Windows support for influxdb C++ client

[Dhruvan117]

will this work in windows 11?

i am able to compile it anyhow but when i try to use it its now giving any output.

to build it i manually defined one macro

Interestingly its building simple code itself which is taken from your webiste itself.

but its not giving any output, i am not sure why. it would be very helpful if you guys can help me regarding how to make it work on windows.

[cmongolang]

I've used it in Windows using Visual Studio, loaded via vcpkg, yes it works.
It's a library, so you need to call the functions from your program. You shouldn't need to change the influxdb source.
#include <InfluxDB/InfluxDBFactory.h>

[Dhruvan117]

I've used it in Windows using Visual Studio, loaded via vcpkg, yes it works. It's a library, so you need to call the functions from your program. You shouldn't need to change the influxdb source. #include <InfluxDB/InfluxDBFactory.h>

can we use with vscode, i dont have visual studio and i want that support from mingw compiler toolset. i checked its present in msys2 application but i think its for python maybe.

[cmongolang]

Maybe vcpkg will work for you? https://vcpkg.io/en/package/influxdb-cxx
https://vcpkg.io/en/index.html

[cmongolang]

Instructions for vcpkg with vscode
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/vcpkg/get_started/get-started-vscode?pivots=shell-powershell

[Dhruvan117]

Instructions for vcpkg with vscode https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/vcpkg/get_started/get-started-vscode?pivots=shell-powershell

Thanks man for this. i will try this if it works or not.

[offa]

@Dhruvan117 @cmongolang Since you appear to be able to replicate the issue, could you please give #245 a try?

[offa]

This sounds very similar to this known MSVC issue. If so, there's a fix pending but hasn't received any feedback yet. If someone has time, it would be very helpful if someone could try out the PR.

vcpkg (and conan) pass the define on their build already to workaround the issue.

[ckapil25]

I am Windows only. Have no experience with CMake or vcmkg. Having hard time building project using Visual Studio...as that's what I know.

Any help making a VS Solution out of this would be nice. Thanks!!

[offa]

As far as I know, Visual Studio supports CMake projects out of the box. You should be able to open and build the project directly within the IDE.

However, I recommend that you familiarize yourself with CMake and building software beforehand.

[ckapil25]

I tried whatever I could. After struggling for 2 days to get it working using cmake (which I am not an expert on) I moved to simpler version influxdb-cpp from Orca. It serves my limited purpose, which is to push data to DB. Thanks for help!!