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# usermacro.create

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### Description

`object usermacro.create(object/array hostMacros)`

This method allows to create new host macros.

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### Parameters

`(object/array)` Host macros to create.

The method accepts host macros with the [standard host macro
properties](object#host_macro).

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### Return values

`(object)` Returns an object containing the IDs of the created host
macros under the `hostmacroids` property. The order of the returned IDs
matches the order of the passed host macros.

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### Examples

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#### Creating a host macro

Creat a host macro "{$SNMP\_COMMUNITY}" with the value "public" on host
"10198".

Request:

``` {.java}
{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "usermacro.create",
    "params": {
        "hostid": "10198",
        "macro": "{$SNMP_COMMUNITY}",
        "value": "public"
    },
    "auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
    "id": 1
}
```

Response:

``` {.java}
{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "result": {
        "hostmacroids": [
            "11"
        ]
    },
    "id": 1
}
```

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### Source

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

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