MQTT Recorder

Simple cli tool for recording and replaying MQTT messages.

Install

pip install mqtt-recorder

Argument	Description	Required	Default
-h, --help	Show help
--host	MQTT broker address	x
--port	MQTT broker port		1883
--client_id	MQTT Client ID
--mode	mode: record/replay	x
--file	output/input csv file	x
--loop	looping replay		false
--qos	Quality of Service that will be used for subscriptions		0
--topics	json file containing selected topics for subscriptions		null
-t, --topic	Single topic to subscribe to		null
--enable_ssl	True to enable MQTTs support, False otherwise		False
--tls_insecure	If certs is self-generated, change to True		False
--ca_cert	Path to the Certificate Authority certificate files		None
--certfile	Path to the client certificate		None
--keyfile	Path to the client private key		None
--username	MQTT broker username		None
--password	MQTT broker password		None
--encode_b64	True to store message payloads as base64 encoded strings		False
--csv_field_size_limit	CSV field size limit		False

mqtt-recorder --host localhost --mode record --file recording.csv

mqtt-recorder --host localhost --mode record --file test.csv --topics topics.json
Topics can be selected using a json file. Example

{
    "topics": [
        "/myhome/groundfloor/livingroom/temperature",
        "USA/California/San Francisco/Silicon Valley"
    ]
}

mqtt-recorder --host localhost --mode replay --file test.csv