rch-goldsnaker/thingsboard-rpc-tutorial

💻 Thingsboard RPC tutorial | with ESP32

📋 Table of Contents

1. 🤖 Introduction
2. ⚙️ Tech Stack
3. 🔋 Features
4. 💻 Youtube tutorial
5. 🤸 Quick Start

🤖 Introduction

This repository is designed to offer a quick guide on RPC (Remote Procedure Calls) for ThingsBoard. Inside, you'll find code for programming an ESP32 and a simple Node.js app. The Node.js app communicates with the ThingsBoard API and uses RPC services.

Reference Link:

• Thingsboard client sdk
• Thingsboard Rpc Guide
• Thingsboard Client side Rpc API
• Thingsboard Server side Rpc API

⚙️ Tech Stack

💎 ESP32

💎 NodeJs

💎 Thingsboard

🔋 Features

👉 ESP32 Connection

👉 Receiving RPC Data

👉 Sending RPC Data

🎬 Youtube tutorial

See tutorial video here

🤸 Quick Start

Follow these steps to set up the project locally on your machine.

Prerequisites

Make sure you have the following installed on your machine:

• Git
• Arduino IDE

For Esp32 install library:

• ArduinoMqttClient
• ThingsBoard (IMPORTANT NOTE! use the ThingsBoard-0.12.2.zip version)

For NodeJs App, install Node.js>= 12

• Node

Cloning the Repository

git clone https://github.com/rch-goldsnaker/thingsboard-rpc-tutorial
cd thingsboard-rpc-tutorial

For Node Js App

Create a .env file inside NodeJs folder.

Installation

Go to NodeJs folder and install the project dependencies using npm:

npm install

Set Up Environment Variables

Create a new file named .env inside of NodeJs folder and add the following content:

TB_API_URL=https://thingsboard.cloud
TB_USERNAME=your@mail.com
TB_PASSWORD=yourPass

Running the Project

npm run start

For Esp 32

Copy the code to Arduino IDE | Wokwi | Platformio and Upload