gistfile1.txt

import getpass
import sys
import time

from pyzabbix import ZabbixAPI

def get_zapi(host, user, password):
    zapi = ZabbixAPI(host)
    zapi.session.verify = False
    zapi.login(user, password)
    return zapi


def get_history(zapi, itemid, time_from, time_till):
    items = zapi.item.get(itemids=item, output=['value_type'])
    if len(items) == 1:
        value_type = items[0]['value_type']
    else:
        raise Exception('Item not foudn')
    ret = zapi.history.get(itemids=itemid,
                            time_from=time_from,
                            time_till=time_till,
                            history=value_type,
                            output='extend'
                        )
    return ret



if __name__ == '__main__':
    host = sys.argv[1]
    item = sys.argv[2]
    minutes_ago = int(sys.argv[3])
    seconds_ago = minutes_ago * 60
    now = int(time.time())
    user = getpass.getuser()
    password = getpass.getpass()
    zapi = get_zapi(host, user, password)
    results = get_history(zapi, item, (now - seconds_ago), now)
    print results
    import pdb;pdb.set_trace()