'Write the points to the ZeroMQ server.'

def export(self, name, columns, points):

    logger.debug('Export    {}    stats    to    ZeroMQ'.format(name))
    data = dict(zip(columns, points))
    if (data == {}):
        return False
    message = [b(self.prefix), b(name), asbytes(json.dumps(data))]
    try:
        self.client.send_multipart(message)
    except Exception as e:
        logger.error('Cannot    export    {}    stats    to    ZeroMQ    ({})'.format(name, e))
    return True
