13 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);
char result);`{.c}

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

  1. typedef struct
  2.        {
  3.            /* host name, must match the name of target host in Zabbix */
  4.            char    *host;
  5.            /* the item key */
  6.            char    *key;
  7.            /* the item value */
  8.            char    *value;
  9.        }
  10.        zabbix_sender_value_t;
  12.        typedef struct
  13.        {
  14.            /* number of total values processed */
  15.            int total;
  16.            /* number of failed values */
  17.            int failed;
  18.            /* time in seconds the server spent processing the sent values */
  19.            double  time_spent;
  20.        }
  21.        zabbix_sender_info_t;