# Copyright (c) 2014 Roger Light # # All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials # are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 # and Eclipse Distribution License v1.0 which accompany this distribution. # # The Eclipse Public License is available at # http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html # and the Eclipse Distribution License is available at # http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php. # # Contributors: # Roger Light - initial API and implementation """ This module provides some helper functions to allow straightforward publishing of messages in a one-shot manner. In other words, they are useful for the situation where you have a single/multiple messages you want to publish to a broker, then disconnect and nothing else is required. """ import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt def _do_publish(c): """Internal function""" m = c._userdata[0] c._userdata = c._userdata[1:] if type(m) is dict: topic = m['topic'] try: payload = m['payload'] except KeyError: payload = None try: qos = m['qos'] except KeyError: qos = 0 try: retain = m['retain'] except KeyError: retain = False elif type(m) is tuple: (topic, payload, qos, retain) = m else: raise ValueError('message must be a dict or a tuple') c.publish(topic, payload, qos, retain) def _on_connect(c, userdata, flags, rc): """Internal callback""" _do_publish(c) def _on_publish(c, userdata, mid): """Internal callback""" if len(userdata) == 0: c.disconnect() else: _do_publish(c) def multiple(msgs, hostname="localhost", port=1883, client_id="", keepalive=60, will=None, auth=None, tls=None, protocol=mqtt.MQTTv31): """Publish multiple messages to a broker, then disconnect cleanly. This function creates an MQTT client, connects to a broker and publishes a list of messages. Once the messages have been delivered, it disconnects cleanly from the broker. msgs : a list of messages to publish. Each message is either a dict or a tuple. If a dict, only the topic must be present. Default values will be used for any missing arguments. The dict must be of the form: msg = {'topic':"", 'payload':"", 'qos':, 'retain':} topic must be present and may not be empty. If payload is "", None or not present then a zero length payload will be published. If qos is not present, the default of 0 is used. If retain is not present, the default of False is used. If a tuple, then it must be of the form: ("", "", qos, retain) hostname : a string containing the address of the broker to connect to. Defaults to localhost. port : the port to connect to the broker on. Defaults to 1883. client_id : the MQTT client id to use. If "" or None, the Paho library will generate a client id automatically. keepalive : the keepalive timeout value for the client. Defaults to 60 seconds. will : a dict containing will parameters for the client: will = {'topic': "", 'payload':", 'qos':, 'retain':}. Topic is required, all other parameters are optional and will default to None, 0 and False respectively. Defaults to None, which indicates no will should be used. auth : a dict containing authentication parameters for the client: auth = {'username':"", 'password':""} Username is required, password is optional and will default to None if not provided. Defaults to None, which indicates no authentication is to be used. tls : a dict containing TLS configuration parameters for the client: dict = {'ca_certs':"", 'certfile':"", 'keyfile':"", 'tls_version':"", 'ciphers':"} ca_certs is required, all other parameters are optional and will default to None if not provided, which results in the client using the default behaviour - see the paho.mqtt.client documentation. Defaults to None, which indicates that TLS should not be used. """ if type(msgs) is not list: raise ValueError('msgs must be a list') client = mqtt.Client(client_id=client_id, userdata=msgs, protocol=protocol) client.on_publish = _on_publish client.on_connect = _on_connect if auth is not None: username = auth['username'] try: password = auth['password'] except KeyError: password = None client.username_pw_set(username, password) if will is not None: will_topic = will['topic'] try: will_payload = will['payload'] except KeyError: will_payload = None try: will_qos = will['qos'] except KeyError: will_qos = 0 try: will_retain = will['retain'] except KeyError: will_retain = False client.will_set(will_topic, will_payload, will_qos, will_retain) if tls is not None: ca_certs = tls['ca_certs'] try: certfile = tls['certfile'] except KeyError: certfile = None try: keyfile = tls['keyfile'] except KeyError: keyfile = None try: tls_version = tls['tls_version'] except KeyError: tls_version = None try: ciphers = tls['ciphers'] except KeyError: ciphers = None client.tls_set(ca_certs, certfile, keyfile, tls_version=tls_version, ciphers=ciphers) client.connect(hostname, port, keepalive) client.loop_forever() def single(topic, payload=None, qos=0, retain=False, hostname="localhost", port=1883, client_id="", keepalive=60, will=None, auth=None, tls=None, protocol=mqtt.MQTTv31): """Publish a single message to a broker, then disconnect cleanly. This function creates an MQTT client, connects to a broker and publishes a single message. Once the message has been delivered, it disconnects cleanly from the broker. topic : the only required argument must be the topic string to which the payload will be published. payload : the payload to be published. If "" or None, a zero length payload will be published. qos : the qos to use when publishing, default to 0. retain : set the message to be retained (True) or not (False). hostname : a string containing the address of the broker to connect to. Defaults to localhost. port : the port to connect to the broker on. Defaults to 1883. client_id : the MQTT client id to use. If "" or None, the Paho library will generate a client id automatically. keepalive : the keepalive timeout value for the client. Defaults to 60 seconds. will : a dict containing will parameters for the client: will = {'topic': "", 'payload':", 'qos':, 'retain':}. Topic is required, all other parameters are optional and will default to None, 0 and False respectively. Defaults to None, which indicates no will should be used. auth : a dict containing authentication parameters for the client: auth = {'username':"", 'password':""} Username is required, password is optional and will default to None if not provided. Defaults to None, which indicates no authentication is to be used. tls : a dict containing TLS configuration parameters for the client: dict = {'ca_certs':"", 'certfile':"", 'keyfile':"", 'tls_version':"", 'ciphers':"} ca_certs is required, all other parameters are optional and will default to None if not provided, which results in the client using the default behaviour - see the paho.mqtt.client documentation. Defaults to None, which indicates that TLS should not be used. """ msg = {'topic':topic, 'payload':payload, 'qos':qos, 'retain':retain} multiple([msg], hostname, port, client_id, keepalive, will, auth, tls, protocol)