From a82870384c3295b0a6f235c2041f8f127cbd9c5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Tremer <michael.tremer@ipfire.org>
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2025 14:47:59 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] modules: Create a dummy function for modules to submit data

Signed-off-by: Michael Tremer <michael.tremer@ipfire.org>
---
 src/daemon/module.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/daemon/module.h |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/daemon/module.c b/src/daemon/module.c
index f5d0e71..bba4f8b 100644
--- a/src/daemon/module.c
+++ b/src/daemon/module.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #############################################################################*/
 
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
@@ -209,3 +210,32 @@ collecty_module* collecty_module_unref(collecty_module* self) {
 const char* collecty_module_name(collecty_module* self) {
 	return self->methods->name;
 }
+
+/*
+	Called when a module has some data to submit
+*/
+int collecty_module_submit(collecty_module* self,
+		const char* object, const char* format, ...) {
+	char* value = NULL;
+	va_list args;
+	int r;
+
+	// Format the arguments
+	va_start(args, format);
+	r = vasprintf(&value, format, args);
+	va_end(args);
+
+	// Handle errors
+	if (r < 0)
+		return -errno;
+
+	DEBUG(self->ctx, "%s(%s) submitted: %s\n",
+		collecty_module_name(self), (object) ? object : "", value);
+
+	// TODO
+
+	if (value)
+		free(value);
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/daemon/module.h b/src/daemon/module.h
index fc5db7c..d856e81 100644
--- a/src/daemon/module.h
+++ b/src/daemon/module.h
@@ -44,4 +44,7 @@ collecty_module* collecty_module_unref(collecty_module* self);
 
 const char* collecty_module_name(collecty_module* self);
 
+int collecty_module_submit(collecty_module* self, const char* object,
+	const char* format, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 3, 4)));
+
 #endif /* COLLECTY_MODULE_H */
-- 
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