Use the AWS IoT Core rules engine for AWS IoT Events - AWS IoT Events

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Use the AWS IoT Core rules engine for AWS IoT Events

The following rules republish AWS IoT Core MQTT messages as shadow update request messages. We assume that AWS IoT Core things are defined for a heating unit and a cooling unit for each area that is controlled by the detector model. In this example, we have defined things named "Area51HeatingUnit" and "Area51CoolingUnit".

CLI command:


aws iot create-topic-rule --cli-input-json file://ADMShadowCoolOffRule.json

File: ADMShadowCoolOffRule.json

{
  "ruleName": "ADMShadowCoolOff",
  "topicRulePayload": {
    "sql": "SELECT topic(3) as state.desired.command FROM 'hvac/Cooling/Off'",
    "description": "areaDetectorModel mqtt topic publish to cooling unit shadow request",
    "ruleDisabled": false,
    "awsIotSqlVersion": "2016-03-23",
    "actions": [
      {
        "republish": {
          "topic": "$$aws/things/${payload.detector.keyValue}CoolingUnit/shadow/update",
          "roleArn": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/service-role/ADMShadowRole" 
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Response: [empty]

CLI command:


aws iot create-topic-rule --cli-input-json file://ADMShadowCoolOnRule.json

File: ADMShadowCoolOnRule.json

{
  "ruleName": "ADMShadowCoolOn",
  "topicRulePayload": {
    "sql": "SELECT topic(3) as state.desired.command FROM 'hvac/Cooling/On'",
    "description": "areaDetectorModel mqtt topic publish to cooling unit shadow request",
    "ruleDisabled": false,
    "awsIotSqlVersion": "2016-03-23",
    "actions": [
      {
        "republish": {
          "topic": "$$aws/things/${payload.detector.keyValue}CoolingUnit/shadow/update",
          "roleArn": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/service-role/ADMShadowRole" 
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Response: [empty]

CLI command:


aws iot create-topic-rule --cli-input-json file://ADMShadowHeatOffRule.json

File: ADMShadowHeatOffRule.json

{
  "ruleName": "ADMShadowHeatOff",
  "topicRulePayload": {
    "sql": "SELECT topic(3) as state.desired.command FROM 'hvac/Heating/Off'",
    "description": "areaDetectorModel mqtt topic publish to heating unit shadow request",
    "ruleDisabled": false,
    "awsIotSqlVersion": "2016-03-23",
    "actions": [
      {
        "republish": {
          "topic": "$$aws/things/${payload.detector.keyValue}HeatingUnit/shadow/update",
          "roleArn": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/service-role/ADMShadowRole" 
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Response: [empty]

CLI command:


aws iot create-topic-rule --cli-input-json file://ADMShadowHeatOnRule.json

File: ADMShadowHeatOnRule.json

{
  "ruleName": "ADMShadowHeatOn",
  "topicRulePayload": {
    "sql": "SELECT topic(3) as state.desired.command FROM 'hvac/Heating/On'",
    "description": "areaDetectorModel mqtt topic publish to heating unit shadow request",
    "ruleDisabled": false,
    "awsIotSqlVersion": "2016-03-23",
    "actions": [
      {
        "republish": {
          "topic": "$$aws/things/${payload.detector.keyValue}HeatingUnit/shadow/update",
          "roleArn": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/service-role/ADMShadowRole" 
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Response: [empty]