MQTT Client not receiving messages - python

I'm using the following code from MQTT Paho project to subscribe to messages from my mqtt broker. I tested the connection using mosquitto_sub and I receive the messages there. However, when I run the following code it doesn't receive any messages and no output is printed. I checked the topic and host.
import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt
# The callback for when the client receives a CONNACK response from the server.
def on_connect(client, userdata, rc):
print("Connected with result code "+str(rc))
# Subscribing in on_connect() means that if we lose the connection and
# reconnect then subscriptions will be renewed.
client.subscribe("test")
# The callback for when a PUBLISH message is received from the server.
def on_message(client, userdata, msg):
print(msg.topic+" "+str(msg.payload))
client = mqtt.Client()
client.on_connect = on_connect
client.on_message = on_message
client.connect("localhost", 1883, 60)
client.loop_forever()
The following error is logged by the broker:
Invalid protocol "MQTT" in CONNECT from ::1.
Socket read error on client (null), disconnecting.
EDIT Thanks to #hardillb for pointing out the outdated MQTT version.
Everything worked after I did the following:
sudo apt-get purge mosquitto
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:mosquitto-dev/mosquitto-ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mosquitto

This is most likely because you are using an old version of mosquitto and the python is expecting a newer build that supports MQTT 3.1.1
Try changing the code as shown:
import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt
# The callback for when the client receives a CONNACK response from the server.
def on_connect(client, userdata, rc):
print("Connected with result code "+str(rc))
# Subscribing in on_connect() means that if we lose the connection and
# reconnect then subscriptions will be renewed.
client.subscribe("test")
# The callback for when a PUBLISH message is received from the server.
def on_message(client, userdata, msg):
print(msg.topic+" "+str(msg.payload))
# Change made HERE
client = mqtt.Client(protocol=MQTTv31)
client.on_connect = on_connect
client.on_message = on_message
client.connect("localhost", 1883, 60)
client.loop_forever()
You should also upgrade your broker as soon as possible, that version is incredibly out of date and has a number of known issues, the current version is 1.4.10

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i've been trying to make this example running for many hours. I was building an example so my friend can learn some python but i've end up frustrated on my own.
My python knowledge is quite limited. Something is causing the program thread to finish no matter how much I try delaying the execution with time.sleep (i've removed that part of the code).
Expect result: sender container should be started after the receiver one. So the receiver is subscribed to the broker and waiting for messages.
Given result: receiver container starts and then dies.
Thanks in advance.
I have a docker compose as follows:
services:
mqtt_broker:
image: eclipse-mosquitto
volumes:
- "./mosquitto.conf:/mosquitto/config/mosquitto.conf"
client_send:
build:
context: ./client_send/
environment:
BROKER_HOST: mqtt_broker
depends_on:
- client_receive
client_receive:
build:
context: ./client_receive/
environment:
BROKER_HOST: mqtt_broker
depends_on:
- mqtt_broker
Then I have client code for each of these clients:
Receiver:
import os
import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt
def on_connect(client, userdata, flags, rc):
print("[receiver] Connected with result code " + str(rc))
client.subscribe("sample_topic")
def on_message(client, userdata, msg):
print("[receiver] got a message: " + str(msg.payload.decode()))
client.loop_stop()
client = mqtt.Client()
client.on_connect = on_connect
client.on_message = on_message
client.connect(os.environ["BROKER_HOST"], 1883, 60)
client.loop_start()
Sender:
import os
import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt
def run():
print("[sender] will send a message")
client.publish("sample_topic", "message from sender")
client.loop_stop()
def on_connect(client, userdata, flags, rc):
print("[sender] Connected with result code " + str(rc))
run()
client = mqtt.Client()
client.on_connect = on_connect
client.connect(os.environ["BROKER_HOST"], 1883, 60)
client.loop_start()
I was using loop_forever without too much success bcoz print() calls were not logging anything since the main thread was blocked so I couldn't see if my code was working.
EDIT: previous paragraph is just not correct. loop_forever will work taking this into account: Python app does not print anything when running detached in docker
Finally got it working as suggested by #Brits (see comments) just by running exit or disconnecting the client (works using exit too)
I also keep the depends_on so the docker-compose.yml was not changed
This is the receiver:
import os
import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt
def on_connect(client, userdata, flags, rc):
print("[receiver] Connected with result code " + str(rc))
client.subscribe("sample_topic")
def on_message(client, userdata, msg):
print("[receiver] got a message: " + str(msg.payload.decode()))
client.disconnect()
client = mqtt.Client()
client.on_connect = on_connect
client.on_message = on_message
client.connect(os.environ["BROKER_HOST"], 1883, 60)
client.loop_forever()
As a side note, if the main thread is blocked you will never be able to see the output of the program even if you got the message back from the sender. If you don't disconnect the client it might actually work if your application does not rely on console output. Soo freeing the main thread allows for the system to release the output logs to docker.

Mqtt broker connection with username and password

It's my first time trying to connect to a mqtt broker and it's not really going great. I've been trying to get data from the broker but am unable to figure out how to connect. I've been handed a username, password, port and encrypted port aswell as "Topics. When trying to connect the "client.connect"-line responds with "0". I changed the username and password and I still get the same result so there is something wrong with my configuration. Any help would be much appreciated!
I'm running python 3.6.5
import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt
import time
username="temp"
password="temp"
# The callback for when the client receives a CONNACK response from the server.
def on_connect(client, userdata, flags, rc):
print("Connected with result code "+str(rc))
# Subscribing in on_connect() means that if we lose the connection and
# reconnect then subscriptions will be renewed.
client.subscribe("extapi/data/esm")
# The callback for when a PUBLISH message is received from the server.
def on_message(client, userdata, msg):
print(msg.topic+" "+str(msg.payload))
client = mqtt.Client()
client.on_connect = on_connect
client.on_message = on_message
client.username_pw_set(username, password)
client.connect("example.io", 1883, 60)

Connection is established, but unable to retrieve message payload on paho mqtt client

My client is unable to receive message payload from the MQTT server. I had set mosquitto on my PC to act as both the server and publisher and execute the following command:
mosquitto_pub -h 192.168.1.2 -t topic/test -m "testing" -i simulator -d
Subscribing myself works and payload is received.
However, my client which is using paho mqtt only received successful connection without the payload message. So i have the following code here:
def on_connect(client, userdata, flags, rc):
print("connection ok")
client.subscribe("topic/test")
def on_message(client, userdata, msg):
print("Message received! " + str(msg.payload))
if msg.payload == "testing":
print("Message received")
# Do something
...
def main():
#MQTT
broker = "192.168.1.2" #broker ip
client = mqtt.Client("simulator")
client.on_connect = on_connect
client.on_message = on_message
client.connect(broker, 1883, 60)
client.loop_start()
while(1):
...
So it did managed to print "connection ok", but not "Messaged received! ..."
You are using the same client-id (simulator) with mosquitto_pub and in your python. As per the spec:
If the ClientId represents a Client already connected to the Server then the Server MUST disconnect the existing Client
So what is happening is:
Python client connects and subscribes.
mosquitto_pub connects, broker disconnects python client.
mosquitto_pub publishes the message (but as nothing is subscribed the QOS 0 message will be dropped by the broker).
Python client reconnects and subscribes again.
Try using a different client-id with mosquitto_pub (your code works fine when I test it in that way - added a time.sleep(1) in the while(1)).

Python/paho MQTT - not receiving messages

I am new to using MQTT and I would like to run two Python programs simultaneously: one to publish messages to a topic and the other to print out the messages as they are published to the topic. However, the callback function to print out the message isn't working for me.
These are the two programs I have:
Publish messages:
import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt
def on_connect(client, userdata, flags, rc):
print("Connected! Result code: " + str(rc))
client = mqtt.Client(client_id="clientID")
client.on_connect = on_connect
client.username_pw_set(username="username", password="password")
client.loop_start()
client.connect("node02.myqtthub.com", 1883)
while True:
client.publish("my/topic", "test")
Subscribe to and print messages:
import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt
def on_message(client, userdata, msg):
print(msg.payload.decode())
def on_connect(client, userdata, flags, rc):
print("Connected! Result code: " + str(rc))
client.subscribe("my/topic")
client = mqtt.Client(client_id="clientID")
client.on_connect = on_connect
client.on_message = on_message
client.username_pw_set(username="username", password="password")
client.connect("node02.myqtthub.com", 1883)
client.loop_forever()
Could someone help me fix this issue?
Both programs are using client_id="clientID"; the mqtt spec states
If the ClientId represents a Client already connected to the Server then the Server MUST disconnect the existing Client [MQTT-3.1.4-2].
So whichever app connects second will cause the first to be disconnected. To fix this change the client id in one of the apps.
Note: This is a comment on something obviously wrong. When asking a question please state what you see happening (any output, errors, what you have tried etc) because there may be another problem.

How to test the python paho mqtt with mosquitto?

I want to test the mosquitto MQTT Python client ports.
import json
import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt
def on_connect(client, userdata, flags, rc):
"""Called when connected to MQTT broker."""
client.subscribe("hermes/intent/#")
client.subscribe("hermes/nlu/intentNotRecognized")
print("Connected. Waiting for intents.")
def on_disconnect(client, userdata, flags, rc):
"""Called when disconnected from MQTT broker."""
client.reconnect()
def on_message(client, userdata, msg):
"""Called each time a message is received on a subscribed topic."""
nlu_payload = json.loads(msg.payload)
if msg.topic == "hermes/nlu/intentNotRecognized":
sentence = "Unrecognized command!"
print("Recognition failure")
else:
# Intent
print("Got intent:", nlu_payload["intent"]["intentName"])
# Speak the text from the intent
sentence = nlu_payload["input"]
site_id = nlu_payload["siteId"]
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client.on_connect = on_connect
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client.on_message = on_message
client.connect("localhost", 1883)
client.loop_forever()
I run it with the command
$ python script.py`
Connected. Waiting for intents.
Does mosquitto send a POST request? or do I have to start a request with mosquitto? How should I create a request so that I get
Got intent: SetTimer
MQTT is not HTTP, POST is a HTTP verb that has no meaning in a MQTT context.
MQTT is a pub/sub protocol, where as HTTP is a request/response protocol.
The code you have posted only subscribes to 2 topics, it doesn't publish anything (until it receives a message). So unless you have another application that will publish a message to 1 of the 2 topics the python code has subscribed to it will just sit there and wait for a message.
You can use the mosquitto command line tools to send a message if needed. e.g.
mosquitto_pub -t hermes/intent/foo -m '{"intent": { "intentName": "SetTimer"}}'

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