PubSubClient sample for ESP8266 Arduino

esp8266_pubsubclient.ino

#include <PubSubClient.h>
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>

const char* ssid = ".................";
const char* password = "................";

char* topic = "esp8266_arduino_out";
char* server = "iot.eclipse.org";


WiFiClient wifiClient;
PubSubClient client(server, 1883, callback, wifiClient);

void callback(char* topic, byte* payload, unsigned int length) {
  // handle message arrived
}


String macToStr(const uint8_t* mac)
{
  String result;
  for (int i = 0; i < 6; ++i) {
    result += String(mac[i], 16);
    if (i < 5)
      result += ':';
  }
  return result;
}

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);
  delay(10);
  
  Serial.println();
  Serial.println();
  Serial.print("Connecting to ");
  Serial.println(ssid);
  
  WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
  
  while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
    delay(500);
    Serial.print(".");
  }
  Serial.println("");
  Serial.println("WiFi connected");  
  Serial.println("IP address: ");
  Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());

  // Generate client name based on MAC address and last 8 bits of microsecond counter
  String clientName;
  clientName += "esp8266-";
  uint8_t mac[6];
  WiFi.macAddress(mac);
  clientName += macToStr(mac);
  clientName += "-";
  clientName += String(micros() & 0xff, 16);

  Serial.print("Connecting to ");
  Serial.print(server);
  Serial.print(" as ");
  Serial.println(clientName);
  
  if (client.connect((char*) clientName.c_str())) {
    Serial.println("Connected to MQTT broker");
    Serial.print("Topic is: ");
    Serial.println(topic);
    
    if (client.publish(topic, "hello from ESP8266")) {
      Serial.println("Publish ok");
    }
    else {
      Serial.println("Publish failed");
    }
  }
  else {
    Serial.println("MQTT connect failed");
    Serial.println("Will reset and try again...");
    abort();
  }
}

void loop() {
  static int counter = 0;
  
  String payload = "{\"micros\":";
  payload += micros();
  payload += ",\"counter\":";
  payload += counter;
  payload += "}";
  
  if (client.connected()){
    Serial.print("Sending payload: ");
    Serial.println(payload);
    
    if (client.publish(topic, (char*) payload.c_str())) {
      Serial.println("Publish ok");
    }
    else {
      Serial.println("Publish failed");
    }
  }
  ++counter;
  delay(5000);
}

With latest build (installed via Boards Manager) I have PROGMEM incompatible issue with PubSubClient library. After some patches (deleting PROGMEM from PubSubClient.h and PubSubClient.cpp) working well.

Hi,

I've tried on both Arduino IDE's (1.6.1 & the latest 1.6.4), and I still see the same error:

In file included from esp8266_pubsubclient.ino:1:0:
C:\Users\Blastersky\Documents\Arduino\libraries\PubSubClient/PubSubClient.h:72:46: error: section attribute not allowed for ''
boolean publish_P(char , uint8_t PROGMEM *, unsigned int, boolean);
^
esp8266_pubsubclient.ino:7:15: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char' [-Wwrite-strings]
esp8266_pubsubclient.ino:8:16: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char_' [-Wwrite-strings]
esp8266_pubsubclient.ino: In function 'void setup()':
esp8266_pubsubclient.ino:69:51: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char_' [-Wwrite-strings]

• Any clues?

Hi
I am looking for a working example of subscribe.
The above works great for Publish to mosquito
The suggestions above I can't get to work, I would apreciate a link to a working example
Thanks

Subscribe Problems
bjoernhoefer commented on 5 Apr sketch above does not contain a subscribe function.
Code was post but I can't get it to work.
Please could you explain again or better still copy of working sketch would be nice.
Many Thanks getting very fed up as I have been trying for more than a week and just about to give up.
Please help
Thanks again

@dogrocker, "String payloads = String((char_)payload);" will not work since payload is a byte_ and not null terminated, that's why it sends so much, until it runs into a null or max chars.
Try this:
// create character buffer with ending null terminator (string)
char message_buff[100];
for(i=0; i<length; i++) {message_buff[i] = payload[i]; }
message_buff[i] = '\0';
String msgString = String(message_buff);

@ parrotface, this would help you to I guess...
Source : http://m2mio.tumblr.com/post/30048662088/a-simple-example-arduino-mqtt-m2m-io

Thanks for info I will try as soon as I get time

I've got mine working fine now so just leave a reply if you get stuck.

Arduino: 1.6.5 (Windows 7), Board: "Generic ESP8266 Module, 80 MHz, 115200, 512K (64K SPIFFS)"

Build options changed, rebuilding all

In file included from sketch_jul05a.ino:1:0:
D:\temp\arduino-1.6.5-r2\libraries\PubSubClient/PubSubClient.h:68:46: error: section attribute not allowed for ''
boolean publish_P(char , uint8_t PROGMEM *, unsigned int, boolean);
^
sketch_jul05a.ino:7:15: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char' [-Wwrite-strings]
sketch_jul05a.ino:8:16: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char_' [-Wwrite-strings]
sketch_jul05a.ino: In function 'void setup()':
sketch_jul05a.ino:69:51: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char_' [-Wwrite-strings]
Error compiling.

Always has error above, any suggestions?

For the example above I had to use this PubSubClient library:
https://codeload.github.com/Imroy/pubsubclient/zip/master

But I had to change the call from the main program so it looked like this:
PubSubClient client(wifiClient, server, 1883);

And then... it worked.

Naish21~ Thanks a lot^^

Compilation failed with arduino ide, had to move the void callback above PubSubClient, but it should be fine as Naish21 mentioned above aswell..

Has anyone got this working with connection to port 8883 with username/pass/TLS etc ?

@AdamMiltonBarker - I've been trying and keep getting
"Attempting MQTT connection...failed, rc=-2 try again in 5 seconds"

Thanks Naish21 for your advice.

I downloaded my version of Mosquitto (v0.15) direct from the rasperian wheezy library & it was failing. When I wised up and downloaded Mosquitto from the Debian library (Latest version) all was goodness.

So if you have followed the instructions above and are still not connecting, try checking your Mosquitto version - you need the latest as the old ones done work

Instructions here
[(http://mosquitto.org/2013/01/mosquitto-debian-repository/)]

i have used esp 12e pubsub client. i will sent the message through mqtt using ardunio ide 1,6.5.once upload my code with iot.eclipse.org mqtt server url means data will send . so i change my own mqtt server means message not send it show the error
WiFi connected
IP address:
192.168.100.49
Attempting MQTT connection...failed, rc=-2 try again in 5 seconds

give me any suggestion pls?

Thank you. It works good.
Mosquitto Mqtt broker is on Ubuntu 12.04
I monitor the esp8266 through COM port /dev/ttyUSB0.
I have changed just this:
const char* ssid = "ququ2";
const char* password = "george34";
char* topic = "home/motions/Holl";
char* server = "192.168.1.19";