pyzabbix

What it is and what it does

PyZabbix is a Python wrapper around the Zabbix API that lets you query and manage Zabbix monitoring infrastructure programmatically. It handles HTTP communication, JSON-RPC formatting, and session management so you can focus on automation tasks. The package wraps the Zabbix API's method calls into Python objects—for example, `zapi.host.get()` translates to a Zabbix API call to retrieve hosts.

The library supports both username/password and API token authentication (Zabbix 5.4+), and exposes the underlying requests Session object so you can customize HTTP behavior—enabling SSL verification control, HTTP auth, timeouts, and custom headers. It's designed for administrators and developers building monitoring automation, reporting, or integration workflows with Zabbix.

Use it for:

• Automate host and item discovery, creation, or updates across multiple Zabbix instances.
• Build monitoring dashboards or reports by querying historical data and events from Zabbix.
• Integrate Zabbix alerts with external systems (ticketing, messaging, incident management).
• Bulk-manage user accounts, host groups, or monitoring templates via script.
• Monitor Zabbix itself—query API version, server status, or configuration for compliance checks.

Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying

PyZabbix provides a Python interface to the Zabbix API, enabling programmatic access to query and manage Zabbix monitoring infrastructure through HTTP requests.

Yes, with conditions. PyZabbix is a stable, low-friction library with no known vulnerabilities and solid community adoption. However, the last release was over 970 days ago and the project is marked as aging. If you need to integrate Python with Zabbix 4.0–6.4, it is a reliable choice; verify compatibility with your Zabbix version first, and monitor the repository for updates if you deploy to newer Zabbix releases.

Install

pyzabbix on PyPI

pip install pyzabbix

uv add pyzabbix

poetry add pyzabbix

Installing pyzabbix

Before you install

Low install friction; depends only on requests and packaging. Maintenance status is aging—last release was 2023-12-18, over 970 days ago, though the repository remains active with recent commits and moderate community engagement (983 stars).

License in practice

Licensed under LGPL 2.1 (copyleft). You may use and modify the package freely, but derivative works must also be distributed under LGPL 2.1; proprietary applications linking to this library should review copyleft obligations.

Quickstart

pip install pyzabbix

from pyzabbix import ZabbixAPI

zapi = ZabbixAPI("http://zabbixserver.example.com")
zapi.login("zabbix user", "zabbix pass")
print("Connected to Zabbix API Version %s" % zapi.api_version())

for h in zapi.host.get(output="extend"):
    print(h['hostid'])

Requires a running Zabbix server instance and valid credentials; tested against Zabbix 4.0 LTS, 5.0 LTS, 6.0 LTS, and 6.4.

Verify before relying

• Whether the package is actively maintained or in maintenance-only mode given the 970-day gap since last release.
• Compatibility with Zabbix versions beyond 6.4.
• Performance characteristics when querying large datasets or high-frequency API calls.

Package facts

Evidence: pyzabbix-1.3.1-py3-none-any.whl

Keywords: zabbix, monitoring, api

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