diff --git a/helper/zabbix.api.php b/helper/zabbix.api.php
index d59b26b..d3d7b07 100644
--- a/helper/zabbix.api.php
+++ b/helper/zabbix.api.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ if(!check_function_exists("zabbix_get_base_url")) {
 
 if(!check_function_exists("zabbix_get_id")) {
     function zabbix_get_id() {
-        return rand(10000, 99999) * rand(10000, 99999);
+        return 1;
     }
 }
 
@@ -195,3 +195,91 @@ if(!check_function_exists("zabbix_get_triggers")) {
         return $triggers;
     }
 }
+
+if(!check_function_exists("zabbix_get_alerts")) {
+    function zabbix_get_alerts($hostids=null, $time_from=0, $time_till=0) {
+        $alerts = false;
+        $response = false;
+
+        // get zabbix authentication
+        $zabbix_api_url = get_scope("zabbix_api_url");
+        $zabbix_auth = get_scope("zabbix_auth");
+
+        if(loadHelper("webpagetool")) {
+            $params = array(
+                "output" => "extend",
+                "hostids" => $hostids,
+                "sortfield" => array("clock", "eventid"),
+                "sortorder" => "DESC"
+            );
+
+            if($time_from > 0) {
+                $params['time_from'] = $time_from - 1;
+            }
+
+            if($time_till > 0) {
+                $params['time_till'] = $time_till + 1;
+            }
+
+            $response = get_web_json($zabbix_api_url, "jsonrpc2.cache", array(
+                "method" => "event.get",
+                "params" => array(
+                    "output" => "extend",
+                    "hostids" => $hostids,
+                    "sortfield" => array("clock", "eventid"),
+                    "sortorder" => "DESC"
+                ),
+                "auth" => $zabbix_auth,
+                "id" => zabbix_get_id()
+            ));
+
+            $alerts = get_property_value("result", $response);
+        }
+
+        return $alerts; 
+    }
+}
+
+if(!check_function_exists("zabbix_get_records")) {
+    function zabbix_get_records($itemids, $now_dt="", $adjust="-24h") {
+        $records = false;
+        $response = false;
+        
+        // get current datetime
+        if(empty($now_dt)) {
+            $now_dt = get_current_datetime();
+        }
+
+        // get zabbix authentication
+        $zabbix_api_url = get_scope("zabbix_api_url");
+        $zabbix_auth = get_scope("zabbix_auth");
+
+        // set time range variables
+        $time_from = get_current_timestamp(array("now" => $now_dt, "adjust" => $adjust));
+        $time_till = get_current_timestamp(array("now" => $now_dt));
+
+        // get history
+        if(loadHelper("webpagetool")) {
+            $params = array(
+                "output" => "extend",
+                "history" => 3,
+                "itemids" => $itemids,
+                "sortfield" => "clock",
+                "sortorder" => "DESC",
+                "time_from" => $time_from,
+                "time_till" => $time_till
+            );
+            
+            $response = get_web_json($zabbix_api_url, "jsonrpc2.cache", array(
+                "method" => "history.get",
+                "params" => $params,
+                "auth" => $zabbix_auth,
+                "id" => zabbix_get_id()
+            ));
+
+            $records = get_property_value("result", $response);
+        }
+
+        return $records; 
+    }
+}