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AWS IoT for any device that is Internet aware (with example)

Want to use the AWS IoT on any device that has a connection to the Internet? Use this tutorial to know how.

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AWS IoT for any device that is Internet aware (with example)

Things used in this project

Hardware components

NodeMCU ESP8266 Breakout Board
NodeMCU ESP8266 Breakout Board
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AWS IoT
Amazon Web Services AWS IoT

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Code

MQTT Proxy Example

Arduino
Example on how to use the proxy with NodeMCU
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>

const char* ssid = "WIFI_SSID";
const char* password = "WIFI_PASSWORD";
const char* proxy_host = "62.117.70.43";
const char* proxy_path = "/test/proxy.php";

int is_connected = 0;

void setup()
{
  connect_to_wifi_ap();
}

void loop() {
  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:

}

int send_data_to_proxy(String topic, String msg)
{
  force_connect_if_offline();
  
  // Use WiFiClient class to create TCP connections
  WiFiClient client;
  if ( ! client.connect(proxy_host, 80)) {
    return -1;
  }
  
  // This will send the request to the server
  client.print(String("GET ") + proxy_path + "?topic=" + topic + "&msg=" + msg + " HTTP/1.1\r\n" +
               "Host: " + proxy_host + "\r\n" + 
               "Connection: close\r\n\r\n");
  delay(100);
  
  int cnt = 0;
  while( ! client.available()){
    delay(10);
  }
  String request;
  while (client.available()){
    // We connected :)
    request = client.readStringUntil('\r\n'); 
    // You can do whatever you want with the output of the PHP proxy stored in request
    // ...
  }
  return 1;
}

void force_connect_if_offline()
{
  if (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED)
  {
      connect_to_wifi_ap();
  }
}

void connect_to_wifi_ap()
{
  WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
  delay(2000);
  is_connected = 0;
  while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED)
  {
    delay(1000);
  }
  is_connected = 1;
}

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