Publish in MQTT JSON format

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Publish in MQTT JSON format

#1 Post by LeanzLatino » 19 May 2020, 20:05

Hey iam trying to figure out how to get publish MQTT json format that homeassistant and many more application use.

Iam using gps plugin and would like to use value in this format.
{"latitude": 50.601972,"longitude": 10.112339, "Altitude": 20.0, "Speed": 2}


Thank you in advance!

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Re: Publish in MQTT JSON format

#2 Post by grovkillen » 19 May 2020, 20:47

Let's say your task name is "gps" and your value names are the ones you use in your example. Then:

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On gps#latitude Do
Publish,<mqtt topic>,{"latitude": [gps#latitude],"longitude": [gps#longitude], "Altitude": [gps#altitude], "Speed": [gps#speed]}
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Where <mqtt topic> is whatever topic you plan on using.
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Re: Publish in MQTT JSON format

#3 Post by dynamicdave » 19 May 2020, 21:07

I thought the json string needed single quotes around the curly brackets... (in the recent ESP Easy releases)

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Publish,<mqtt topic>,'{"latitude": [gps#latitude],"longitude": [gps#longitude], "Altitude": [gps#altitude], "Speed": [gps#speed]}'

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Re: Publish in MQTT JSON format

#4 Post by grovkillen » 19 May 2020, 21:10

You're right! Thanks for that.
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Re: Publish in MQTT JSON format

#5 Post by LeanzLatino » 19 May 2020, 21:30

It doenst seem to change i have also tried.

On gps#latitude Do
Publish,%sysname%,: [gps#latitude],"longitude": [gps#longitude], "Altitude": [gps#Altitude], "Speed": [gps#speed]}
Endon

and also

On gps#latitude Do
Publish,coordinates,: [gps#latitude],"longitude": [gps#longitude], "Altitude": [gps#Altitude], "Speed": [gps#speed]}
Endon

I use same value that wiki recommend , i havent changed to Capital letters etc.
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Re: Publish in MQTT JSON format

#6 Post by Ath » 19 May 2020, 21:39

LeanzLatino wrote: 19 May 2020, 21:30 It doenst seem to change i have also tried.
Have you tried the example @dynamicdave gave? That uses the quotes around arguments containing spaces or commas, as required in current releases of ESPEasy

Your last examples have invalid JSON
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Re: Publish in MQTT JSON format

#7 Post by LeanzLatino » 19 May 2020, 21:43

Hey
Yes i tried now it sure does work.
Thank you alot!

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