Python MQTT introduce essay

2019-10-15

MQTT in Python

• MQTT(Message Queuing Telemetry Transport)
• IoT(Internet of Things) protocol，
• supports Python 2.7.9+ or 3.4+
• include server,client(pub and sub)
• message include
  • topic----message type,after subscriber subscribe the topic,it will receive the message content of the topic(payload)
  • payload----message content
• Architecture diagram
  
• install

pip install paho-mqtt

 or with virtualenv

virtualenv paho-mqtt
source paho-mqtt/bin/activate
pip install paho-mqtt

 full code

git clone git://git.eclipse.org/gitroot/paho/org.eclipse.paho.mqtt.python.git

• import

import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt

• example
  pub.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt
 
MQTTHOST = "127.0.0.1"
MQTTPORT = 1883
client = mqtt.Client()


def connnect():
    client.connect(MQTTHOST,MQTTPORT,60)

def pub(topic,message,qos):
    client.publish(topic,message,qos)
    print('pub success!')
    
def main():
    connnect()
    text=input('please input text:')
    while text:
        #send a message which topic is 'test' 
        pub("test",text,2)
        client.loop_start()
        text=input('please input text:')


if __name__=="__main__":
    main()

  sub.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt
 
MQTTHOST = "127.0.0.1"
MQTTPORT = 1883
client = mqtt.Client()


def connnect():
    client.connect(MQTTHOST,MQTTPORT,60)
    client.loop_start()

def on_message(client,user,msg):
    # msg.payload's type is bytes,so we must decode it
    print("get message:topic=%s content=%s"%(msg.topic,msg.payload.decode()))

def sub():
    client.subscribe('test',2)
    client.on_message=on_message #function to receive messages
    
def main():
    connnect()
    sub()
    while True:
        pass
    # client.loop_forever()

if __name__=="__main__":
    main()

• runserver–mosquitto
  install
  https://mosquitto.org/download/

  notice:article’s example is for windows.

  run demo

  • terminal 1 for server

   mosquitto -d -v
  

  • terminal 2 for sub

   mosquitto_sub -t test
  

  • terminal 3 for pub

   mosquitto_pub -t test -m "haloha"
  

  while you excute the terminal 3’s command,the terminal 2 will display the message ‘haloha’.
  
  

• run Python demo
  start mosquitto server

  mosquitto -d -v
  

  then run sub.py to to subscribe topic and run pub.py to send message.

  run sub.py

  result

D:\PythonProject>python .\sub.py
get message:topic=test content=hello
get message:topic=test content=how are you

  run pub.py

  result

D:\PythonProject> python  .\pub.py
please input text:hello
pub success!
please input text:how are you
pub success!