kuzzle-plugin-mqtt

Table of Contents

• Kuzzle compatibility
• Protocol plugin: MQTT
• Manifest
• Configuration
• How to use
  • Sending an API request and getting the response
  • Using Kuzzle subscriptions
• Authorizations
  • Publishing
  • Subscribing
• How to create a plugin
• About Kuzzle

Kuzzle compatibility

Versions 2.x of this plugin are compatible with Kuzzle v1.0.0-RC.5 and upper.

Protocol plugin: MQTT

Protocol plugin adding MQTT support to Kuzzle.

Manifest

This plugin doesn't need any right.

Configuration

You can override the configuration in your config/customPlugins.json file in Kuzzle:

Name	Default value	Type	Description
allowPubSub	false	Boolean	Allow MQTT pub/sub capabilities or restrict to Kuzzle requests only
port	1883	Integer > 1024	Network port to open
requestTopic	"Kuzzle/request"	String	Name of the topic listened by the plugin for requests
responseTopic	"Kuzzle/response"	String	Name of the topic clients should listen to get requests result

How to use

Sending an API request and getting the response

By default, this plugins listens to the Kuzzle/request MQTT topic (see configuration) for requests to the Kuzzle API.

It then forwards Kuzzle's response to the Kuzzle/response MQTT topic, and only to the client who made the initial request.

The order of responses is not guaranteed to be the same than the order of requests. To link a response to its original request, use the requestId attribute: the response will have the same requestId than the one provided in the request.

Example using the MQTT NodeJS module:

var
  mqtt = require('mqtt'),
  client = mqtt.connect({host: 'localhost'});
 
// Sending a volatile message
client.publish('Kuzzle/request', JSON.stringify({
  index: 'index',
  collection: 'collection',
  controller: 'realtime',
  action: 'publish',
  requestId: 'some unique ID',
  body: { volatile: "message" }
}));
 
// Getting Kuzzle's response
client.on('message', (topic, raw) => {
  var message = JSON.parse(new Buffer(raw));
 
  // API results topic
  if (topic === 'Kuzzle/response') {
    // Response to our "publish" request
    if (message.requestId === 'some unique ID') {
      console.log('Message publication result: ', message);
    }
  }
});

Using Kuzzle subscriptions

Kuzzle allows to subscribe to messages and events using advanced filters.

Each time a subscription request is performed by a client, this plugin creates a dedicated MQTT topic, named after the provided channel by Kuzzle.

Here are the steps to perform a Kuzzle subscription using this MQTT plugin:

• Send a subscription request to Kuzzle
• Listen to the request's result to get the corresponding channel identifier
• Subscribe to the MQTT topic named after this channel identifier

Example using the MQTT NodeJS package:

var
  mqtt = require('mqtt'),
  client = mqtt.connect({host: 'localhost'}),
  channels = [];
 
// Sending a volatile message
client.publish('Kuzzle/request', JSON.stringify({
  index: 'index',
  collection: 'collection',
  controller: 'realtime',
  action: 'subscribe',
  requestId: 'some unique ID',
  body: {
    term: {
      some: 'filter'
    }
  }
}));
 
// Getting Kuzzle's response
client.on('message', (topic, raw) => {
  var message = JSON.parse(new Buffer(raw));
 
  // API results topic
  if (topic === 'Kuzzle/response') {
    // Response to our "publish" request
    if (message.requestId === 'some unique ID') {
      channels.push(message.result.channel);
      client.subscribe(message.result.channel);
    }
  }
  else if (channels.indexOf(topic) !== -1) {
    // Subscription notification
    console.log('Notification: ', message);
  }
});

Authorizations

Publishing

If allowPubSub is set to false, clients can only publish to the requestTopic topic (defaults to Kuzzle/request).

If allowPubSub is set to true, clients are only forbidden to publish to the responseTopic topic (defaults to Kuzzle/response).

If a client tries to publish to an unauthorized topic, his connection will immediately be shut down by the server.

Subscribing

Subscription attempts to the requestTopic topic (defaults: Kuzzle/request) are ignored: client requests can only be listened by the MQTT server.

How to create a plugin

See Kuzzle documentation about plugin for more information about how to create your own plugin.

About Kuzzle

For UI and linked objects developers, Kuzzle is an open-source solution that handles all the data management (CRUD, real-time storage, search, high-level features, etc).

Kuzzle features are accessible through a secured API. It can be used through a large choice of protocols such as REST, Websocket or Message Queuing protocols.