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title: "Basic MQTT Example"
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date: 2016-02-07 12:13
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ha_category: Custom Python Component Examples
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<p class='note'>
This example requires you to have the [MQTT component](/components/mqtt/) up and running.
</p>
This is a simple hello world example to show the basics of using MQTT in a custom component. To use this example, create the file `<config dir>/custom_components/hello_mqtt.py` and copy the below example code.
This example follows a topic on MQTT and updates the state of an entity to the last message received on that topic. It will also register a service 'set_state' that will publish a message to the MQTT topic that we're listening to.
```python
import homeassistant.loader as loader
# The domain of your component. Should be equal to the name of your component
DOMAIN = "hello_mqtt"
# List of component names (string) your component depends upon
DEPENDENCIES = ['mqtt']
CONF_TOPIC = 'topic'
DEFAULT_TOPIC = 'home-assistant/hello_mqtt'
def setup(hass, config):
""" Setup our hello_mqtt component. """
mqtt = loader.get_component('mqtt')
topic = config[DOMAIN].get('topic', DEFAULT_TOPIC)
entity_id = 'hello_mqtt.last_message'
# Listener to be called when we receive a message
def message_received(topic, payload, qos):
""" A new MQTT message has been received. """
hass.states.set(entity_id, payload)
# Subscribe our listener to a topic
mqtt.subscribe(hass, topic, message_received)
# Set the intial state
hass.states.set(entity_id, 'No messages')
# Service to publish a message on MQTT
def set_state_service(call):
""" Service to send a message. """
mqtt.publish(hass, topic, call.data.get('new_state'))
# Register our service with Home Assistant
hass.services.register(DOMAIN, 'set_state', set_state_service)
# return boolean to indicate that initialization was successful
return True
```
Load the component by adding the following to your `configuration.yaml`. When your component is loaded, a new entity should popup and there should be a new service available to call.
```yaml
# configuration.yaml entry
hello_mqtt:
topic: some_mqtt/topic/here
```
You can call the service with example payload:
```json
{
"new_state": "some new state"
}
```