Messaging Functions
Within your device template, you could call a REST API and get data from an external source, or push data to an external service.
//requires the resource URL as the argument
rest.get({url: ''})
rest.get({url:'https://httpbin.org/get'})
//you can also create a separate object for the argument and pass it to the API
//headers are also supported
let options = {
url: "https:https://httpbin.org/get",
headers: {
'content-type': 'application/json'
}
}
rest.get(options)
//requires the resource URL and a message object as the arguments
rest.post({url: '', json: {}})
rest.post({url:'https://httpbin.org/post', json: { hello: 'world'}})
//you can also create a separate object for the arguments and pass it to the API
let obj = {
username: "test_user",
password: "dontusethis"
}
//headers are also supported
let options = {
url: "https://httpbin.org/post",
json: obj,
headers: {
'content-type': 'application/json'
}
}
rest.post(options);
//requires the resource URL and a message object as the arguments
rest.put({url: '', json: {}})
rest.put({url:'https://httpbin.org/put', json: { hello: 'world'}})
//you can also create a separate object for the arguments and pass it to the API
let options = {
url: "https://httpbin.org/put",
json: { hello: 'world'},
headers: {
'content-type': 'application/json'
}
}
rest.put(options);
//requires the resource URL and a message object as the arguments
rest.patch({url: '', json: {}})
rest.patch({url:'https://httpbin.org/patch', json: { hello: 'world'}})
//you can also create a separate object for the arguments and pass it to the API
let options = {
url: "https://httpbin.org/patch",
json: { hello: 'world'},
}
rest.patch(options);
//requires the resource URL the argument
rest.delete({url: ''})
rest.delete({url:'https://httpbin.org/delete'})
//you can also create a separate object for the arguments and pass it to the API
let options = {
url: "https://httpbin.org/delete",
headers: {
'content-type': 'application/json'
}
}
rest.delete(options);
Within the device template, you can use the MQTT APIs to interact with the MQTT connections.
To publish a message to an MQTT endpoint, you can use the following function.
//requires a payload object and a topic string as arguments
mqtt.publish(payload, topic)
let payload = {
hello: 'world'
}
let topic = "testTopic"
mqtt.publish(payload, topic)
To resubscribe to multiple topics use the following function.
//requires an array of topics as the argument
mqtt.resubscribe([topics])
mqtt.resubscribe([topic1, topic2, topic3])
To disconnect from all MQTT topics and close all connections, use the following function.
//no arguments are required for this function
mqtt.forceDisconect()
To connect to all previously connected MQTT connections, use the following function.
//no arguments are required for this function
mqtt.forceConect()
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