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4 Trapper items

4 Trapper items

Overview

Zabbix server uses a JSON- based communication protocol for receiving data from Zabbix sender with the help of trapper item.

Request and response messages must begin with header and data length.

Zabbix sender request

{  "request":"sender data",  "data":[  {  "host":"<hostname>",  "key":"trap",  "value":"test value"  }  ] }

Zabbix server response

{  "response":"success",  "info":"processed: 1; failed: 0; total: 1; seconds spent: 0.060753" }

Zabbix sender request with a timestamp

Alternatively Zabbix sender can send a request with a timestamp and nanoseconds.

{  "request":"sender data",  "data":[  {  "host":"<hostname>",  "key":"trap",  "value":"test value",  "clock":1516710794,  "ns":592397170  },  {  "host":"<hostname>",  "key":"trap",  "value":"test value",  "clock":1516710795,  "ns":192399456  }  ],  "clock":1516712029,  "ns":873386094 }

Zabbix server response

{  "response":"success",  "info":"processed: 2; failed: 0; total: 2; seconds spent: 0.060904" }