improved
MQTT - Connect by using the client ID
May 25th, 2023
✨ Improvements
We added support for using the Airthings MQTT clientId as the MQTT client ID when connecting to our MQTT broker. From now, it is possible to connect via generated Airthings MQTT client ID instead of client name.
The format of such client id is 00000000-0000-0000-0000-0000000000.
Using this ID is a preferred to avoid issues due to typos, etc. We plan to eventually deprecate connecting via client name.
To be able to use the client ID to connect for an existing MQTT client, the client itself has to be updated. The simplest way to do this is by clicking "Save" on the client after you've opened it in the Dashboard to copy the client ID. New clients will automatically be able to use the client ID to authenticate with the MQTT broker.