MQTT Bridge

Bridge your webthings to MQTT. You can then set properties, execute actions and many more things through your preferred MQTT broker. For instance, this allows you to use node red for your home automation.

Setup

Install this addon through the addon list or clone it to ~/.webthingsio/addons/ using git.

Then go to Settings > Developer > Create local authorization. Make sure that all devices are checked and that "monitor and control" is selected. Then click allow and copy the token from the first text field. Go to Settings > Add-Ons > MQTT Bridge > Configure and paste your token in the access token field, then click save.

Please also make sure that you configure the URL of your MQTT broker.

Use

You can send to the following topics:

Topic	Interpretation
webthings/{DEVICE_ID}/properties/{PROPERTY_NAME}/set	Send the new value the property should be set to
webthings/{DEVICE_ID}/properties/{PROPERTY_NAME}/get	Send an empty message in order to request the value of the property
webthings/{DEVICE_ID}/actions/{ACTION_NAME}/execute	Send an empty message or the desired input in order to execute the action

You can receive from the following topics:

Topic	Interpretation
webthings/{DEVICE_ID}/properties/{PROPERTY_NAME}	Value of property changed to the received message
webthings/{DEVICE_ID}/actions/{ACTION_NAME}	Action triggered. If an associaed input exists, it is the received message, else an empty string
webthings/{DEVICE_ID}/events/{EVENT_NAME}	Event raised. If an associaed info exists, it is the received message, else an empty string
webthings/{DEVICE_ID}/connectState	The connect state of the device changed. The received message is the new connect state
webthings/{DEVICE_ID}/connected	The device was just connected
webthings/{DEVICE_ID}/disconnected	The device was just disconnected
webthings/{DEVICE_ID}/deviceAdded	The device was just added
webthings/{DEVICE_ID}/deviceModified	The device was just modified
webthings/{DEVICE_ID}/deviceRemoved	The device was just removed