.TH PAHO_C_PUB 1L "31 July 2018 (v1.3.0)" http://eclipse.org/paho

.SH NAME
paho_c_pub \- send (publish) data to an MQTT server

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B paho_c_pub
[\fItopic\fR]
[\fB\-t\fR|\fB\-\-topic\fR \fItopic\fR]
[\fB\-c\fR|\fB\-\-connection\fR \fIconnection\fR]
[\fB\-h\fR|\fB\-\-host\fR \fIhostname\fR]
[\fB\-p\fR|\fB\-\-port\fR \fIportnumber\fR]
[\fB\-i\fR|\fB\-\-clientid\fR \fIclientid\fR]
[\fB\-u\fR|\fB\-\-username\fR \fIusername\fR]
[\fB\-P\fR|\fB\-\-password\fR \fIpassword\fR]
[\fB\-k\fR|\fB\-\-keepalive\fR \fIkeepalive-timeout\fR]
[\fB\-V\fR|\fB\-\-MQTT-version\fR \fB31\fR|\fB311\fR|\fB5\fR]
.br
[\fB\-q\fR|\fB\-\-qos\fR \fB0\fR|\fB1\fR|\fB2\fR]
[\fB\-r\fR|\fB\-\-retained\fR]
[\fB\-n\fR|\fB\-\-null-message\fR]
[\fB\-m\fR|\fB\-\-message\fR \fImessage\fR]
[\fB\-f\fR|\fB\-\-filename\fR \fIfilename\fR]
[\fB\-\-delimiter\fR \fIdelimiter\fR]
[\fB\-\-maxdatalen\fR \fImaxdatalen\fR]
.br
[\fB\-\-message-expiry\fR \fIexpiry-interval\fR]
[\fB\-\-user-property\fR \fIname\fR \fIvalue\fR]
.br
[\fB\-\-quiet\fR]
[\fB\-\-verbose\fR]
[\fB\-\-trace\fR \fBmin\fR|\fBmax\fR|\fBerror\fR|\fBprotocol\fR]
.br
[\fB\-\-will-topic\fR \fIwill-topic\fR]
[\fB\-\-will-payload\fR \fIwill-payload\fR]
[\fB\-\-will-retain\fR]
[\fB\-\-will-qos\fR \fB0\fR|\fB1\fR|\fB2\fR]
.br
[\fB\-\-cafile\fR \fIcafile\fR]
[\fB\-\-capath\fR \fIcapath\fR]
[\fB\-\-cert\fR \fIcertfile\fR]
[\fB\-\-key\fR \fIkeyfile\fR]
[\fB\-\-keypass\fR \fIpassword\fR]
[\fB\-\-ciphers\fR \fIcipher-string\fR]
[\fB\-\-insecure\fR]


.SH DESCRIPTION
.B paho_c_pub
sends data to an MQTT server using the Eclipse Paho C client asynchronous library (MQTTAsync).
MQTT is a protocol, operating over TCP/IP, which allows programs to easily communicate
with each other through a server.  Messages are published to topics and delivered to any subscribers to those topics.
The corresponding subscriber program \fBpaho_c_sub\fR allows the receipt of MQTT messages.
.PP
The default mode of operation is to read input from stdin, sending a separate message for each line read.  Options exist
to change this mode to send a one-off message, of 0 length (\fB-n\fR), a given string (\fB-m\fR), or the contents of a file (\fB-f\fR).

.SH "OPTIONS"
.TP
.PD 0
.BI \-t
.TP
.PD
.B \-\-topic
The MQTT topic to publish the data to.
.TP
.PD 0
.BI \-c
.TP
.PD
.B \-\-connection
The MQTT URI to connect to, a combination of transport prefix, host, port and for websockets, topic.  
To connect using TCP use the tcp prefix, for example: \fBtcp://\fR\fIlocalhost\fR\fB:\fR\fI1883\fR.  
An example using SSL/TLS: \fBssl://\fR\fIlocalhost\fR\fB:\fR\fI1883\fR.  
An example for websockets, insecure: \fBws://\fR\fIlocalhost\fR\fB:\fR\fI1883\fR\fB/\fR\fItopic\fR, and
secure: \fBwss://\fR\fIlocalhost\fR\fB:\fR\fI80\fR\fB/\fR\fItopic\fR.
.TP
.PD 0
.BI \-h
.TP
.PD
.B \-\-host
The TCP/IP host name of the MQTT server to connect to. Along with the \fB--port\fR option, an older alternative to using \fB--connection\fR.
.TP
.PD 0
.BI \-p
.TP
.PD
.B \-\-port
The TCP/IP port number of the MQTT server to connect to. Along with the \fB--host\fR option, an older alternative to using \fB--connection\fR.
.TP
.PD 0
.BI \-q
.TP
.PD
.B \-\-qos
The MQTT QoS on which to publish the message. The alternatives are \fB0\fR, \fB1\fR or \fB2\fR.
.TP
.PD 0
.BI \-V
.TP
.PD
.B \-\-MQTTversion
The version of the MQTT protocol to use.  Valid options are \fB31\fR (or \fBmqttv31\fR), \fB311\fR (\fBmqttv311\fR) and \fB5\fR (or \fBmqttv5\fR).
If MQTT version 5 is used, then some additional options are valid, such as \fB--message-expiry\fR and \fB--user-property\fR.
.TP
.PD
.B \-\-quiet
Do not print error messages.
.TP
.PD
.B \-\-trace
Print library internal trace.  Valid levels are \fBmin\fR, \fBmax\fR, \fBerror\fR and \fBprotocol\fR.
.TP
.PD 0
.BI \-r
.TP
.PD
.B \-\-retained
Publish messages with the MQTT retained flag set.
.TP
.PD 0
.BI \-n
.TP
.PD
.B \-\-null-message
Publish a 0-length message.  
.TP
.PD 0
.BI \-m
.TP
.PD
.B \-\-message
Publish a one off message with the payload supplied. 
.TP
.PD 0
.BI \-f
.TP
.PD
.B \-\-filename
Publish a one off message with the contents of the file whose name is given.
.TP
.PD
.B \-\-message-expiry
[MQTT version 5 only] Sets the expiry interval property of messages in seconds.  
.TP
.PD
.B \-\-user-property
[MQTT version 5 only] Sets a user property of sent messages.  A pair of strings, name and value.
.TP
.PD
.B \-\-will-topic
Sets the MQTT will message topic to publish to. If the application ends without sending an MQTT disconnect, the
will message will be published to this topic.
.TP
.PD
.B \-\-will-payload
Only used if \fBwill-topic\fR is set. Sets the MQTT will message to be published. 
.TP
.PD
.B \-\-will-qos
Only used if \fBwill-topic\fR is set. Sets the MQTT QoS at which the will message is published. The alternatives are \fB0\fR, \fB1\fR or \fB2\fR.
.TP
.PD
.B \-\-will-retain
Only used if \fBwill-topic\fR is set. Sets the MQTT retained flag on the will message. 
.TP
.PD
.B \-\-cafile
Only used with a TLS connection. The name of a file for the OpenSSL trust store.
.TP
.PD
.B \-\-capath
Only used with a TLS connection. The name of a directory holding OpenSSL trusted certificates.
.TP
.PD
.B \-\-cert
Only used with a TLS connection. The name of a file for the TLS keystore containing a client certificate to be presented.
.TP
.PD
.B \-\-key
Only used with a TLS connection. The name of a file containing the client private key.
.TP
.PD
.B \-\-keypass
Only used with a TLS connection. The password for the client private key file, if needed.
.TP
.PD
.B \-\-ciphers
Only used with a TLS connection. A list of cipher suites that the client will present to the server during the TLS handshake.
.TP
.PD
.B \-\-insecure
Only used with a TLS connection. Don't check that the server certificate common name matches the hostname.