input_data":input_data}).encode()
httprequest = Request(url, headers=headers,data=data, method="PUT")
try:
    with urlopen(httprequest) as response:
        print(response.read().decode())
except HTTPError as e:
    print(e.read().decode())
{
    "response_status": {
        "status_code": 2000,
        "status": "success"
    },
    "ci_computer": {
        "linked_instance": null,
        "created_time": {
            "display_value": "Aug 13, 2021 04:32 PM",
            "value": "1628852559740"
        },
        "attachments": "[]",
        "ci_attributes": {
            "ref_model": null,
            "txt_service_tag": null,
            "ref_owned_by": {
                "email_id": "lincoln@zmail.com",
                "is_technician": true,
                "sms_mail": "linc123@xys_sms.co",
                "contact_info_id": "100000000000032677",
                "mobile": "9876543210",
                "last_name": "",
                "user_scope": "0",
                "phone": "",
                "name": "Lincoln",
                "id": "100000000000032679",
                "photo_url": "test-photo-url",
                "is_vip_user": false,
                "department": null,
                "first_name": "Lincoln",
                "job_title": ""
            },
            "txt_processor_name": null,
            "bool_rented": false,
            "num_lease_number": null,
            "txt_location": null,
            "ref_managed_by": null,
            "txt_manufacturer": null,
            "txt_os": "Windows 11",
            "txt_serial_number": null,
            "txt_ip_address": null,
            "txt_mac_address": null,
            "num_processor_count": "4",
            "txt_service_pack": null,
            "dbl_purchase_cost": "54999.49",
            "date_purchase_date": {
                "display_value": "Aug 13, 2021 04:30 PM",
                "value": "1628852400000"
            },
            "ref_business_impact": null
        },
        "description": "API Test - Edited",
        "created_by": {
        "email_id": "lincoln@zmail.com",
        "is_technician": true,
        "sms_mail": "linc123@xys_sms.co",
        "contact_info_id": "100000000000032677",
        "mobile": "9876543210",
        "last_name": "",
        "user_scope": "0",
        "phone": "",
        "name": "Lincoln",
        "id": "100000000000032679",
        "photo_url": "test-photo-url",
        "is_vip_user": false,
        "department": null,
        "first_name": "Lincoln",
        "job_title": ""
        },
        "data_source": "[]",
        "last_updated_by": {
        "email_id": "lincoln@zmail.com",
        "is_technician": true,
        "sms_mail": "linc123@xys_sms.co",
        "contact_info_id": "100000000000032677",
        "mobile": "9876543210",
        "last_name": "",
        "user_scope": "0",
        "phone": "",
        "name": "Lincoln",
        "id": "100000000000032679",
        "photo_url": "test-photo-url",
        "is_vip_user": false,
        "department": null,
        "first_name": "Lincoln",
        "job_title": ""
        },
        "ci_type": {
            "api_plural_name": "ci_computer",
            "name": "ci_computer",
            "display_name_plural": "Computer",
            "id": "100000000000030038",
            "display_name": "Computer",
            "icon_name": "exchange_server"
        },
        "linked_entity": null,
        "last_updated_time": {
            "display_value": "Aug 13, 2021 06:02 PM",
            "value": "1628857948859"
        },
        "name": "New Sample CI",
        "id": "100000000000033079"
    }
}

Get Configuration Item

This operation helps you to get a single CI under particular CI Type.

Url

api/v3/cmdb/{ci_type_api_name}/{ci_id}

Attributes

id (long)
Denotes the unique identifier used to identify the CI

id (long)
Numerical digits which are considered to have larger values.

Example

234759602834500

name (string)
Indicates the unique name used to identify the CI

name (string)
A text in a plain format. No rich text or new line characters allowed.

Example

Sample Content

description (string)
Description of the CI

description (string)
A text in a plain format. No rich text or new line characters allowed.

Example

Sample Content

created_by (user)read only
Indicates the user who created the CI

created_by (user)

created_time (datetime)read only
Indicates the time when the CI was created

created_time (datetime)
Represents a date/time as a JSON Object. Would contain the value and the display_value attributes.

value : The time in long format (No. of milliseconds from Jan 1, 1970 ).

display_value : The time in a readable form in a format as personalized by the user. If not personalized, default format would be used.

last_updated_by (user)read only
Indicates the user who last edited the CI

last_updated_by (user)

More Attributes Expand all

last_updated_time (datetime)read only

Indicates the time when the CI was last edited

last_updated_time (datetime)
Represents a date/time as a JSON Object. Would contain the value and the display_value attributes.

value : The time in long format (No. of milliseconds from Jan 1, 1970 ).

display_value : The time in a readable form in a format as personalized by the user. If not personalized, default format would be used.

$ curl -G <url>/api/v3/cmdb/{ci_type_api_name}/{ci_id}\
      -X GET\
      -H "Accept: application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json"\
      -H "Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx"\
      -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
// Deluge Sample script
url = "<url>/api/v3/cmdb/{ci_type_api_name}/{ci_id}";
headers = {"Accept":"application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json",
           "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
           "Authorization": "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx"};          
response = invokeurl
[
    url: url
    type: GET
    headers: headers
];
info response;
#Powershell version - 5.1
$url = "<url>/api/v3/cmdb/{ci_type_api_name}/{ci_id}"
$headers = @{ "Accept" = "application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json"
    "Authorization" = "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx"
    "Content-Type" = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"}  
$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $url -Method get -Headers $headers 
$response
#Python version - 3.8
#This script requires requests module installed in python.
from urllib.error import HTTPError
from urllib.parse import urlencode
from urllib.request import urlopen,Request

url = "<url>/api/v3/cmdb/{ci_type_api_name}/{ci_id}"
headers ={"Accept": "application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json", 
          "Authorization" : "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx", 
          "Content-Type" : "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"}
httprequest = Request(url, headers=headers)
try:
    with urlopen(httprequest) as response:
        print(response.read().decode())
except HTTPError as e:
    print(e.read().decode())
{
    "response_status": {
        "status_code": 2000,
        "status": "success"
    },
    "ci_computer": {
        "linked_instance": "100000000000005416",
        "created_time": {
            "display_value": "Jul 30, 2021 07:44 PM",
            "value": "1627654487657"
        },
        "attachments": [],
        "ci_attributes": {
            "ref_model": null,
            "txt_service_tag": null,
            "ref_owned_by": {
                "email_id": "lincoln@zmail.com",
                "is_technician": true,
                "sms_mail": "linc123@xys_sms.co",
                "contact_info_id": "100000000000034009",
                "mobile": "9876543210",
                "last_name": null,
                "user_scope": "0",
                "phone": null,
                "name": "Lincoln",
                "id": "100000000000034007",
                "photo_url": "test-photo-url",
                "is_vip_user": false,
                "department": {
                    "site": null,
                    "name": "Engineering",
                    "id": "100000000000005416"
                },
                "first_name": "Lincoln",
                "job_title": null
            },
            "txt_processor_name": null,
            "txt_location": null,
            "ref_managed_by": {
                "email_id": "lincoln@zmail.com",
                "is_technician": true,
                "sms_mail": "linc123@xys_sms.co",
                "contact_info_id": "100000000000034009",
                "mobile": "9876543210",
                "last_name": null,
                "user_scope": "0",
                "phone": null,
                "name": "Lincoln",
                "id": "100000000000034007",
                "photo_url": "test-photo-url",
                "is_vip_user": false,
                "department": {
                    "site": null,
                    "name": "Engineering",
                    "id": "100000000000005416"
                },
                "first_name": "Lincoln",
                "job_title": null
            },
            "txt_manufacturer": "Dell",
            "txt_os": "Windows",
            "txt_serial_number": null,
            "txt_ip_address": null,
            "txt_mac_address": null,
            "num_processor_count": null,
            "txt_service_pack": null,
            "ref_business_impact": {
                "name": "Affects Department",
                "id": "100000000000007152"
            }
        },
        "description": "Dell Server used for VMs",
        "created_by": {
            "email_id": "lincoln@zmail.com",
            "is_technician": true,
            "sms_mail": "linc123@xys_sms.co",
            "contact_info_id": "100000000000034009",
            "mobile": "9876543210",
            "last_name": null,
            "user_scope": "0",
            "phone": null,
            "name": "Lincoln",
            "id": "100000000000034007",
            "photo_url": "test-photo-url",
            "is_vip_user": false,
            "department": {
                "site": null,
                "name": "Engineering",
                "id": "100000000000005416"
            },
            "first_name": "Lincoln",
            "job_title": null
        },
        "data_source": [],
        "last_updated_by": {
            "email_id": "lincoln@zmail.com",
            "is_technician": true,
            "sms_mail": "linc123@xys_sms.co",
            "contact_info_id": "100000000000034009",
            "mobile": "9876543210",
            "last_name": null,
            "user_scope": "0",
            "phone": null,
            "name": "Lincoln",
            "id": "100000000000034007",
            "photo_url": "test-photo-url",
            "is_vip_user": false,
            "department": {
                "site": null,
                "name": "Engineering",
                "id": "100000000000005416"
            },
            "first_name": "Lincoln",
            "job_title": null
        },
        "ci_type": {
            "api_plural_name": "ci_computer",
            "name": "ci_computer",
            "display_name_plural": "Computer",
            "id": "100000000000030014",
            "display_name": "Computer",
            "icon_name": "exchange_server"
        },
        "linked_entity": {
            "api_plural_name": "departments",
            "name": "department",
            "display_name_plural": "sdp.module.pluralname.departments",
            "id": "100000000000004786",
            "display_name": "Department",
            "icon_name": null
        },
        "last_updated_time": {
            "display_value": "Jul 30, 2021 07:47 PM",
            "value": "1627654669667"
        },
        "linked_instance_data": {
            "site": null,
            "name": "Engineering",
            "id": "100000000000005416"
        },
        "name": "Dell Server",
        "id": "100000000000034020"
    }
}

Get List Configuration Item

This operation helps you to get the list of all CIs under particular CI Type.

Url

api/v3/cmdb/{ci_type_api_name}

Attributes

id (long)
Denotes the unique identifier used to identify the CI

id (long)
Numerical digits which are considered to have larger values.

Example

234759602834500

name (string)
Indicates the unique name used to identify the CI

name (string)
A text in a plain format. No rich text or new line characters allowed.

Example

Sample Content

description (string)
Description of the CI

description (string)
A text in a plain format. No rich text or new line characters allowed.

Example

Sample Content

created_by (user)read only
Indicates the user who created the CI

created_by (user)

created_time (datetime)read only
Indicates the time when the CI was created

created_time (datetime)
Represents a date/time as a JSON Object. Would contain the value and the display_value attributes.

value : The time in long format (No. of milliseconds from Jan 1, 1970 ).

display_value : The time in a readable form in a format as personalized by the user. If not personalized, default format would be used.

last_updated_by (user)read only
Indicates the user who last edited the CI

last_updated_by (user)

More Attributes Expand all

last_updated_time (datetime)read only

Indicates the time when the CI was last edited

last_updated_time (datetime)
Represents a date/time as a JSON Object. Would contain the value and the display_value attributes.

value : The time in long format (No. of milliseconds from Jan 1, 1970 ).

display_value : The time in a readable form in a format as personalized by the user. If not personalized, default format would be used.

$ curl -G <url>/api/v3/cmdb/{ci_type_api_name}\
      -X GET\ 
      -H "Accept: application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json"\
      -H "Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx"\
      -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded"\
      --data-urlencode input_data='{}'
// Deluge Sample script
url = "<url>/api/v3/cmdb/{ci_type_api_name}";
headers = {"Accept":"application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json",
           "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
           "Authorization": "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx"};
input_data = {};
params = {"input_data":input_data};           
response = invokeurl
[
    url: url
    type: GET
    parameters:params
    headers: headers
];
info response;
#Powershell version - 5.1
$url = "<url>/api/v3/cmdb/{ci_type_api_name}"
$headers = @{ "Accept" = "application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json"
    "Authorization" = "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx"
    "Content-Type" = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"}
$input_data = @'{}'@
$data = @{ 'input_data' = $input_data}    
$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $url -Method get -Body $data -Headers $headers 
$response
#Python version - 3.8
#This script requires requests module installed in python.
from urllib.error import HTTPError
from urllib.parse import urlencode
from urllib.request import urlopen,Request

url = "<url>/api/v3/cmdb/{ci_type_api_name}"
headers ={"Accept": "application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json", 
          "Authorization" : "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx", 
          "Content-Type" : "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"}
input_data = '''{}'''       
url += "?" + urlencode({"input_data":input_data})
httprequest = Request(url, headers=headers)
try:
    with urlopen(httprequest) as response:
        print(response.read().decode())
except HTTPError as e:
    print(e.read().decode())
{
    "response_status": [
        {
            "status_code": 2000,
            "status": "success"
        }
    ],
    "list_info": {
        "has_more_rows": false,
        "sort_field": "name",
        "row_count": 1
    },
    "ci_computer": [
        {
            "created_time": {
                "display_value": "Jul 30, 2021 07:44 PM",
                "value": "1627654487657"
            },
            "last_updated_by": {
                "email_id": "lincoln@zmail.com",
                "is_technician": true,
                "sms_mail": "linc123@xys_sms.co",
                "contact_info_id": "100000000000034009",
                "mobile": "9876543210",
                "last_name": null,
                "user_scope": "0",
                "phone": null,
                "name": "Lincoln",
                "id": "100000000000034007",
                "photo_url": "test-photo-url",
                "is_vip_user": false,
                "department": {
                    "site": null,
                    "name": "Engineering",
                    "id": "100000000000005416"
                },
                "first_name": "Lincoln",
                "job_title": null
            },
            "ci_type": {
                "api_plural_name": "ci_computer",
                "name": "ci_computer",
                "display_name_plural": "Computer",
                "id": "100000000000030014",
                "display_name": "Computer",
                "icon_name": "exchange_server"
            },
            "ci_attributes": {
                "ref_model": null,
                "txt_service_tag": null,
                "ref_owned_by": {
                    "email_id": "lincoln@zmail.com",
                    "is_technician": true,
                    "sms_mail": "linc123@xys_sms.co",
                    "contact_info_id": "100000000000034009",
                    "mobile": "9876543210",
                    "last_name": null,
                    "user_scope": "0",
                    "phone": null,
                    "name": "Lincoln",
                    "id": "100000000000034007",
                    "photo_url": "test-photo-url",
                    "is_vip_user": false,
                    "department": {
                        "site": null,
                        "name": "Engineering",
                        "id": "100000000000005416"
                    },
                    "first_name": "Lincoln",
                    "job_title": null
                },
                "txt_processor_name": null,
                "txt_location": null,
                "ref_managed_by": {
                    "email_id": "lincoln@zmail.com",
                    "is_technician": true,
                    "sms_mail": "linc123@xys_sms.co",
                    "contact_info_id": "100000000000034009",
                    "mobile": "9876543210",
                    "last_name": null,
                    "user_scope": "0",
                    "phone": null,
                    "name": "Lincoln",
                    "id": "100000000000034007",
                    "photo_url": "test-photo-url",
                    "is_vip_user": false,
                    "department": {
                        "site": null,
                        "name": "Engineering",
                        "id": "100000000000005416"
                    },
                    "first_name": "Lincoln",
                    "job_title": null
                },
                "txt_manufacturer": "Dell",
                "txt_os": "Windows",
                "txt_serial_number": null,
                "txt_ip_address": null,
                "txt_mac_address": null,
                "num_processor_count": null,
                "txt_service_pack": null,
                "ref_business_impact": {
                    "name": "Affects Department",
                    "id": "100000000000007152"
                }
            },
            "last_updated_time": {
                "display_value": "Jul 30, 2021 07:47 PM",
                "value": "1627654669667"
            },
            "name": "Dell Server",
            "description": "Dell Server used for VMs",
            "id": "100000000000034020",
            "created_by": {
                "email_id": "lincoln@zmail.com",
                "is_technician": true,
                "sms_mail": "linc123@xys_sms.co",
                "contact_info_id": "100000000000034009",
                "mobile": "9876543210",
                "last_name": null,
                "user_scope": "0",
                "phone": null,
                "name": "Lincoln",
                "id": "100000000000034007",
                "photo_url": "test-photo-url",
                "is_vip_user": false,
                "department": {
                    "site": null,
                    "name": "Engineering",
                    "id": "100000000000005416"
                },
                "first_name": "Lincoln",
                "job_title": null
            },
            "data_source": []
        }
    ]
}

Delete Configuration Item

This operation allows you to delete one or more CIs of particular CI Type at the same time. The CI ids can be given in a comma separated manner.

Url

api/v3/cmdb/{ci_type_api_name}?ids={ci_ids}

$ curl <url>/api/v3/cmdb/{ci_type_api_name}?ids={ci_ids}\
      -X DELETE\ 
      -H "Accept: application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json"\
      -H "Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx"\
      -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
// Deluge Sample script
url = "<url>/api/v3/cmdb/{ci_type_api_name}?ids={ci_ids}";
headers = {"Accept":"application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json",
           "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
           "Authorization": "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx"};
response = invokeurl
[
    url: url
    type: DELETE
    headers: headers
];
info response;
#Powershell version - 5.1
$url = "<url>/api/v3/cmdb/{ci_type_api_name}?ids={ci_ids}"
$headers = @{ "Accept" = "application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json"
    "Authorization" = "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx"
    "Content-Type" = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"}
$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $url -Method delete -Headers $headers
$response
#Python version - 3.10
from urllib.error import HTTPError
from urllib.request import urlopen,Request

url = "<url>/api/v3/cmdb/{ci_type_api_name}?ids={ci_ids}"
headers ={"Accept": "application/vnd.manageengine.sdp.v3+json", 
          "Authorization" : "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.7xxx98976ab0xxxxxx19901e7551be57.bxxxx921ed64c04f79622bebcfxxxxxx", 
          "Content-Type" : "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"}
httprequest = Request(url, headers=headers,method="DELETE")
try:
    with urlopen(httprequest) as response:
        print(response.read().decode())
except HTTPError as e:
    print(e.read().decode())
{
  "response_status": {
    "status_code": 2000,
    "status": "success"
  }
}