UAPI Filters

Overview

You can use additional parameters to filter UAPI output.

api.filter

Boolean — Whether to enable filtering.

• 1 — Enable filtering.
• 0 — Disable filtering.

api.filter_column

The return to match against. The name of one of the function's returns.

api.filter_term

The value to match. An integer or string value.

api.filter_type

The match type.

If the api.filter_term value is an integer, use a numeric operator. If the api.filter_term value is a string, use a string operator. This parameter defaults to contains.

Numeric operators

• eq — The column equals to the match value.
• lt — The column is less than the match value. This match type cannot handle unlimited values.
• lt_handle_unlimited — The column is less than the match value. This match type can handle unlimited values.
• gt — The column is greater than the match value. This match type cannot handle unlimited values.
• gt_handle_unlimited — The column is greater than the match value. This match type can handle unlimited values.
• ne — The column does not equal to the match value.

String operators

• contains — The column contains the match value's string. Not case-sensitive.
• begins — The column begins with the match value's string. Not case-sensitive.
• ends — The column ends with the match value's string. Not case-sensitive.
• matches — The column matches the value as a regular expression.

Other operators

• defined — The column contains a value.
• undefined — The column does not contain a value.