Paho Asynchronous MQTT C Client Library
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MQTTAsync.h File Reference
#include <stdio.h>
#include "MQTTClientPersistence.h"

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Data Structures

struct  MQTTAsync_message
struct  MQTTAsync_failureData
struct  MQTTAsync_successData
struct  MQTTAsync_responseOptions
struct  MQTTAsync_willOptions
struct  MQTTAsync_SSLOptions
struct  MQTTAsync_connectOptions
struct  MQTTAsync_disconnectOptions
struct  MQTTAsync_nameValue

Defines

#define MQTTASYNC_SUCCESS   0
#define MQTTASYNC_FAILURE   -1
#define MQTTASYNC_PERSISTENCE_ERROR   -2
#define MQTTASYNC_DISCONNECTED   -3
#define MQTTASYNC_MAX_MESSAGES_INFLIGHT   -4
#define MQTTASYNC_BAD_UTF8_STRING   -5
#define MQTTASYNC_NULL_PARAMETER   -6
#define MQTTASYNC_TOPICNAME_TRUNCATED   -7
#define MQTTASYNC_BAD_STRUCTURE   -8
#define MQTTASYNC_BAD_QOS   -9
#define MQTTASYNC_NO_MORE_MSGIDS   -10
#define MQTTAsync_message_initializer   { {'M', 'Q', 'T', 'M'}, 0, 0, NULL, 0, 0, 0, 0 }
#define MQTTAsync_responseOptions_initializer   { {'M', 'Q', 'T', 'R'}, 0, NULL, NULL, 0, 0 }
#define MQTTAsync_willOptions_initializer   { {'M', 'Q', 'T', 'W'}, 0, NULL, NULL, 0, 0 }
#define MQTTAsync_SSLOptions_initializer   { {'M', 'Q', 'T', 'S'}, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 1 }
#define MQTTAsync_connectOptions_initializer   { {'M', 'Q', 'T', 'C'}, 2, 60, 1, 10, NULL, NULL, NULL, 30, 20, NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}
#define MQTTAsync_disconnectOptions_initializer   { {'M', 'Q', 'T', 'D'}, 0, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL }

Typedefs

typedef void * MQTTAsync
typedef int MQTTAsync_token
typedef int MQTTAsync_messageArrived (void *context, char *topicName, int topicLen, MQTTAsync_message *message)
typedef void MQTTAsync_deliveryComplete (void *context, MQTTAsync_token token)
typedef void MQTTAsync_connectionLost (void *context, char *cause)
typedef void MQTTAsync_onSuccess (void *context, MQTTAsync_successData *response)
typedef void MQTTAsync_onFailure (void *context, MQTTAsync_failureData *response)
typedef void MQTTAsync_traceCallback (enum MQTTASYNC_TRACE_LEVELS level, char *message)

Enumerations

enum  MQTTASYNC_TRACE_LEVELS {
  MQTTASYNC_TRACE_MAXIMUM = 1, MQTTASYNC_TRACE_MEDIUM, MQTTASYNC_TRACE_MINIMUM, MQTTASYNC_TRACE_PROTOCOL,
  MQTTASYNC_TRACE_ERROR, MQTTASYNC_TRACE_SEVERE, MQTTASYNC_TRACE_FATAL
}

Functions

int MQTTAsync_setCallbacks (MQTTAsync handle, void *context, MQTTAsync_connectionLost *cl, MQTTAsync_messageArrived *ma, MQTTAsync_deliveryComplete *dc)
int MQTTAsync_create (MQTTAsync *handle, char *serverURI, char *clientId, int persistence_type, void *persistence_context)
int MQTTAsync_connect (MQTTAsync handle, MQTTAsync_connectOptions *options)
int MQTTAsync_disconnect (MQTTAsync handle, MQTTAsync_disconnectOptions *options)
int MQTTAsync_isConnected (MQTTAsync handle)
int MQTTAsync_subscribe (MQTTAsync handle, char *topic, int qos, MQTTAsync_responseOptions *response)
int MQTTAsync_subscribeMany (MQTTAsync handle, int count, char **topic, int *qos, MQTTAsync_responseOptions *response)
int MQTTAsync_unsubscribe (MQTTAsync handle, char *topic, MQTTAsync_responseOptions *response)
int MQTTAsync_unsubscribeMany (MQTTAsync handle, int count, char **topic, MQTTAsync_responseOptions *response)
int MQTTAsync_send (MQTTAsync handle, char *destinationName, int payloadlen, void *payload, int qos, int retained, MQTTAsync_responseOptions *response)
int MQTTAsync_sendMessage (MQTTAsync handle, char *destinationName, MQTTAsync_message *msg, MQTTAsync_responseOptions *response)
int MQTTAsync_getPendingTokens (MQTTAsync handle, MQTTAsync_token **tokens)
void MQTTAsync_freeMessage (MQTTAsync_message **msg)
void MQTTAsync_free (void *ptr)
void MQTTAsync_destroy (MQTTAsync *handle)
void MQTTAsync_setTraceLevel (enum MQTTASYNC_TRACE_LEVELS level)
void MQTTAsync_setTraceCallback (MQTTAsync_traceCallback *callback)
MQTTAsync_nameValueMQTTAsync_getVersionInfo ()

Define Documentation

#define MQTTASYNC_SUCCESS   0

Return code: No error. Indicates successful completion of an MQTT client operation.

#define MQTTASYNC_FAILURE   -1

Return code: A generic error code indicating the failure of an MQTT client operation.

#define MQTTASYNC_PERSISTENCE_ERROR   -2
#define MQTTASYNC_DISCONNECTED   -3

Return code: The client is disconnected.

Return code: The maximum number of messages allowed to be simultaneously in-flight has been reached.

#define MQTTASYNC_BAD_UTF8_STRING   -5

Return code: An invalid UTF-8 string has been detected.

#define MQTTASYNC_NULL_PARAMETER   -6

Return code: A NULL parameter has been supplied when this is invalid.

Return code: The topic has been truncated (the topic string includes embedded NULL characters). String functions will not access the full topic. Use the topic length value to access the full topic.

#define MQTTASYNC_BAD_STRUCTURE   -8

Return code: A structure parameter does not have the correct eyecatcher and version number.

#define MQTTASYNC_BAD_QOS   -9

Return code: A qos parameter is not 0, 1 or 2

#define MQTTASYNC_NO_MORE_MSGIDS   -10

Return code: All 65535 MQTT msgids are being used

#define MQTTAsync_message_initializer   { {'M', 'Q', 'T', 'M'}, 0, 0, NULL, 0, 0, 0, 0 }
#define MQTTAsync_responseOptions_initializer   { {'M', 'Q', 'T', 'R'}, 0, NULL, NULL, 0, 0 }
#define MQTTAsync_willOptions_initializer   { {'M', 'Q', 'T', 'W'}, 0, NULL, NULL, 0, 0 }
#define MQTTAsync_SSLOptions_initializer   { {'M', 'Q', 'T', 'S'}, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 1 }
#define MQTTAsync_connectOptions_initializer   { {'M', 'Q', 'T', 'C'}, 2, 60, 1, 10, NULL, NULL, NULL, 30, 20, NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}
#define MQTTAsync_disconnectOptions_initializer   { {'M', 'Q', 'T', 'D'}, 0, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL }

Typedef Documentation

typedef void* MQTTAsync

A handle representing an MQTT client. A valid client handle is available following a successful call to MQTTAsync_create().

typedef int MQTTAsync_token

A value representing an MQTT message. A token is returned to the client application when a message is published. The token can then be used to check that the message was successfully delivered to its destination (see MQTTAsync_publish(), MQTTAsync_publishMessage(), MQTTAsync_deliveryComplete(), and MQTTAsync_getPendingTokens()).

typedef int MQTTAsync_messageArrived(void *context, char *topicName, int topicLen, MQTTAsync_message *message)

This is a callback function. The client application must provide an implementation of this function to enable asynchronous receipt of messages. The function is registered with the client library by passing it as an argument to MQTTAsync_setCallbacks(). It is called by the client library when a new message that matches a client subscription has been received from the server. This function is executed on a separate thread to the one on which the client application is running.

Parameters:
contextA pointer to the context value originally passed to MQTTAsync_setCallbacks(), which contains any application-specific context.
topicNameThe topic associated with the received message.
topicLenThe length of the topic if there are one more NULL characters embedded in topicName, otherwise topicLen is 0. If topicLen is 0, the value returned by strlen(topicName) can be trusted. If topicLen is greater than 0, the full topic name can be retrieved by accessing topicName as a byte array of length topicLen.
messageThe MQTTAsync_message structure for the received message. This structure contains the message payload and attributes.
Returns:
This function must return a boolean value indicating whether or not the message has been safely received by the client application. Returning true indicates that the message has been successfully handled. Returning false indicates that there was a problem. In this case, the client library will reinvoke MQTTAsync_messageArrived() to attempt to deliver the message to the application again.
typedef void MQTTAsync_deliveryComplete(void *context, MQTTAsync_token token)

This is a callback function. The client application must provide an implementation of this function to enable asynchronous notification of delivery of messages to the server. The function is registered with the client library by passing it as an argument to MQTTAsync_setCallbacks(). It is called by the client library after the client application has published a message to the server. It indicates that the necessary handshaking and acknowledgements for the requested quality of service (see MQTTAsync_message.qos) have been completed. This function is executed on a separate thread to the one on which the client application is running.

Parameters:
contextA pointer to the context value originally passed to MQTTAsync_setCallbacks(), which contains any application-specific context.
tokenThe MQTTAsync_token associated with the published message. Applications can check that all messages have been correctly published by matching the tokens returned from calls to MQTTAsync_send() and MQTTAsync_sendMessage() with the tokens passed to this callback.
typedef void MQTTAsync_connectionLost(void *context, char *cause)

This is a callback function. The client application must provide an implementation of this function to enable asynchronous notification of the loss of connection to the server. The function is registered with the client library by passing it as an argument to MQTTAsync_setCallbacks(). It is called by the client library if the client loses its connection to the server. The client application must take appropriate action, such as trying to reconnect or reporting the problem. This function is executed on a separate thread to the one on which the client application is running.

Parameters:
contextA pointer to the context value originally passed to MQTTAsync_setCallbacks(), which contains any application-specific context.
causeThe reason for the disconnection. Currently, cause is always set to NULL.
typedef void MQTTAsync_onSuccess(void *context, MQTTAsync_successData *response)

This is a callback function. The client application must provide an implementation of this function to enable asynchronous notification of the successful completion of an API call. The function is registered with the client library by passing it as an argument in MQTTAsync_responseOptions.

Parameters:
contextA pointer to the context value originally passed to MQTTAsync_responseOptions, which contains any application-specific context.
responseAny success data associated with the API completion.
typedef void MQTTAsync_onFailure(void *context, MQTTAsync_failureData *response)

This is a callback function. The client application must provide an implementation of this function to enable asynchronous notification of the unsuccessful completion of an API call. The function is registered with the client library by passing it as an argument in MQTTAsync_responseOptions.

Parameters:
contextA pointer to the context value originally passed to MQTTAsync_responseOptions, which contains any application-specific context.
responseAny failure data associated with the API completion.
typedef void MQTTAsync_traceCallback(enum MQTTASYNC_TRACE_LEVELS level, char *message)

This is a callback function prototype which must be implemented if you want to receive trace information.

Parameters:
levelthe trace level of the message returned
meesagethe trace message. This is a pointer to a static buffer which will be overwritten on each call. You must copy the data if you want to keep it for later.

Enumeration Type Documentation

Enumerator:
MQTTASYNC_TRACE_MAXIMUM 
MQTTASYNC_TRACE_MEDIUM 
MQTTASYNC_TRACE_MINIMUM 
MQTTASYNC_TRACE_PROTOCOL 
MQTTASYNC_TRACE_ERROR 
MQTTASYNC_TRACE_SEVERE 
MQTTASYNC_TRACE_FATAL 

Function Documentation

This function sets the global callback functions for a specific client. If your client application doesn't use a particular callback, set the relevant parameter to NULL. Any necessary message acknowledgements and status communications are handled in the background without any intervention from the client application. If you do not set a messageArrived callback function, you will not be notified of the receipt of any messages as a result of a subscription.

Note: The MQTT client must be disconnected when this function is called.

Parameters:
handleA valid client handle from a successful call to MQTTAsync_create().
contextA pointer to any application-specific context. The the context pointer is passed to each of the callback functions to provide access to the context information in the callback.
clA pointer to an MQTTAsync_connectionLost() callback function. You can set this to NULL if your application doesn't handle disconnections.
maA pointer to an MQTTAsync_messageArrived() callback function. You can set this to NULL if your application doesn't handle receipt of messages.
dcA pointer to an MQTTAsync_deliveryComplete() callback function. You can set this to NULL if you do not want to check for successful delivery.
Returns:
MQTTASYNC_SUCCESS if the callbacks were correctly set, MQTTASYNC_FAILURE if an error occurred.
int MQTTAsync_create ( MQTTAsync handle,
char *  serverURI,
char *  clientId,
int  persistence_type,
void *  persistence_context 
)

This function creates an MQTT client ready for connection to the specified server and using the specified persistent storage (see MQTTAsync_persistence). See also MQTTAsync_destroy().

Parameters:
handleA pointer to an MQTTAsync handle. The handle is populated with a valid client reference following a successful return from this function.
serverURIA null-terminated string specifying the server to which the client will connect. It takes the form protocol://host:port. protocol must be tcp or ssl. For host, you can specify either an IP address or a domain name. For instance, to connect to a server running on the local machines with the default MQTT port, specify tcp://localhost:1883.
clientIdThe client identifier passed to the server when the client connects to it. It is a null-terminated UTF-8 encoded string. ClientIDs must be no longer than 23 characters according to the MQTT specification.
persistence_typeThe type of persistence to be used by the client:
MQTTCLIENT_PERSISTENCE_NONE: Use in-memory persistence. If the device or system on which the client is running fails or is switched off, the current state of any in-flight messages is lost and some messages may not be delivered even at QoS1 and QoS2.
MQTTCLIENT_PERSISTENCE_DEFAULT: Use the default (file system-based) persistence mechanism. Status about in-flight messages is held in persistent storage and provides some protection against message loss in the case of unexpected failure.
MQTTCLIENT_PERSISTENCE_USER: Use an application-specific persistence implementation. Using this type of persistence gives control of the persistence mechanism to the application. The application has to implement the MQTTClient_persistence interface.
persistence_contextIf the application uses MQTTCLIENT_PERSISTENCE_NONE persistence, this argument is unused and should be set to NULL. For MQTTCLIENT_PERSISTENCE_DEFAULT persistence, it should be set to the location of the persistence directory (if set to NULL, the persistence directory used is the working directory). Applications that use MQTTCLIENT_PERSISTENCE_USER persistence set this argument to point to a valid MQTTClient_persistence structure.
Returns:
MQTTASYNC_SUCCESS if the client is successfully created, otherwise an error code is returned.
int MQTTAsync_connect ( MQTTAsync  handle,
MQTTAsync_connectOptions options 
)

This function attempts to connect a previously-created client (see MQTTAsync_create()) to an MQTT server using the specified options. If you want to enable asynchronous message and status notifications, you must call MQTTAsync_setCallbacks() prior to MQTTAsync_connect().

Parameters:
handleA valid client handle from a successful call to MQTTAsync_create().
optionsA pointer to a valid MQTTAsync_connectOptions structure.
Returns:
MQTTASYNC_SUCCESS if the client connect request was accepted. If the client was unable to connect to the server, an error code is returned via the onFailure callback, if set. Error codes greater than 0 are returned by the MQTT protocol:

1: Connection refused: Unacceptable protocol version
2: Connection refused: Identifier rejected
3: Connection refused: Server unavailable
4: Connection refused: Bad user name or password
5: Connection refused: Not authorized
6-255: Reserved for future use

This function attempts to disconnect the client from the MQTT server. In order to allow the client time to complete handling of messages that are in-flight when this function is called, a timeout period is specified. When the timeout period has expired, the client disconnects even if there are still outstanding message acknowledgements. The next time the client connects to the same server, any QoS 1 or 2 messages which have not completed will be retried depending on the cleansession settings for both the previous and the new connection (see MQTTAsync_connectOptions.cleansession and MQTTAsync_connect()).

Parameters:
handleA valid client handle from a successful call to MQTTAsync_create().
optionsThe client delays disconnection for up to this time (in milliseconds) in order to allow in-flight message transfers to complete.
Returns:
MQTTASYNC_SUCCESS if the client successfully disconnects from the server. An error code is returned if the client was unable to disconnect from the server

This function allows the client application to test whether or not a client is currently connected to the MQTT server.

Parameters:
handleA valid client handle from a successful call to MQTTAsync_create().
Returns:
Boolean true if the client is connected, otherwise false.
int MQTTAsync_subscribe ( MQTTAsync  handle,
char *  topic,
int  qos,
MQTTAsync_responseOptions response 
)

This function attempts to subscribe a client to a single topic, which may contain wildcards (see Subscription wildcards). This call also specifies the Quality of service requested for the subscription (see also MQTTAsync_subscribeMany()).

Parameters:
handleA valid client handle from a successful call to MQTTAsync_create().
topicThe subscription topic, which may include wildcards.
qosThe requested quality of service for the subscription.
responseA pointer to a response options structure. Used to set callback functions.
Returns:
MQTTASYNC_SUCCESS if the subscription request is successful. An error code is returned if there was a problem registering the subscription.
int MQTTAsync_subscribeMany ( MQTTAsync  handle,
int  count,
char **  topic,
int *  qos,
MQTTAsync_responseOptions response 
)

This function attempts to subscribe a client to a list of topics, which may contain wildcards (see Subscription wildcards). This call also specifies the Quality of service requested for each topic (see also MQTTAsync_subscribe()).

Parameters:
handleA valid client handle from a successful call to MQTTAsync_create().
countThe number of topics for which the client is requesting subscriptions.
topicAn array (of length count) of pointers to topics, each of which may include wildcards.
qosAn array (of length count) of Quality of service values. qos[n] is the requested QoS for topic[n].
responseA pointer to a response options structure. Used to set callback functions.
Returns:
MQTTASYNC_SUCCESS if the subscription request is successful. An error code is returned if there was a problem registering the subscriptions.
int MQTTAsync_unsubscribe ( MQTTAsync  handle,
char *  topic,
MQTTAsync_responseOptions response 
)

This function attempts to remove an existing subscription made by the specified client.

Parameters:
handleA valid client handle from a successful call to MQTTAsync_create().
topicThe topic for the subscription to be removed, which may include wildcards (see Subscription wildcards).
responseA pointer to a response options structure. Used to set callback functions.
Returns:
MQTTASYNC_SUCCESS if the subscription is removed. An error code is returned if there was a problem removing the subscription.
int MQTTAsync_unsubscribeMany ( MQTTAsync  handle,
int  count,
char **  topic,
MQTTAsync_responseOptions response 
)

This function attempts to remove existing subscriptions to a list of topics made by the specified client.

Parameters:
handleA valid client handle from a successful call to MQTTAsync_create().
countThe number subscriptions to be removed.
topicAn array (of length count) of pointers to the topics of the subscriptions to be removed, each of which may include wildcards.
responseA pointer to a response options structure. Used to set callback functions.
Returns:
MQTTASYNC_SUCCESS if the subscriptions are removed. An error code is returned if there was a problem removing the subscriptions.
int MQTTAsync_send ( MQTTAsync  handle,
char *  destinationName,
int  payloadlen,
void *  payload,
int  qos,
int  retained,
MQTTAsync_responseOptions response 
)

This function attempts to publish a message to a given topic (see also MQTTAsync_sendMessage()). An MQTTAsync_token is issued when this function returns successfully. If the client application needs to test for successful delivery of messages, a callback should be set (see MQTTAsync_onSuccess() and MQTTAsync_deliveryComplete()).

Parameters:
handleA valid client handle from a successful call to MQTTAsync_create().
destinationNameThe topic associated with this message.
payloadlenThe length of the payload in bytes.
payloadA pointer to the byte array payload of the message.
qosThe Quality of service of the message.
retainedThe retained flag for the message.
responseA pointer to an MQTTAsync_responseOptions structure. Used to set callback functions. This is optional and can be set to NULL.
Returns:
MQTTASYNC_SUCCESS if the message is accepted for publication. An error code is returned if there was a problem accepting the message.
int MQTTAsync_sendMessage ( MQTTAsync  handle,
char *  destinationName,
MQTTAsync_message msg,
MQTTAsync_responseOptions response 
)

This function attempts to publish a message to a given topic (see also MQTTAsync_publish()). An MQTTAsync_token is issued when this function returns successfully. If the client application needs to test for successful delivery of messages, a callback should be set (see MQTTAsync_onSuccess() and MQTTAsync_deliveryComplete()).

Parameters:
handleA valid client handle from a successful call to MQTTAsync_create().
destinationNameThe topic associated with this message.
msgA pointer to a valid MQTTAsync_message structure containing the payload and attributes of the message to be published.
responseA pointer to an MQTTAsync_responseOptions structure. Used to set callback functions.
Returns:
MQTTASYNC_SUCCESS if the message is accepted for publication. An error code is returned if there was a problem accepting the message.
int MQTTAsync_getPendingTokens ( MQTTAsync  handle,
MQTTAsync_token **  tokens 
)

This function sets a pointer to an array of tokens for messages that are currently in-flight (pending completion).

Important note: The memory used to hold the array of tokens is malloc()'d in this function. The client application is responsible for freeing this memory when it is no longer required.

Parameters:
handleA valid client handle from a successful call to MQTTAsync_create().
tokensThe address of a pointer to an MQTTAsync_token. When the function returns successfully, the pointer is set to point to an array of tokens representing messages pending completion. The last member of the array is set to -1 to indicate there are no more tokens. If no tokens are pending, the pointer is set to NULL.
Returns:
MQTTASYNC_SUCCESS if the function returns successfully. An error code is returned if there was a problem obtaining the list of pending tokens.

This function frees memory allocated to an MQTT message, including the additional memory allocated to the message payload. The client application calls this function when the message has been fully processed. Important note: This function does not free the memory allocated to a message topic string. It is the responsibility of the client application to free this memory using the MQTTAsync_free() library function.

Parameters:
msgThe address of a pointer to the MQTTAsync_message structure to be freed.
void MQTTAsync_free ( void *  ptr)

This function frees memory allocated by the MQTT C client library, especially the topic name. This is needed on Windows when the client libary and application program have been compiled with different versions of the C compiler. It is thus good policy to always use this function when freeing any MQTT C client- allocated memory.

Parameters:
ptrThe pointer to the client library storage to be freed.
void MQTTAsync_destroy ( MQTTAsync handle)

This function frees the memory allocated to an MQTT client (see MQTTAsync_create()). It should be called when the client is no longer required.

Parameters:
handleA pointer to the handle referring to the MQTTAsync structure to be freed.

This function sets the level of trace information which will be returned in the trace callback.

Parameters:
levelthe trace level required

This function sets the trace callback if needed. If set to NULL, no trace information will be returned. The default trace level is MQTTASYNC_TRACE_MINIMUM.

Parameters:
callbacka pointer to the function which will handle the trace information

This function returns version information about the library. no trace information will be returned. The default trace level is MQTTASYNC_TRACE_MINIMUM

Returns:
an array of strings describing the library. The last entry is a NULL pointer.
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