MQTT Client

The mqtt.client module connects to a MQTT broker and emits a message messages based on the subscribed topic it receives from the port. This module is also capable of publishing MQTT messages to the connected broker.

• type: mqtt.client
• params:
  • broker: the URL of the MQTT broker to connect to
  • clientId: the client ID to use when connecting to the MQTT broker
  • qos: (optional, default 0) the QoS level to use when publishing messages
  • retained: (optional, default false) whether to set the retained flag when publishing messages
  • topic: an MQTT topic to subscribe to

This module implements the PubSubModule interface.

Example

Open a mqtt connection to test.mosquitto.org subscribing to the showbridge topic.

- id: mqttClient
  type: mqtt.client
  params:
    broker: "mqtt://test.mosquitto.org:1833"
    topic: showbridge
    clientId: showbridge