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Posted: **Mon Apr 18, 2016 6:07 am**

Hi,

Is it possible to edit hosts via REST API?
We would have a need to add different contact group based on few factors, and doing that manually will be tedious job.

I have tried to do so with:

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curl -XPOST "http://x.x.x.x/nagiosxi/api/v1/config/host?apikey=xxxxxxxxxxx&pretty=1" -d "host_name=testapihostapply&address=127.0.0.1&contact_groups=test_group_1&max_check_attempts=2&check_period=24x7&notification_interval=5&notification_period=24x7&applyconfig=1"
curl -XPOST "http://x.x.x.x/nagiosxi/api/v1/config/host?apikey=xxxxxxxxxxx&pretty=1" -d "host_name=testapihostapply&address=127.0.0.1&contact_groups=test_group_2&max_check_attempts=2&check_period=24x7&notification_interval=5&notification_period=24x7&applyconfig=1"

But in that the contact_group was not added either in the first place.

So is this anyway even possible?
My version of Nagios XI is 5.2.0

Posted: **Mon Apr 18, 2016 12:34 pm**

Currently, it is not possible to "edit" objects via the REST API. Every time you use the REST API command you are "recreating" the objects. So, if you want to add a second contact group to this host, you will need to add BOTH contact groups at the same time. Example:

curl -XPOST "http://x.x.x.x/nagiosxi/api/v1/config/h ... x&pretty=1" -d "host_name=testapihostapply&address=127.0.0.1&contact_groups=test_group_1,test_group_2&max_check_attempts=2&check_period=24x7&notification_interval=5&notification_period=24x7&applyconfig=1"

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