NodeMCU - Lua scripting language

NodeMCU is an open source IoT platform that uses the Lua scripting language. More information about the mqtt-client can be found here.

-- initiate the mqtt client and set keepalive timer to 120sec
mqtt = mqtt.Client("client_id", 120, "username", "password")

mqtt:on("connect", function(con) print ("connected") end)
mqtt:on("offline", function(con) print ("offline") end)

-- on receive message
mqtt:on("message", function(conn, topic, data)
  print(topic .. ":" )
  if data ~= nil then
    print(data)
  end
end)

mqtt:connect("hostname", port, 0, function(conn)
  print("connected")
  -- subscribe topic with qos = 0
  mqtt:subscribe("my_topic",0, function(conn)
    -- publish a message with data = my_message, QoS = 0, retain = 0
    mqtt:publish("my_topic","my_message",0,0, function(conn)
      print("sent")
    end)
  end)
end)