MQTT File Uploader

MQTT File Uploader is a simple Cross-platform .NET Core application that watches local directories for changes and uploads new or modified files to an MQTT broker.

Features

• Watch multiple local directory for new or modified files
• Upload files to an MQTT broker
• Support MQTT versions 5.0, 3.1.1, and 3.1
• Compress files with GZip before uploading
• Support for disabling Created, Changed, and Deleted events
• Configuration settings can be specified in a TOML file
• SSL/TLS encryption support

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• .NET Core 7 or later
• An MQTT broker

Installation

1. Clone the repository or download the source code
2. Build the project with dotnet build
3. Update the config.toml file with your MQTT broker settings and SSL/TLS options
4. Run the application with dotnet run

Configuration

The config.toml file contains the following options:

• directoryPaths: local directories to watch for changes
• brokerHostname: hostname of the MQTT broker to upload files to
• brokerPort: port number of the MQTT broker to upload files to
• brokerUsername: username to use to connect to the MQTT broker (optional)
• brokerPassword: password to use to connect to the MQTT broker (optional)
• topic: MQTT topic to publish files to
• compress: Whether to compress files with GZip before uploading
• createdEventEnabled: Whether to upload files that are created in the watched directory
• changedEventEnabled: Whether to upload files that are modified in the watched directory
• deletedEventEnabled: Whether to delete files on the MQTT broker when they are deleted from the watched directory
• tlsEnabled: Whether to use SSL/TLS encryption for the connection

Built With

• .NET Core - The .NET framework used
• MQTTnet - The MQTT library used
• Tomlyn - The TOML library used

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.