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Quick guide for C library.

Getting Started

Visit the MQTT overview page for conventions, authentication, and more information.
This documentation uses the Paho MQTT library. This library is open-source, so you can check it out on GitHub.
Install the packages
// Clone the library source
git clone https://github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.c.git
cd paho.mqtt.c
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// Build the library
make
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// Install to the system
sudo make install

Include libraries

#include "stdio.h"
#include "stdlib.h"
#include "string.h"
#include "MQTTClient.h"

Define variables

#define ADDRESS "tcp://__broker_ip__"
#define CLIENTID "__device_id__"
#define TOPIC "__device_id__"
#define PAYLOAD "{\"Key1\":Value1,\"Key2\":Value2}"
#define QOS 1
#define TIMEOUT 10000L

Set MQTT client options

Set client options and connect to the broker.
MQTTClient client;
MQTTClient_connectOptions options = MQTTClient_connectOptions_initializer;
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options.username = "__device_id__";
options.password = "__device_token__";
​
MQTTClient_message pubmsg = MQTTClient_message_initializer;
MQTTClient_deliveryToken token;
int rc;
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MQTTClient_create(&client, ADDRESS, CLIENTID,MQTTCLIENT_PERSISTENCE_NONE, NULL);
options.keepAliveInterval = 20;
options.cleansession = 1;
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if ((rc = MQTTClient_connect(client, &options)) != MQTTCLIENT_SUCCESS)
{
printf("Failed to connect, return code %d\n", rc);
exit(-1);
}
pubmsg.payload = PAYLOAD;
pubmsg.payloadlen = strlen(PAYLOAD);
pubmsg.qos = QOS;
pubmsg.retained = 0;
​
Publish data:
MQTTClient_publishMessage(client, TOPIC, &pubmsg, &token);
Optional: Close the connection to the broker:
MQTTClient_disconnect(client, 10000);
MQTTClient_destroy(&client);

Example

We strongly recommend using the 8883 port for MQTT over TLS connectivity.

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Getting Started
Include libraries
Define variables
Set MQTT client options
Example
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