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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

Configuring the PubNub MQTT interface

PubNub requires us to sign up and create an account with a valid email and a password before we can create an application in PubNub, which allows us to start using their free services, including the PubNub MQTT interface for a device. We aren't required to enter any credit card or payment information. If you already have an account at PubNub, you can skip the next step.

Once you have created your account, PubNub will redirect you to the admin portal that lists your PubNub applications. It is necessary to generate your PubNub publish and subscribe keys in order to send and receive messages on the network. Click on CREATE NEW APP+, enter MQTT in App Name, and click CREATE.

A new pane will represent the application in the admin portal. The following screenshot shows the MQTT application pane in the PubNub admin portal:

Click on the MQTT...

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