IotHub Browser Only Package

Disclaimer:

• ⚠️ It looks like iothub has recently changed its events endpoint. so the monitorEvents is currently not working.

Features:

• Receives Cloud-to-device messages
• Sends Device-to-cloud messages
• Monitors all IotHub Messages

Install

Run npm install --save-dev iothub-browser

How to Use IotHub Device(in the browser)

Assuming you are using a bundler like browserify or webpack

import {connectDevice} from 'iothub-browser'

const {publish, close} = connectDevice('{device connection string from iothub}', (topic, c2dMessage) => {
  console.log(c2dMessage)
})

publish(JSON.stringify({message: "hello world"}), {prop1: "looks good"})

// ... to close the connection
close()

How to Use Event Monitoring

Event Monitoring uses the events Iothub endpoint which is a eventhub-compatible endpoint.

import {monitorEvents} from 'iothub-browser'

const {close} = monitorEvents('{eventhub-name}', '{eventhub-compatible-connection-string}', (message, context) => {
  console.log(message)
  console.log(context)
})

// ... to close the monitor connection

close()