Example of MQTT Connection
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Utilities Team
Last Updated
July 14, 2026
This page will help you connect to MQTT by giving examples
In C#
1public async Task Connect_Client()2{3 try4 {5 var ca = X509Certificate.CreateFromCertFile(@"grouplink-ca.crt");6 var cert = new X509Certificate2(@"certificate-with-encrypted-key.pfx", "");78 X509Chain ch = new X509Chain();9 ch.ChainPolicy.ExtraStore.Add(ca);1011 Debug.WriteLine("If");12 Debug.WriteLine(cert.Issuer);13 Debug.WriteLine(cert.IssuerName);14 Debug.WriteLine(cert.Subject);15 Debug.WriteLine(cert.SubjectName);1617 var mqttFactory = new MqttFactory();1819 var mqttClient = mqttFactory.CreateMqttClient();2021 var mqttClientOptions = new MqttClientOptionsBuilder()22 .WithTcpServer("mqtt.grouplinknetwork.com", 8883)23 .WithTls(new MqttClientOptionsBuilderTlsParameters()24 {25 UseTls = true,26 SslProtocol = System.Security.Authentication.SslProtocols.Tls12,27 Certificates = new List<X509Certificate2> { cert },28 CertificateValidationHandler = delegate { return true; }29 })30 .WithCleanSession()31 .Build();3233 mqttClient.ApplicationMessageReceivedAsync += e =>34 {35 Debug.WriteLine("Received application message.");36 Debug.WriteLine(e.ApplicationMessage.ConvertPayloadToString());37 return Task.CompletedTask;38 };3940 var response = await mqttClient.ConnectAsync(mqttClientOptions, CancellationToken.None);41 var mqttSubscribeOptions = mqttFactory.CreateSubscribeOptionsBuilder()42 .WithTopicFilter(43 f =>44 {45 f.WithTopic("message/gl-Dataoris");46 })47 .Build();4849 var res = await mqttClient.SubscribeAsync(mqttSubscribeOptions, CancellationToken.None);50 Debug.WriteLine("MQTT client subscribed to topic.");51 }52 catch (Exception ex)53 {54 Debug.WriteLine("Exception");55 Debug.WriteLine(ex.Message);56 }5758 finally59 {60 Debug.WriteLine("Finally");61 }62}
In JS
1const mqtt = require("mqtt");2const fs = require("fs");34const caFile = fs.readFileSync("grouplink-ca.crt");5const certFile = fs.readFileSync("private.crt");6const keyFile = fs.readFileSync("private.key");78const options = {9 protocol: "mqtts",10 host: "mqtt.grouplinknetwork.com",11 port: 8883,12 ca: [caFile],13 cert: certFile,14 key: keyFile,15 rejectUnauthorized: true,16 clean: false,17 clientId: "yourOrgName",18};1920const client = mqtt.connect(options);21const topic = "message/your-org-name";22console.log("connecting...");2324client.on("connect", function () {25 console.log("connected");26 client.subscribe(27 topic,28 {29 qos: 1,30 },31 function (err) {32 if (!err) {33 console.log("subscribed to " + topic);34 }35 },36 );37});3839client.on("disconnect", function () {40 console.log("disconnected!");41});4243client.on("offline", function () {44 console.log("offline!");45});4647client.on("error", function (e) {48 console.log("error: " + JSON.stringify(e));49 process.exit(1);50});5152client.on("message", function (topic, message) {53 console.log(message.toString());54});5556