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Werk #10293: REST API: allow effective host attributes to be queries

Component REST API
Title REST API: allow effective host attributes to be queries
Date Jan 11, 2021
Level Trivial Change
Class New Feature
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
2.1.0b1 Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
2.0.0b4 Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

The host_config GET REST API endpoint now accepts an "effective_attributes" query, parameter. When this parameter is set, all the parameters of the host and all it's parent folders are combined and returned. The default behavior is to only return the host's attributes.

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