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Hands-On MQTT Programming with Python

You're reading from   Hands-On MQTT Programming with Python Work with the lightweight IoT protocol in Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789138542
Length 228 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Installing an MQTT 3.1.1 Mosquitto Server 2. Using Command-Line and GUI Tools to Learn How MQTT Works FREE CHAPTER 3. Securing an MQTT 3.1.1 Mosquitto Server 4. Writing Code to Control a Vehicle with Python and MQTT Messages 5. Testing and Improving Our Vehicle Control Solution in Python 6. Monitoring a Surfing Competition with Cloud-Based Real-Time MQTT Providers and Python 7. Solutions 8. Other Books You May Enjoy

Working with at least once delivery (QoS level 1)

First, we will use wildcards to subscribe to a topic filter with QoS level 1, and then we will publish one message to a topic name that will match the topic filter with QoS level 1. This way, we will analyze how both publishing and subscription work with QoS level 1.

We will use the mosquitto_sub command-line utility included in Mosquitto to generate a simple MQTT client that subscribes to a topic filter with QoS level 1 and prints all the messages it receives. Open a Terminal in macOS or Linux, or a Command Prompt in Windows, go to the directory in which Mosquitto is installed, and run the following command:

mosquitto_sub -V mqttv311 -t sensors/+/altitude -q 1 -d

The previous command will create an MQTT client that will establish a connection with the local MQTT server and then will make the client subscribe to the topic filter...

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Hands-On MQTT Programming with Python
Published in: May 2018
Publisher: Packt
ISBN-13: 9781789138542
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