Returns a specification to start this module under a supervisor.

See Supervisor.

Specs

connection_status() :: :offline | :online

Get the current MQTT connection status

Specs

publish(String.t(), any(), options) :: :ok | {:error, :invalid_qos}
when options: [qos: 0..2, retain: boolean(), ttl: non_neg_integer()]

Publish a message to the MQTT broker

The payload will get published on topic. Jackalope will keep the message in a queue until we got a connection, at which point it will dispatch the publish. This of course present us with a problem: what if we place a publish request to "unlock the front door" while the client is offline? We don't want to receive a message that the front door has been unlocked two hours later when the MQTT client reconnect; To solve that problem we have a ttl option we can specify on the publish.

Jackalope.publish("doors/front_door", %{action: "unlock"}, qos: 1, ttl: 5_000)

The available publish options are:

• qos (default 1) sets the quality of service of the message delivery; Notice that only quality of service 0 an 1 are supported by AWS IoT.

• retain (default false) sets whether the broker should retain the message. Note that AWS IoT does not support this feature.

• ttl (default 3_600_000) sets how long (in msecs) publishing the message will be retried until it has expired.

Specs

reconnect() :: :ok

Request the MQTT client to reconnect to the broker

This can be useful on devices that has multiple network interfaces.

Specs

start_link(keyword()) :: Supervisor.on_start()

Start a Jackalope session

This will start a supervised group of processes; part of the group will keep track of the topic filter subscription state, and hold a list of yet to be published messages, as well as the requested subscription changes; the other part of the process tree will keep the MQTT connection specific parts, making sure we got a connection. See the main documentation on the Jackalope module for more information on the process architecture.

Jackalope.start_link/1 takes a keyword list containing option values, that configure the instance, as an argument. The available options and their defaults are:

• client_id (default: "jackalope"), string that will be used as the client_id of the MQTT connection; see t Tortoise311.client_id for more information on valid client ids. Notice that the client_id needs to be unique on the server, so two clients may not have the same client_id.

• user_name (optional) specifies the MQTT Username.

• password (optional) specifies the MQTT Password. Google cloud IOT requires a JWT for this field.

• initial_topics (optional) specifies a list of topic_filters Jackalope should connect to when a connection has been established. Notice that this list is also used should a reconnect happen later in the life-cycle. Note that Jackalope does not support dynamic subscriptions or unsubscribing. This is the only mechanism for subscribing.

• clean_session (default: true), a flag bit that controls the life cycle of the session state. The MQTT session lasts only as long as the network connection between client and server. When the session ends, all session state in the server is deleted.

• handler (default: Jackalope.Handler.Logger) specifies the module implementing the callbacks (implementing Jackalope.Handler behaviour) to use. This module reacts to the events Jackalope communicates about the connection life-cycle, including receiving a message on a subscribed topic filter. Read the documentation for Jackalope.Handler for more information on the events and callbacks.

• server (default: {Tortoise311.Transport.Tcp, [host: "localhost", port: 1883]}) specifies the connection type, and its options, to use when connecting to the MQTT server. The default specification will attempt to connect to a broker running on localhost:1883, on an insecure connection. This value should only be used for testing and development.

  Server options for use with AWS IoT: [ verify: :verify_peer, host: mqtt_host(), # must return the full name, without wild cards, for e.g. "abcdefghijklmo-ats.iot.us-east-1.amazonaws.com" port: mqtt_port(), # must return the correct port, e.g. 443 alpn_advertised_protocols: ["x-amzn-mqtt-ca"], server_name_indication: to_charlist(mqtt_host()), cert: cert, # the device's X509 certificate in DER format key: key, # the device's private key in DER format cacerts: [signer_cert] ++ aws_ca_certs(), # the device's signer cert, plus AWS IoT CA certs in DER format to be returned by aws_ca_certs() versions: [:"tlsv1.2"], customize_hostname_check: [match_fun: :public_key.pkix_verify_hostname_match_fun(:https)] ]

• work_list_mod names the module implementing the Jackalope WorkList protocol that will be used to manage the publish commands sent to Tortoise by the Jackalope Session. The module must also implement the function @spec new(function(), function(), non_neg_integer(), Keyword.t()) :: any(). See Jackalope.TransientWorkList (the default) for examples.

• max_work_list_size (default: 100) specifies the maximum number of unexpired work orders Jackalope will retain in its work list (the commands yet to be sent to the MQTT server). When the maximum is reached, the oldest work order is dropped before adding a new work order.

• last_will (default: nil) specifies the last will message that should get published on the MQTT broker if the connection is closed or dropped unexpectedly. If we want to specify a last will topic we should define a keyword list containing the following:

  • topic (Required) the topic to post the last will message to; this should be specified as a string and it should be a valid MQTT topic; consult t Tortoise311.topic for more info on valid MQTT topics.
  • payload (default: nil) the payload of the last will message;
  • qos (default: 0) either 0 or 1, denoting the quality of service the last will message should get published with; note that QoS=2 is not supported by AWS IoT.

• backoff (default: [min_interval: 1_000, max_interval: 30_000]) gives the bounds of an exponential backoff algorithm used when retrying from failed connections.