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ESP-MQTT

:link_to_translation:`zh_CN:[中文]`

Overview

ESP-MQTT is an implementation of MQTT protocol client, which is a lightweight publish/subscribe messaging protocol. Now ESP-MQTT supports MQTT v5.0.

Features

  • Support MQTT over TCP, SSL with Mbed TLS, MQTT over WebSocket, and MQTT over WebSocket Secure
  • Easy to setup with URI
  • Multiple instances (multiple clients in one application)
  • Support subscribing, publishing, authentication, last will messages, keep alive pings, and all 3 Quality of Service (QoS) levels (it should be a fully functional client)

Application Examples

MQTT Message Retransmission

A new MQTT message is created by calling :cpp:func:`esp_mqtt_client_publish <esp_mqtt_client_publish()>` or its non blocking counterpart :cpp:func:`esp_mqtt_client_enqueue <esp_mqtt_client_enqueue()>`.

Messages with QoS 0 is sent only once. QoS 1 and 2 have different behaviors since the protocol requires extra steps to complete the process.

The ESP-MQTT library opts to always retransmit unacknowledged QoS 1 and 2 publish messages to avoid losses in faulty connections, even though the MQTT specification requires the re-transmission only on reconnect with Clean Session flag been set to 0 (set :cpp:member:`disable_clean_session <esp_mqtt_client_config_t::session_t::disable_clean_session>` to true for this behavior).

QoS 1 and 2 messages that may need retransmission are always enqueued, but first transmission try occurs immediately if :cpp:func:`esp_mqtt_client_publish <esp_mqtt_client_publish>` is used. A transmission retry for unacknowledged messages will occur after :cpp:member:`message_retransmit_timeout <esp_mqtt_client_config_t::session_t::message_retransmit_timeout>`. After :ref:`CONFIG_MQTT_OUTBOX_EXPIRED_TIMEOUT_MS` messages will expire and be deleted. If :ref:`CONFIG_MQTT_REPORT_DELETED_MESSAGES` is set, an event will be sent to notify the user.

Configuration

The configuration is made by setting fields in :cpp:class:`esp_mqtt_client_config_t` struct. The configuration struct has the following sub structs to configure different aspects of the client operation.

In the following sections, the most common aspects are detailed.

Broker

Address

Broker address can be set by usage of :cpp:class:`address <esp_mqtt_client_config_t::broker_t::address_t>` struct. The configuration can be made by usage of :cpp:member:`uri <esp_mqtt_client_config_t::broker_t::address_t::uri>` field or the combination of :cpp:member:`hostname <esp_mqtt_client_config_t::broker_t::address_t::hostname>`, :cpp:member:`transport <esp_mqtt_client_config_t::broker_t::address_t::transport>` and :cpp:member:`port <esp_mqtt_client_config_t::broker_t::address_t::port>`. Optionally, :cpp:member:`path <esp_mqtt_client_config_t::broker_t::address_t::path>` could be set, this field is useful in WebSocket connections.

The :cpp:member:`uri <esp_mqtt_client_config_t::broker_t::address_t::uri>` field is used in the format scheme://hostname:port/path.

  • Curently support mqtt, mqtts, ws, wss schemes
  • MQTT over TCP samples:
    • mqtt://mqtt.eclipseprojects.io: MQTT over TCP, default port 1883
    • mqtt://mqtt.eclipseprojects.io:1884: MQTT over TCP, port 1884
    • mqtt://username:password@mqtt.eclipseprojects.io:1884: MQTT over TCP, port 1884, with username and password
  • MQTT over SSL samples:
    • mqtts://mqtt.eclipseprojects.io: MQTT over SSL, port 8883
    • mqtts://mqtt.eclipseprojects.io:8884: MQTT over SSL, port 8884
  • MQTT over WebSocket samples:
    • ws://mqtt.eclipseprojects.io:80/mqtt
  • MQTT over WebSocket Secure samples:
    • wss://mqtt.eclipseprojects.io:443/mqtt
  • Minimal configurations:
const esp_mqtt_client_config_t mqtt_cfg = {
    .broker.address.uri = "mqtt://mqtt.eclipseprojects.io",
};
esp_mqtt_client_handle_t client = esp_mqtt_client_init(&mqtt_cfg);
esp_mqtt_client_register_event(client, ESP_EVENT_ANY_ID, mqtt_event_handler, client);
esp_mqtt_client_start(client);

Note

By default MQTT client uses event loop library to post related MQTT events (connected, subscribed, published, etc.).

Verification

For secure connections with TLS used, and to guarantee Broker's identity, the :cpp:class:`verification <esp_mqtt_client_config_t::broker_t::verification_t>` struct must be set. The broker certificate may be set in PEM or DER format. To select DER, the equivalent :cpp:member:`certificate_len <esp_mqtt_client_config_t::broker_t::verification_t::certificate_len>` field must be set. Otherwise, a null-terminated string in PEM format should be provided to :cpp:member:`certificate <esp_mqtt_client_config_t::broker_t::verification_t::certificate>` field.

  • Get certificate from server, example: mqtt.eclipseprojects.io
    openssl s_client -showcerts -connect mqtt.eclipseprojects.io:8883 < /dev/null \
2> /dev/null | openssl x509 -outform PEM > mqtt_eclipse_org.pem

  • Check the sample application: :example:`protocols/mqtt/ssl`

  • Configuration:

const esp_mqtt_client_config_t mqtt_cfg = {
    .broker = {
      .address.uri = "mqtts://mqtt.eclipseprojects.io:8883",
      .verification.certificate = (const char *)mqtt_eclipse_org_pem_start,
    },
};

For details about other fields, please check the API Reference and :ref:`esp_tls_server_verification`.

Client Credentials

All client related credentials are under the :cpp:class:`credentials <esp_mqtt_client_config_t::credentials_t>` field.

Authentication

It is possible to set authentication parameters through the :cpp:class:`authentication <esp_mqtt_client_config_t::credentials_t::authentication_t>` field. The client supports the following authentication methods:

Session

For MQTT session related configurations, :cpp:class:`session <esp_mqtt_client_config_t::session_t>` fields should be used.

Last Will and Testament

MQTT allows for a last will and testament (LWT) message to notify other clients when a client ungracefully disconnects. This is configured by the following fields in the :cpp:class:`last_will <esp_mqtt_client_config_t::session_t::last_will_t>` struct.

Change Settings in Project Configuration Menu

The settings for MQTT can be found using idf.py menuconfig, under Component config > ESP-MQTT Configuration.

The following settings are available:

Events

The following events may be posted by the MQTT client:

  • MQTT_EVENT_BEFORE_CONNECT: The client is initialized and about to start connecting to the broker.
  • MQTT_EVENT_CONNECTED: The client has successfully established a connection to the broker. The client is now ready to send and receive data.
  • MQTT_EVENT_DISCONNECTED: The client has aborted the connection due to being unable to read or write data, e.g., because the server is unavailable.
  • MQTT_EVENT_SUBSCRIBED: The broker has acknowledged the client's subscribe request. The event data contains the message ID of the subscribe message.
  • MQTT_EVENT_UNSUBSCRIBED: The broker has acknowledged the client's unsubscribe request. The event data contains the message ID of the unsubscribe message.
  • MQTT_EVENT_PUBLISHED: The broker has acknowledged the client's publish message. This is only posted for QoS level 1 and 2, as level 0 does not use acknowledgements. The event data contains the message ID of the publish message.
  • MQTT_EVENT_DATA: The client has received a publish message. The event data contains: message ID, name of the topic it was published to, received data and its length. For data that exceeds the internal buffer, multiple MQTT_EVENT_DATA events are posted and :cpp:member:`current_data_offset <esp_mqtt_event_t::current_data_offset>` and :cpp:member:`total_data_len <esp_mqtt_event_t::total_data_len>` from event data updated to keep track of the fragmented message.
  • MQTT_EVENT_ERROR: The client has encountered an error. The field :cpp:type:`error_handle <esp_mqtt_error_codes_t>` in the event data contains :cpp:type:`error_type <esp_mqtt_error_type_t>` that can be used to identify the error. The type of error determines which parts of the :cpp:type:`error_handle <esp_mqtt_error_codes_t>` struct is filled.

API Reference

.. include-build-file:: inc/mqtt_client.inc