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Hands-On MQTT Programming with Python

You're reading from   Hands-On MQTT Programming with Python Work with the lightweight IoT protocol in Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789138542
Length 228 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Gaston C. Hillar Gaston C. Hillar
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Preface 1. Installing an MQTT 3.1.1 Mosquitto Server 2. Using Command-Line and GUI Tools to Learn How MQTT Works FREE CHAPTER 3. Securing an MQTT 3.1.1 Mosquitto Server 4. Writing Code to Control a Vehicle with Python and MQTT Messages 5. Testing and Improving Our Vehicle Control Solution in Python 6. Monitoring a Surfing Competition with Cloud-Based Real-Time MQTT Providers and Python 7. Solutions 8. Other Books You May Enjoy

Working with the network loop with Python

Now, we will use the previously coded functions in a __main__ method that will publish many commands included in the MQTT messages that the code that controls the vehicle will process. You have to add the next lines to the existing vehicle_mqtt_remote_control.py Python file. The following lines show the code for the __main__ method, that is, the main block of code. The code file for the sample is included in the mqtt_python_gaston_hillar_05_01 folder, in the vehicle_mqtt_remote_control.py file:

if __name__ == "__main__": 
    client = mqtt.Client(protocol=mqtt.MQTTv311) 
    client.on_connect = on_connect 
    client.on_subscribe = on_subscribe 
    client.on_message = on_message 
    client.tls_set(ca_certs = ca_certificate, 
        certfile=client_certificate, 
        keyfile=client_key) 
    client.connect(host=mqtt_server_host...
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