Package to send MQTT messages from Snap (https://snap.berkeley.edu/).
Objective: enable the Snap programming system to send messages to a MQTT broker.
What you need:
- Internet connection (to use Snap).
- Python 3.x
- paho-mqtt library in Python (
pip3 install paho-mqtt) - A MQTT broker (mosquitto or a online server)
How to use?
- Configure Snap-MQTT.py with your broker addresses (in the line:
client.connect("localhost",1883,60)). - Run
python3 Snap-MQTT.py. - Start Snap.
- Import
Snap-MQTT.xlm. - Send MQTT message using the imported block (in 'Variables' menu).
Todo (help!):
Receive MQTT messages:
- Block to suscribe to a topic (run only once).
- Receive messages and keep them in the python server.
- Block to read actual values (last received).