Error while using mqtt.js in meteor

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Hi,

I have been trying to use mqtt.js from npm within meteor application. I am directly using mqtt using meteor npm install mqtt and than importing it on the client i.e. browser. Now when i use it to connect with the test server i am getting the following error.

modules.js?hash=97f460f…:67395 GET http://test.mosquitto.org/ net::ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT
modules.js?hash=97f460f…:134661 Uncaught TypeError: req.abort is not a function(…)
modules.js?hash=97f460f…:67391 Refused to set unsafe header "sec-websocket-version"
modules.js?hash=97f460f…:67391 Refused to set unsafe header "sec-websocket-key"
modules.js?hash=97f460f…:67391 Refused to set unsafe header “sec-websocket-extensions”

Any idea as to what i am doing wrong. The mqtt npm package read me says that i have to use browserify or webpack to create a library for browser but i am assuming that meteor build tool does that for you or am I mistaken.

Thanks

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GET http://test.mosquitto.org/ net::ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT
maybe their website is down

3

Nope it is working with node. I think somehow meteor build is not building correct bundle for browser in this case as http protocol should not be used. Either ws or mqtt should be used.

4

why are you not using / forking an existing package (search mqtt in atmosphere) , such as https://github.com/mkarliner/meteor-mqtt (server and client side) ?

5

Yeah the Meteor build tool should work exactly the same way as Browserify or Webpack. Could you make an example app someone can run to reproduce the issue?

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I will try to create an example. I do not want to use atmosphere package as it internally just exposes mqtt from browserified bundle of mqtt npm repository.

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@suhaila what do you expect to do differently if not just “just” expose mqtt from npm repository ?

can you add this test : if (req) req.abort ?

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Were you ever able to solve this problem?

9

I just used Paho client instead of mqttjs

10

Thanks for your response. I discovered Paho after making this forum post, and it works.

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Hi,

Another workaround, for the ones who really need to use meteor-mqtt, would be just to create a server method, and just call it from the client.
Example:

// on server side
if (Meteor.isServer) {
    var mqtt = require('mqtt');
    var client = mqtt.connect('mqtt://domain');
    Meteor.methods({
        publishChange:function(data) {
            client.publish(data.topic, data.message);
        }
    });
}
...
// on client side
Meteor.call('publishChange', {'topic' : 'test-topic', 'message' : 'Hello world'});