ESP-MQTT¶
Overview¶
ESP-MQTT is an implementation of MQTT protocol client (MQTT is a lightweight publish/subscribe messaging protocol).
Features¶
supports MQTT over TCP, SSL with mbedtls, MQTT over Websocket, MQTT over Websocket Secure.
Easy to setup with URI
Multiple instances (Multiple clients in one application)
Support subscribing, publishing, authentication, will messages, keep alive pings and all 3 QoS levels (it should be a fully functional client).
Application Example¶
protocols/mqtt/tcp: MQTT over tcp, default port 1883
protocols/mqtt/ssl: MQTT over tcp, default port 8883
protocols/mqtt/ws: MQTT over Websocket, default port 80
protocols/mqtt/wss: MQTT over Websocket Secure, default port 443
Configuration¶
URI¶
Curently support
mqtt
,mqtts
,ws
,wss
schemesMQTT over TCP samples:
mqtt://mqtt.eclipse.org
: MQTT over TCP, default port 1883:mqtt://mqtt.eclipse.org:1884
MQTT over TCP, port 1884:mqtt://username:password@mqtt.eclipse.org:1884
MQTT over TCP, port 1884, with username and password
MQTT over SSL samples:
mqtts://mqtt.eclipse.org
: MQTT over SSL, port 8883mqtts://mqtt.eclipse.org:8884
: MQTT over SSL, port 8884
MQTT over Websocket samples:
ws://mqtt.eclipse.org:80/mqtt
MQTT over Websocket Secure samples:
wss://mqtt.eclipse.org:443/mqtt
Minimal configurations:
const esp_mqtt_client_config_t mqtt_cfg = {
.uri = "mqtt://mqtt.eclipse.org",
// .user_context = (void *)your_context
};
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, subsribed, published, etc.)
If there are any options related to the URI in
esp_mqtt_client_config_t
, the option defined by the URI will be overridden. Sample:
const esp_mqtt_client_config_t mqtt_cfg = {
.uri = "mqtt://mqtt.eclipse.org:1234",
.port = 4567,
};
//MQTT client will connect to mqtt.eclipse.org using port 4567
SSL¶
Get certificate from server, example:
mqtt.eclipse.org
openssl s_client -showcerts -connect mqtt.eclipse.org:8883 </dev/null 2>/dev/null|openssl x509 -outform PEM >mqtt_eclipse_org.pem
Check the sample application:
examples/mqtt_ssl
Configuration:
const esp_mqtt_client_config_t mqtt_cfg = {
.uri = "mqtts://mqtt.eclipse.org:8883",
.event_handle = mqtt_event_handler,
.cert_pem = (const char *)mqtt_eclipse_org_pem_start,
};
For more options on esp_mqtt_client_config_t
, please refer to API reference below
API Reference¶
Header File¶
Functions¶
-
esp_mqtt_client_handle_t
esp_mqtt_client_init
(const esp_mqtt_client_config_t *config)¶ Creates mqtt client handle based on the configuration.
- Return
mqtt_client_handle if successfully created, NULL on error
- Parameters
config
: mqtt configuration structure
-
esp_err_t
esp_mqtt_client_set_uri
(esp_mqtt_client_handle_t client, const char *uri)¶ Sets mqtt connection URI. This API is usually used to overrides the URI configured in esp_mqtt_client_init.
- Return
ESP_FAIL if URI parse error, ESP_OK on success
- Parameters
client
: mqtt client handleuri
:
-
esp_err_t
esp_mqtt_client_start
(esp_mqtt_client_handle_t client)¶ Starts mqtt client with already created client handle.
- Return
ESP_OK on success ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG on wrong initialization ESP_FAIL on other error
- Parameters
client
: mqtt client handle
-
esp_err_t
esp_mqtt_client_reconnect
(esp_mqtt_client_handle_t client)¶ This api is typically used to force reconnection upon a specific event.
- Return
ESP_OK on success ESP_FAIL if client is in invalid state
- Parameters
client
: mqtt client handle
-
esp_err_t
esp_mqtt_client_disconnect
(esp_mqtt_client_handle_t client)¶ This api is typically used to force disconnection from the broker.
- Return
ESP_OK on success
- Parameters
client
: mqtt client handle
-
esp_err_t
esp_mqtt_client_stop
(esp_mqtt_client_handle_t client)¶ Stops mqtt client tasks.
Notes:
Cannot be called from the mqtt event handler
- Return
ESP_OK on success ESP_FAIL if client is in invalid state
- Parameters
client
: mqtt client handle
-
int
esp_mqtt_client_subscribe
(esp_mqtt_client_handle_t client, const char *topic, int qos)¶ Subscribe the client to defined topic with defined qos.
Notes:
Client must be connected to send subscribe message
This API is could be executed from a user task or from a mqtt event callback i.e. internal mqtt task (API is protected by internal mutex, so it might block if a longer data receive operation is in progress.
- Return
message_id of the subscribe message on success -1 on failure
- Parameters
client
: mqtt client handletopic
:qos
:
-
int
esp_mqtt_client_unsubscribe
(esp_mqtt_client_handle_t client, const char *topic)¶ Unsubscribe the client from defined topic.
Notes:
Client must be connected to send unsubscribe message
It is thread safe, please refer to
esp_mqtt_client_subscribe
for details
- Return
message_id of the subscribe message on success -1 on failure
- Parameters
client
: mqtt client handletopic
:
-
int
esp_mqtt_client_publish
(esp_mqtt_client_handle_t client, const char *topic, const char *data, int len, int qos, int retain)¶ Client to send a publish message to the broker.
Notes:
This API might block for several seconds, either due to network timeout (10s) or if publishing payloads longer than internal buffer (due to message fragmentation)
Client doesn’t have to be connected to send publish message (although it would drop all qos=0 messages, qos>1 messages would be enqueued)
It is thread safe, please refer to
esp_mqtt_client_subscribe
for details
- Return
message_id of the publish message (for QoS 0 message_id will always be zero) on success. -1 on failure.
- Parameters
client
: mqtt client handletopic
: topic stringdata
: payload string (set to NULL, sending empty payload message)len
: data length, if set to 0, length is calculated from payload stringqos
: qos of publish messageretain
: retain flag
-
esp_err_t
esp_mqtt_client_destroy
(esp_mqtt_client_handle_t client)¶ Destroys the client handle.
Notes:
Cannot be called from the mqtt event handler
- Return
ESP_OK
- Parameters
client
: mqtt client handle
-
esp_err_t
esp_mqtt_set_config
(esp_mqtt_client_handle_t client, const esp_mqtt_client_config_t *config)¶ Set configuration structure, typically used when updating the config (i.e. on “before_connect” event.
- Return
ESP_ERR_NO_MEM if failed to allocate ESP_OK on success
- Parameters
client
: mqtt client handleconfig
: mqtt configuration structure
-
esp_err_t
esp_mqtt_client_register_event
(esp_mqtt_client_handle_t client, esp_mqtt_event_id_t event, esp_event_handler_t event_handler, void *event_handler_arg)¶ Registers mqtt event.
- Return
ESP_ERR_NO_MEM if failed to allocate ESP_OK on success
- Parameters
client
: mqtt client handleevent
: event typeevent_handler
: handler callbackevent_handler_arg
: handlers context
-
int
esp_mqtt_client_get_outbox_size
(esp_mqtt_client_handle_t client)¶ Get outbox size.
- Return
outbox size
- Parameters
client
: mqtt client handle
Structures¶
-
struct
esp_mqtt_error_codes
¶ MQTT error code structure to be passed as a contextual information into ERROR event.
Important: This structure extends
esp_tls_last_error
error structure and is backward compatible with it (so might be down-casted and treated asesp_tls_last_error
error, but recommended to update applications if used this way previously)Use this structure directly checking error_type first and then appropriate error code depending on the source of the error:
| error_type | related member variables | note | | MQTT_ERROR_TYPE_TCP_TRANSPORT | esp_tls_last_esp_err, esp_tls_stack_err, esp_tls_cert_verify_flags, sock_errno | Error reported from tcp_transport/esp-tls | | MQTT_ERROR_TYPE_CONNECTION_REFUSED | connect_return_code | Internal error reported from MQTT broker on connection |
Public Members
-
int
esp_tls_stack_err
¶ tls specific error code reported from underlying tls stack
-
int
esp_tls_cert_verify_flags
¶ tls flags reported from underlying tls stack during certificate verification
-
esp_mqtt_error_type_t
error_type
¶ error type referring to the source of the error
-
esp_mqtt_connect_return_code_t
connect_return_code
¶ connection refused error code reported from MQTT broker on connection
-
int
esp_transport_sock_errno
¶ errno from the underlying socket
-
int
-
struct
esp_mqtt_event_t
¶ MQTT event configuration structure
Public Members
-
esp_mqtt_event_id_t
event_id
¶ MQTT event type
-
esp_mqtt_client_handle_t
client
¶ MQTT client handle for this event
-
void *
user_context
¶ User context passed from MQTT client config
-
char *
data
¶ Data associated with this event
-
int
data_len
¶ Length of the data for this event
-
int
total_data_len
¶ Total length of the data (longer data are supplied with multiple events)
-
int
current_data_offset
¶ Actual offset for the data associated with this event
-
char *
topic
¶ Topic associated with this event
-
int
topic_len
¶ Length of the topic for this event associated with this event
-
int
msg_id
¶ MQTT messaged id of message
-
int
session_present
¶ MQTT session_present flag for connection event
-
esp_mqtt_error_codes_t *
error_handle
¶ esp-mqtt error handle including esp-tls errors as well as internal mqtt errors
-
esp_mqtt_event_id_t
-
struct
esp_mqtt_client_config_t
¶ MQTT client configuration structure
Public Members
-
mqtt_event_callback_t
event_handle
¶ handle for MQTT events as a callback in legacy mode
-
esp_event_loop_handle_t
event_loop_handle
¶ handle for MQTT event loop library
-
const char *
host
¶ MQTT server domain (ipv4 as string)
-
const char *
uri
¶ Complete MQTT broker URI
-
uint32_t
port
¶ MQTT server port
-
const char *
client_id
¶ default client id is
ESP32_CHIPID%
where CHIPID% are last 3 bytes of MAC address in hex format
-
const char *
username
¶ MQTT username
-
const char *
password
¶ MQTT password
-
const char *
lwt_topic
¶ LWT (Last Will and Testament) message topic (NULL by default)
-
const char *
lwt_msg
¶ LWT message (NULL by default)
-
int
lwt_qos
¶ LWT message qos
-
int
lwt_retain
¶ LWT retained message flag
-
int
lwt_msg_len
¶ LWT message length
-
int
disable_clean_session
¶ mqtt clean session, default clean_session is true
-
int
keepalive
¶ mqtt keepalive, default is 120 seconds
-
bool
disable_auto_reconnect
¶ this mqtt client will reconnect to server (when errors/disconnect). Set disable_auto_reconnect=true to disable
-
void *
user_context
¶ pass user context to this option, then can receive that context in
event->user_context
-
int
task_prio
¶ MQTT task priority, default is 5, can be changed in
make menuconfig
-
int
task_stack
¶ MQTT task stack size, default is 6144 bytes, can be changed in
make menuconfig
-
int
buffer_size
¶ size of MQTT send/receive buffer, default is 1024 (only receive buffer size if
out_buffer_size
defined)
-
const char *
cert_pem
¶ Pointer to certificate data in PEM or DER format for server verify (with SSL), default is NULL, not required to verify the server. PEM-format must have a terminating NULL-character. DER-format requires the length to be passed in cert_len.
-
size_t
cert_len
¶ Length of the buffer pointed to by cert_pem. May be 0 for null-terminated pem
-
const char *
client_cert_pem
¶ Pointer to certificate data in PEM or DER format for SSL mutual authentication, default is NULL, not required if mutual authentication is not needed. If it is not NULL, also
client_key_pem
has to be provided. PEM-format must have a terminating NULL-character. DER-format requires the length to be passed in client_cert_len.
-
size_t
client_cert_len
¶ Length of the buffer pointed to by client_cert_pem. May be 0 for null-terminated pem
-
const char *
client_key_pem
¶ Pointer to private key data in PEM or DER format for SSL mutual authentication, default is NULL, not required if mutual authentication is not needed. If it is not NULL, also
client_cert_pem
has to be provided. PEM-format must have a terminating NULL-character. DER-format requires the length to be passed in client_key_len
-
size_t
client_key_len
¶ Length of the buffer pointed to by client_key_pem. May be 0 for null-terminated pem
-
esp_mqtt_transport_t
transport
¶ overrides URI transport
-
int
refresh_connection_after_ms
¶ Refresh connection after this value (in milliseconds)
-
const struct psk_key_hint *
psk_hint_key
¶ Pointer to PSK struct defined in esp_tls.h to enable PSK authentication (as alternative to certificate verification). If not NULL and server/client certificates are NULL, PSK is enabled
-
bool
use_global_ca_store
¶ Use a global ca_store for all the connections in which this bool is set.
-
int
reconnect_timeout_ms
¶ Reconnect to the broker after this value in miliseconds if auto reconnect is not disabled (defaults to 10s)
-
const char **
alpn_protos
¶ NULL-terminated list of supported application protocols to be used for ALPN
-
const char *
clientkey_password
¶ Client key decryption password string
-
int
clientkey_password_len
¶ String length of the password pointed to by clientkey_password
-
esp_mqtt_protocol_ver_t
protocol_ver
¶ MQTT protocol version used for connection, defaults to value from menuconfig
-
int
out_buffer_size
¶ size of MQTT output buffer. If not defined, both output and input buffers have the same size defined as
buffer_size
-
bool
skip_cert_common_name_check
¶ Skip any validation of server certificate CN field, this reduces the security of TLS and makes the mqtt client susceptible to MITM attacks
-
bool
use_secure_element
¶ enable secure element for enabling SSL connection
-
void *
ds_data
¶ carrier of handle for digital signature parameters
-
int
network_timeout_ms
¶ Abort network operation if it is not completed after this value, in milliseconds (defaults to 10s)
-
bool
disable_keepalive
¶ Set disable_keepalive=true to turn off keep-alive mechanism, false by default (keepalive is active by default). Note: setting the config value
keepalive
to0
doesn’t disable keepalive feature, but uses a default keepalive period
-
mqtt_event_callback_t
Macros¶
-
MQTT_ERROR_TYPE_ESP_TLS
¶ MQTT_ERROR_TYPE_TCP_TRANSPORT error type hold all sorts of transport layer errors, including ESP-TLS error, but in the past only the errors from MQTT_ERROR_TYPE_ESP_TLS layer were reported, so the ESP-TLS error type is re-defined here for backward compatibility
Type Definitions¶
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typedef struct esp_mqtt_client *
esp_mqtt_client_handle_t
¶
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typedef struct esp_mqtt_error_codes
esp_mqtt_error_codes_t
¶ MQTT error code structure to be passed as a contextual information into ERROR event.
Important: This structure extends
esp_tls_last_error
error structure and is backward compatible with it (so might be down-casted and treated asesp_tls_last_error
error, but recommended to update applications if used this way previously)Use this structure directly checking error_type first and then appropriate error code depending on the source of the error:
| error_type | related member variables | note | | MQTT_ERROR_TYPE_TCP_TRANSPORT | esp_tls_last_esp_err, esp_tls_stack_err, esp_tls_cert_verify_flags, sock_errno | Error reported from tcp_transport/esp-tls | | MQTT_ERROR_TYPE_CONNECTION_REFUSED | connect_return_code | Internal error reported from MQTT broker on connection |
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typedef esp_mqtt_event_t *
esp_mqtt_event_handle_t
¶
-
typedef esp_err_t (*
mqtt_event_callback_t
)(esp_mqtt_event_handle_t event)¶
Enumerations¶
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enum
esp_mqtt_event_id_t
¶ MQTT event types.
User event handler receives context data in
esp_mqtt_event_t
structure withuser_context
- user data fromesp_mqtt_client_config_t
client
- mqtt client handlevarious other data depending on event type
Values:
-
MQTT_EVENT_ANY
= -1¶
-
MQTT_EVENT_ERROR
= 0¶ on error event, additional context: connection return code, error handle from esp_tls (if supported)
-
MQTT_EVENT_CONNECTED
¶ connected event, additional context: session_present flag
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MQTT_EVENT_DISCONNECTED
¶ disconnected event
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MQTT_EVENT_SUBSCRIBED
¶ subscribed event, additional context: msg_id
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MQTT_EVENT_UNSUBSCRIBED
¶ unsubscribed event
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MQTT_EVENT_PUBLISHED
¶ published event, additional context: msg_id
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MQTT_EVENT_DATA
¶ data event, additional context:
msg_id message id
topic pointer to the received topic
topic_len length of the topic
data pointer to the received data
data_len length of the data for this event
current_data_offset offset of the current data for this event
total_data_len total length of the data received Note: Multiple MQTT_EVENT_DATA could be fired for one message, if it is longer than internal buffer. In that case only first event contains topic pointer and length, other contain data only with current data length and current data offset updating.
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MQTT_EVENT_BEFORE_CONNECT
¶ The event occurs before connecting
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enum
esp_mqtt_connect_return_code_t
¶ MQTT connection error codes propagated via ERROR event
Values:
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MQTT_CONNECTION_ACCEPTED
= 0¶ Connection accepted
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MQTT_CONNECTION_REFUSE_PROTOCOL
¶ MQTT connection refused reason: Wrong protocol
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MQTT_CONNECTION_REFUSE_ID_REJECTED
¶ MQTT connection refused reason: ID rejected
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MQTT_CONNECTION_REFUSE_SERVER_UNAVAILABLE
¶ MQTT connection refused reason: Server unavailable
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MQTT_CONNECTION_REFUSE_BAD_USERNAME
¶ MQTT connection refused reason: Wrong user
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MQTT_CONNECTION_REFUSE_NOT_AUTHORIZED
¶ MQTT connection refused reason: Wrong username or password
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enum
esp_mqtt_error_type_t
¶ MQTT connection error codes propagated via ERROR event
Values:
-
MQTT_ERROR_TYPE_NONE
= 0¶
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MQTT_ERROR_TYPE_TCP_TRANSPORT
¶
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MQTT_ERROR_TYPE_CONNECTION_REFUSED
¶
-
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enum
esp_mqtt_transport_t
¶ Values:
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MQTT_TRANSPORT_UNKNOWN
= 0x0¶
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MQTT_TRANSPORT_OVER_TCP
¶ MQTT over TCP, using scheme:
mqtt
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MQTT_TRANSPORT_OVER_SSL
¶ MQTT over SSL, using scheme:
mqtts
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MQTT_TRANSPORT_OVER_WS
¶ MQTT over Websocket, using scheme::
ws
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MQTT_TRANSPORT_OVER_WSS
¶ MQTT over Websocket Secure, using scheme:
wss
-