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# maintenance.create

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### Description

`object maintenance.create(object/array maintenances)`

This method allows to create new maintenances.

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### Parameters

`(object/array)` Maintenances to create.

Additionally to the [standard maintenance
properties](object#maintenance), the method accepts the following
parameters.

|Parameter|Type|Description|
|---------|----|-----------|
|**groupids**<br>(required)|array|IDs of the host groups that will undergo maintenance.|
|**hostids**<br>(required)|array|IDs of the hosts that will undergo maintenance.|
|**timeperiods**<br>(required)|array|Maintenance time periods.|

::: noteimportant
At least one host or host group must be defined
for each maintenance.
:::

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### Return values

`(object)` Returns an object containing the IDs of the created
maintenances under the `maintenanceids` property. The order of the
returned IDs matches the order of the passed maintenances.

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### Examples

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#### Creating a maintenance

Create a maintenance with data collection for host group "2". It must be
active from 22.01.2013 till 22.01.2014, come in effect each Sunday at
18:00 and last for one hour.

Request:

``` {.java}
{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "maintenance.create",
    "params": {
        "name": "Sunday maintenance",
        "active_since": 1358844540,
        "active_till": 1390466940,
        "groupids": [
            "2"
        ],
        "timeperiods": [
            {
                "timeperiod_type": 3,
                "every": 1,
                "dayofweek": 64,
                "start_time": 64800,
                "period": 3600
            }
        ]
    },
    "auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
    "id": 1
}
```

Response:

``` {.java}
{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "result": {
        "maintenanceids": [
            "3"
        ]
    },
    "id": 1
}
```

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### See also

-   [Time period](object#time_period)

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### Source

CMaintenance::create() in
*frontends/php/include/classes/api/services/CMaintenance.php*.

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