Nowhere near completely usable, BUT, what IS working so far:
- Websocket javascript with Paho library subscribes succesfully to the Websocket listener on Mosquitto
- I can subscribe, and recieve all the published messages on the HAB
- I am using the data received, to dynamically, and automatically, build up a device tree – it looks at the topic path (remember how a year a ago I wrote a post about why the topic name is important (; – here you see why – from the topic names i can deduce the entire hierarchy automatically)
- Clicking any item in the tree brings ip a CONTROL interface – to be extended with sensorvalues, etc
- The basic concept here is working great – by setting my devices to announce themselves, or response to a broadcast requesting them to announce themselves, I can cut a LOT of configuration out – theoretically I can have a new device connect to MQTT, send the page its name, location, connected devices, what those devices are (switch, dimmer, sensor, or actuator) and the javascript can automagically make a UI for it. This means you can mostly get away without a server, without a database.
Source being shared here: https://github.com/openhardwarecoza/ESP8266-Sketches/tree/master/htt-websocket-esp8266
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