Query item from external application

[davidl71]

I am integrating Zabbix (version 2.0rc2) with an external application. What is the best way to query a zabbix-server for the value of a single item or status of a trigger?

I tried looking at the documentation but only found information about how to manipulate items(create, delete etc...).

[heaje]

Pull from database history

One thought is to write a script that pulls the information straight out of the Zabbix database. The history tables store the actual data that is collected.

Other than doing something like that or using the Zabbix API to retrieve data (which I'm not familiar with), I'm not aware of anything to do what you are asking.