Mqtt simple nrf9160, send JSON as utf-8

RE: Mqtt simple nrf9160, send JSON as utf-8

Carl Richard — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 10:20:00 GMT

Hi again, David!

If you want to use numbers with the cJSON library, have a look at my answer here. The important part is to include cJSON_OS.h and call cJSON_Init at the start of main.
Remember that CONFIG_HEAP_MEM_POOL_SIZE and CONFIG_MAIN_STACK_SIZE must be non-zero values.

Best regards,
Carl Richard

RE: Mqtt simple nrf9160, send JSON as utf-8

Carl Richard — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 11:41:34 GMT

Hi again, David!

I've rewritten it to your configuration. However, there is an issue with the cJSON library that prevents it from handling doubles from what I could tell. Therefore you need to convert from string (i.e. "13.0") to float (i.e. 13.0) on the cloud end.

static void transmit()
{
	char *out;
	char *id1 = "c5278fbf-c6d5-4c48-b51d-652beb609b34";

	char value_buf[6];
	double value = 13.0;

	snprintf(value_buf, sizeof(value_buf), "%.1f",
	value);

	printk("Value: %s\n", value_buf);

	cJSON *root;

	/* create root node and array */
	root = cJSON_CreateObject();	

	/* add sensor data */
	cJSON_AddItemToObject(root, "sensor_id", cJSON_CreateString(id1));
	cJSON_AddItemToObject(root, "value", cJSON_CreateString(value_buf));

	/* print everything */
	out = cJSON_Print(root);
	if (out == NULL) {
		printk("Failed print...\n");
	}
    printk("%s\n", out);

	/* Publish with MQTT */
	data_publish(&client, MQTT_QOS_1_AT_LEAST_ONCE,
   			out, strlen(out));

	free(out);

	/* free all objects under root and root itself */
	cJSON_Delete(root);

	return;
}

I hope this works out!

Best regards,
Carl Richard

RE: Mqtt simple nrf9160, send JSON as utf-8

David — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 09:26:14 GMT

I want it like this --->

{
"sensor_id": "c5278fbf-c6d5-4c48-b51d-652beb609b34",
"value": "13.0"
}

without the quotes around 13.0

David

RE: Mqtt simple nrf9160, send JSON as utf-8

Carl Richard — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 09:24:39 GMT

You do not want the "sensors" array on top. Do interpret it correctly?

Best regards,
Carl Richard

RE: Mqtt simple nrf9160, send JSON as utf-8

David — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 08:59:16 GMT

I managed to adapt the example, so now I only need to remove the quotes "" from the value1 "13.0".

Do you have an idea how to do this?

David

RE: Mqtt simple nrf9160, send JSON as utf-8

Carl Richard — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 08:34:38 GMT

Hello, David!

I managed to publish and receive jSON data using the following code:

static void transmit() {
   char *out;
   char *id1 = "c5278fbf-c6d5-4c48-b51d-652beb609b34"; 
   char *id2 = "c5278fgf-c6d5-4c48-b51d-652beb6s9b34"; 
   char *value1 = "13.0";
   char *value2 = "117.0";
   cJSON *root, *sensors, *sensor;

   /* create root node and array */
   root = cJSON_CreateObject();
   sensors = cJSON_CreateArray();

   /* add sensors array to root */
   cJSON_AddItemToObject(root, "sensors", sensors);

   /* add 1st sensor to sensors array */
   cJSON_AddItemToArray(sensors, sensor = cJSON_CreateObject());
   cJSON_AddItemToObject(sensor, "value", cJSON_CreateString(value1));
   cJSON_AddItemToObject(sensor, "sensor_id", cJSON_CreateString(id1));

   /* add 1st sensor to sensors array */
   cJSON_AddItemToArray(sensors, sensor = cJSON_CreateObject());
   cJSON_AddItemToObject(sensor, "value", cJSON_CreateString(value2));
   cJSON_AddItemToObject(sensor, "sensor_id", cJSON_CreateString(id2));

   /* print everything */
   out = cJSON_Print(root);
   printk("%s\n", out);

   /* Publish with MQTT */
   data_publish(&client, MQTT_QOS_1_AT_LEAST_ONCE,
				out, strlen(out));

   free(out);

   /* free all objects under root and root itself */
   cJSON_Delete(root);

   return;
}

Could you try to adapt this to your use?

Edit: code is based on the following stack overflow ticket.

Best regards,
Carl Richard