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Connection configuration for tasks with MQTT as a source

When the source connection of the task source is MQTT, you can include the following fields and key-value pairs in the config array of the source connection:

Key	Type	Required	Description
ClientID	String	-	Unique identifier of the connection between the MQTT source and the MQTT broker. The client ID is the file-based persistence store that the MQTT source uses to store messages while they are processed. You can enter a string of up to 255 characters.
MaxQueueSize	Integer	-	The maximum number of messages that the processor can store in memory. You can enter a value between 1 and 2147483647.
Topic	String	Yes	Name of the MQTT topic.

POST request example

To update a

streaming ingestion

task with an MQTT source and a flat file target, you might send a request similar to the following example:

{
  "name": "mqtt to flatfile",
  "description": "mqtt to flatfile",
  "runtimeId": "01000025000000000003",
  "locationId": "5sJ0JDyJyWLlrosS5qJjsQ",
  "currentVersion": "2",
  "messageFormat": "binary",
  "nodes": [
    {
      "name": "mqtt to flatfile_source",
      "type": "source",
      "connectionId": "012MGS0B00000000001O",
      "transformationType": "",
      "config": [
        {
          "key": "ClientID",
          "value": "test"
        },
        {
          "key": "MaxQueueSize",
          "value": 1024
        },
        {
          "key": "Topic",
          "value": "test"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "mqtt to flatfile_target",
      "type": "target",
      "connectionId": "012MGS0B00000000002N",
      "transformationType": "",
      "config": [
        {
          "key": "interimDirectory",
          "value": "/home/agent/test"
        },
        {
          "key": "rolloverSize",
          "value": 1024
        },
        {
          "key": "rolloverEvents",
          "value": 100
        },
        {
          "key": "rolloverTime",
          "value": 300000
        },
        {
          "key": "File Name",
          "value": "test"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "edges": [
    {
      "from": "mqtt to flatfile_source",
      "to": "mqtt to flatfile_target"
    }
  ]
}

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Connection configuration for tasks with MQTT as a source

Connection configuration for tasks with MQTT as a source

POST request example