15 Zabbix sender dynamic link library for Windows

In a Windows environment applications can send data to Zabbix server/proxy directly by using the Zabbix sender dynamic link library (zabbix_sender.dll) instead of having to launch an external process (zabbix_sender.exe).

The dynamic link library with the development files is located in bin\winXX\dev folders. To use it, include the zabbix_sender.h header file and link with the zabbix_sender.lib library. An example file with Zabbix sender API usage can be found in build\win32\examples\zabbix_sender folder.

The following functionality is provided by the Zabbix sender dynamic link library:

int zabbix_sender_send_values(const char address, unsigned short port,
        const char source, const zabbix_sender_value_t values, int count,
        char **result);

int zabbix_sender_parse_result(const char result, int response,
        zabbix_sender_info_t info);

void zabbix_sender_free_result(void *result);

The following data structures are used by the Zabbix sender dynamic link library:

typedef struct
{
    /* host name, must match the name of target host in Zabbix */
    char    *host;
    /* the item key */
    char    *key;
    /* the item value */
    char    *value;
}
zabbix_sender_value_t;
typedef struct
{
    /* number of total values processed */
    int    total;
    /* number of failed values */
    int    failed;
    /* time in seconds the server spent processing the sent values */
    double    time_spent;
}
zabbix_sender_info_t;