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MQTT.ts

This is an implementation of the MQTT 3.1.1 protocol written in TypeScript.

It is not a port of the excellent MQTT.js package. I wrote it for “fun”, originally using Flow, but never finished and then forgot about it. When I saw there were no MQTT modules for Deno, I decided to convert it to TypeScript as an exercise in learning Deno.

Since the core of the library has no dependencies, it wasn’t too difficult to add support for Node.js and browsers so why not?

Quick Start

import { Client } from 'https://denopkg.com/jdiamond/MQTT.ts/deno/mod.ts'; // Deno (ESM)
// const { Client } = require('@jdiamond/mqtt'); // Node.js (CommonJS)
// import { Client } from 'https://unpkg.com/@jdiamond/mqtt-browser'; // Browsers (ESM)

const client = new Client({ url: 'mqtt://test.mosquitto.org' }); // Deno and Node.js
// const client = new Client({ url: 'ws://test.mosquitto.org:8081' }); // Browsers

await client.connect();

await client.subscribe('incoming/#');

client.on('message', (topic, payload) => {
  console.log(topic, payload);
});

await client.publish('my/topic', 'my payload');

await client.disconnect();

See the API documentation for more details.

Deno

The “raw” TypeScript files are import’able by Deno.

The Deno Client uses Deno.connect to create TCP connections so --allow-net is required when running code using this module.

Look in examples/deno to see examples of using the client.

There are some CLI tools in tools that are similar to mosquitto_pub and mosquitto_sub.

To subscribe:

deno run --allow-net tools/sub.ts -u mqtt://test.mosquitto.org -t "MQTT.ts/test/topic" -v

To publish:

deno run --allow-net tools/pub.ts -u mqtt://test.mosquitto.org -t "MQTT.ts/test/topic" -m "hello"

Node.js

The Node.js Client uses the net module to create TCP connections.

This build is published to npm as @jdiamond/mqtt and can be imported like any normal npm package.

Examples in examples/node.

Browsers

The browser Client uses a WebSocket object to connect to a broker that supports MQTT over WebSockets.

This build is published to npm as @jdiamond/mqtt-browser and available via unpkg.com here:

https://unpkg.com/@jdiamond/mqtt-browser

The UMD build for older browsers is available here:

https://unpkg.com/browse/@jdiamond/mqtt-browser/index.min.js

Example in examples/browser.

Development

Requires Deno 1.0.0.

To run the unit tests:

deno test client packets

To test publishing and subscribing to a local broker, run these commands in separate shells:

/usr/local/sbin/mosquitto -c mosquitto.conf
deno run --allow-net tools/sub.ts -t "foo/#" -v
deno run --allow-net tools/pub.ts -t "foo/bar" -m "baz"

Protocol Links:

Roadmap to 1.0

  • finish API docs
  • protocol version 3.1
  • mqtts for deno and node clients
  • use native event target/emitter classes
  • events for messages matching topic filters
  • async iterators for messages matching topic filters
  • make disconnect wait until all publishes sent/acknowledged
  • address all TODO comments in code
  • release process
    • tag for denopkg.com and deno.land/x to use
    • publish Node.js and browser builds to npm
      • keep in sync or allow versions to drift?

Post 1.0

  • protocol version 5.0
  • round robin connect to multiple brokers
  • benchmarking and performance improvements
  • MQTT over QUIC
  • base class for server applications?