mqtt-ws

MQTT/WebSocket bridge. Runs as a WebSocket server and connects to an MQTT server. WebSocket clients subscribe to an MQTT topic by specifying the topic as part of the WebSocket URL, like so: ws://localhost/topic. For instance, if I wanted to subscribe to /sensors/server_room/temperature, and my bridge was running on host bridgehost, I would use the URL ws://bridgehost/sensors/server_room/temperature. The client would then begin receiving data on the topic through the connection, and could even publish by sending data on the WS connection.

You can also subscribe to wildcard topics the same way (URL encoded, of course), but you won't be able to publish on any wildcard topics.

This module uses Einar Stangvik's ws module for the WebSocket side, and Adam Rudd's mqtt.js module for the MQTT side.

Usage

Installation

$ npm install mqtt-ws

Bridge

Usage: mqttwsBridge

Options:
  -p, --port        MQTT port to connect to      [default: 1883]
  -h, --host        Hostname of MQTT server      [default: "localhost"]
  -l, --listen      WebSocket port to listen on  [default: 80]
  -c, --configFile  Configuration file
  --help            Show this help

Configuration File

If you specify a configuration file on the command line, it is expecting a JSON-formatted file that looks something like this:

{
    "mqtt": {
        "host": "mqttHost",
        "port": 1883
    },
    "websocket": {
        "port": 8080
    }
}

The mqtt section specifies the MQTT connection parameters - host and port, and the websocket section is configuration information passed to the ws module.

Logging

Logging is done via log4js. Configuration for it may be added in the configuration file under key "log4js"; see the example in the example folder. By default, everything logs to the console.