Sorting API output?

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I’ve been trying to find a way to sort the output from an API query, say by hostname or by last state change etc. Am I missing something or is this missing from the API?

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Hi,

you can use jq or python -m json.tool. Some small examples you’ll find here https://icinga.com/docs/icinga2/latest/doc/12-icinga2-api/#responses
more about jq you’ll find here https://hyperpolyglot.org/json

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Just what @stevie-sy said. :slight_smile: The API was never made to be human readable. It should provide easy machine readable output which you can then process through other tools.

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