@iotflows/iotflows-js

iotflows-js

https://iotflows.com

IoTFlows Open Source JavaScript WebSocket SDK.

With this tool you can:

1. Publish secure real-time data streams.
2. Subscribe to the data streams and access real-time data on your web/mobile/IoT apps.
3. Publish alerts to the alert channels with a defined severity level. Subscribers will get notified in the form of SMS/Email/Push.
4. Define cloud actions that can be called from other IoT devices/web applications.

Installation

Use npm to install the iotflows.js module:

npm install @iotflows/iotflows-js

Usage

loadIoTFlows

This function will create and initialize an IoTFlows instance. This is an async function and you would need to use 'await' to ensure proper initialization.

const {loadIoTFlows} = require('@iotflows/iotflows-js')
var iotflows = await loadIoTFlows('CLIENT_ID', 'CLIENT_SECRET');

Make sure to change CLIENT_ID and CLIENT_SECRET with the proper credentials obtained from IoTFlows console. These credentials can be either one of these options:

1. A Device Client that has permission to interact with the resources available in its project, or
2. An Organization IoT API KEY that can have read-only or read/write permissions to the entire organization resources
3. A User Client that is authorized to interact with the permitted resources of the user. This option is most useful when you need to build a web or mobile app. For this option, you need to register your Application in IoTFlows and authenticate users using OAuth2. With the obtained JWT, you can perform a Basic authentication HTTP request to generate a User Client.

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Publish data stream

To publish a real-time data stream, you need to pass these parameters in a json object:

• data_stream_uuid: the uuid of the data stream
• data: the data to be published to the data stream

Read more:

• How to create a data stream

Example:

await iotflows.publish({
    data_stream_uuid: 'ds_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
    data: '81'
})   

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Subscribe to data stream

To listen to real-time data streams that are published, you need to define the following parameters in a json object:

• data_stream_uuid: data stream uuid
• qos (optional): quality of service 0, 1, or 2 (0: At most once, 1: At least once, 2: Exactly once)
• subtopic_subscription (optional): boolean flag to subscribe to subtopics
• callback: handler function to be called when data received

Example:

await iotflows.subscribe({
    data_stream_uuid: 'ds_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',        
    subtopic_subscription: true,
    callback: function handler(topic, payload){
        console.log("New message received!")        
        console.log(payload)        
    }
})

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Unsubscribe from a data stream

To unsubscribe from real-time data streams, you need to define the following parameters in a json object:

• data_stream_uuid: data stream uuid
• qos (optional): quality of service 0, 1, or 2 (0: At most once, 1: At least once, 2: Exactly once)
• subtopic_subscription (optional): boolean flag to unsubscribe from subtopics
• callback: handler function to be called when data received

Example:

await iotflows.unsubscribe({
    data_stream_uuid: 'ds_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',        
    subtopic_subscription: true
})

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Publish an alert

To publish an alert, you need to pass these parameters in a json object:

• alert_channel_uuid: the uuid of the alert channel
• severity: the severity of the alert. It can be MAJOR, MINOR or INFORMATIVE
• subject: the subject of the alert
• description: the description/message of the alert

Read more:

• How to create an alert channel

Example:

await iotflows.alert({
    alert_channel_uuid: 'ac_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
    severity: 'MINOR',
    subject: 'Water Leak',
    description: 'Water leackage detected in Site A.'
})  

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Define a cloud action

To define a cloud action that can be called from other IoT/web applications, you need to define the following parameters in a json object:

• action_uuid action uuid
• qos (optional): quality of service 0, 1, or 2 (0: At most once, 1: At least once, 2: Exactly once)
• callback: handler function to be called when action gets executed

Read more:

• How to create an action

Example:

await iotflows.defineAction({
    action_uuid: 'da_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
    callback: function handler(topic, payload){
        console.log("New command received!")        
        console.log(payload)                
    }
})

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Call/Execute a cloud action

To publish an alert, you need to pass these parameters in a json object:

• action_uuid: the uuid of the action
• payload: the payload to be published to the action

Example:

await iotflows.callAction({
    action_uuid: 'da_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
    payload: false
})   

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Publish a generic MQTT message

To publish an MQTT message with a defined topic, you need to pass these parameters:

• topic: the mqtt topic
• payload: the message payload to be sent

Example:

await iotflows.publishMQTT(
    'v1/organizations/92c2ddd58730dc9b4e9bb620e7ebcaf5/projects/e9531cc1d542999c0bf081c4147c206a/devices/8d786feef417aeb398f8076fecbe0242/data-streams/7ea022531d23b8d4a6622e3725b5fba2',
    'Hello!'
) 

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Subscribe to a generic MQTT topic

To subscribe to a generic MQTT topic, you need to define the following parameters:

• topic: the mqtt topic
• callback: the callback handler function that gets triggered once a message is received

Example:

iotflows.subscribeMQTT(
    'v1/organizations/92c2ddd58730dc9b4e9bb620e7ebcaf5/#',
    function handler(topic, payload){
        console.log("New message received!")        
        console.log(topic)
        console.log(payload)
    }
)

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Unsubscribe from a generic MQTT topic

To unsubscribe from a generic MQTT topic, you only need to provide the topic:

• topic: the mqtt topic

Example:

await iotflows.unsubscribeMQTT('v1/organizations/92c2ddd58730dc9b4e9bb620e7ebcaf5/#')