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Alex Popoutsis b43d467d75 Correct service call (#10013)
Updating reference from `mqtt/mqtt_send` to use `mqtt.publish`.
2019-07-31 10:04:51 +02:00

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---
title: "MQTT Testing"
description: "Instructions on how to test your MQTT setup."
logo: mqtt.png
---
The `mosquitto` broker package ships commandline tools (often as `*-clients` package) to send and receive MQTT messages. As an alternative have a look at [hbmqtt_pub](http://hbmqtt.readthedocs.org/en/latest/references/hbmqtt_pub.html) and [hbmqtt_sub](http://hbmqtt.readthedocs.org/en/latest/references/hbmqtt_sub.html) which are provided by HBMQTT. For sending test messages to a broker running on localhost check the example below:
```bash
$ mosquitto_pub -h 127.0.0.1 -t home-assistant/switch/1/on -m "Switch is ON"
```
If you are using the embedded MQTT broker, the command looks a little different because you need to add the MQTT protocol version and your [broker credentials](/docs/mqtt/broker#embedded-broker).
```bash
$ mosquitto_pub -V mqttv311 -u homeassistant -P <broker password> -t "hello" -m world
```
Another way to send MQTT messages by hand is to use the "Developer Tools" in the Frontend. Choose "Call Service" and then `mqtt.publish` under "Available Services". Enter something similar to the example below into the "Service Data" field.
```json
{
"topic":"home-assistant/switch/1/on",
"payload":"Switch is ON"
}
```
The message should appear on the bus:
```bash
... [homeassistant] Bus:Handling <Event MQTT_MESSAGE_RECEIVED[L]: topic=home-assistant/switch/1/on, qos=0, payload=Switch is ON>
```
For reading all messages sent on the topic `home-assistant` to a broker running on localhost:
```bash
$ mosquitto_sub -h 127.0.0.1 -v -t "home-assistant/#"
```
For the embedded MQTT broker the command looks like:
```bash
$ mosquitto_sub -v -V mqttv311 -u homeassistant -P <broker password> -t "#"
```