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MQTTnet/Samples/RpcClient/RpcClient_Samples.cs
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// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
// ReSharper disable UnusedType.Global
// ReSharper disable UnusedMember.Global
// ReSharper disable InconsistentNaming
using MQTTnet.Client;
using MQTTnet.Extensions.Rpc;
using MQTTnet.Protocol;
namespace MQTTnet.Samples.RpcClient;
public static class RpcClient_Samples
{
/*
* The extension MQTTnet.Extensions.Rpc (available as nuget) allows sending a request and waiting for the matching reply.
* This is done via defining a pattern which uses the topic to correlate the request and the response.
* From client usage it is possible to define a timeout.
*/
public static async Task Send_Request()
{
var mqttFactory = new MqttFactory();
// The RPC client is an addon for the existing client. So we need a regular client
// which is wrapped later.
using (var mqttClient = mqttFactory.CreateMqttClient())
{
var mqttClientOptions = new MqttClientOptionsBuilder()
.WithTcpServer("broker.hivemq.com")
.Build();
await mqttClient.ConnectAsync(mqttClientOptions);
using (var mqttRpcClient = mqttFactory.CreateMqttRpcClient(mqttClient))
{
// Access to a fully featured application message is not supported for RPC calls!
// The method will throw an exception when the response was not received in time.
await mqttRpcClient.ExecuteAsync(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2), "ping", "", MqttQualityOfServiceLevel.AtMostOnce);
}
Console.WriteLine("The RPC call was successful.");
}
}
/*
* The device must respond to the request using the correct topic. The following C code shows how a
* smart device like an ESP8266 must respond to the above sample.
*
// If using the MQTT client PubSubClient it must be ensured
// that the request topic for each method is subscribed like the following.
mqttClient.subscribe("MQTTnet.RPC/+/ping");
mqttClient.subscribe("MQTTnet.RPC/+/do_something");
// It is not allowed to change the structure of the topic.
// Otherwise RPC will not work.
// So method names can be separated using an _ or . but no +, # or /.
// If it is required to distinguish between devices
// own rules can be defined like the following:
mqttClient.subscribe("MQTTnet.RPC/+/deviceA.ping");
mqttClient.subscribe("MQTTnet.RPC/+/deviceB.ping");
mqttClient.subscribe("MQTTnet.RPC/+/deviceC.getTemperature");
// Within the callback of the MQTT client the topic must be checked
// if it belongs to MQTTnet RPC. The following code shows one
// possible way of doing this.
void mqtt_Callback(char *topic, byte *payload, unsigned int payloadLength)
{
String topicString = String(topic);
if (topicString.startsWith("MQTTnet.RPC/")) {
String responseTopic = topicString + String("/response");
if (topicString.endsWith("/deviceA.ping")) {
mqtt_publish(responseTopic, "pong", false);
return;
}
}
}
// Important notes:
// ! Do not send response message with the _retain_ flag set to true.
// ! All required data for a RPC call and the result must be placed into the payload.
*/
}