carconnectivity-plugin-mqtt 0.1a1

CarConnectivity plugin for publishing data to MQTT

CarConnectivity Plugin for MQTT

CarConnectivity will become the successor of WeConnect-python in 2025 with similar functionality but support for other brands beyond Volkswagen!

CarConnectivity is a python API to connect to various car services. If you want to publish the data collected from your vehicle in a standard protocol such as MQTT this plugin will help you. This Client enables you to integrate with the MQTT Broker of your choice (e.g. your home automation solution such as ioBroker, FHEM or Home Assistant)

Configuration

In your carconnectivity.json configuration add a section for the mqtt plugin like this:

{
    "carConnectivity": {
        "connectors": [
            ...
        ]
        "plugins": [
            {
                "type": "mqtt",
                "config": {
                    "broker": "mymqttbroker"
                    "username": "[e-mail]",
                    "password": "testpassword123"
                }
            }
        ]
    }
}

Credentials

If you do not want to provide your username or password inside the configuration you have to create a ".netrc" file at the appropriate location (usually this is your home folder):

# For MQTT broker
machine mymqttbroker
login [e-mail]
password testpassword123

In this case the configuration needs to look like this:

{
    "carConnectivity": {
        "connectors": [
            ...
        ]
        "plugins": [
            {
                "type": "mqtt",
                "config": {
                    "broker": "mymqttbroker"
                }
            }
        ]
    }
}

You can also provide the location of the netrc file in the configuration.

{
    "carConnectivity": {
        "connectors": [
            ...
        ]
        "plugins": [
            {
                "type": "mqtt",
                "config": {
                    "broker": "mymqttbroker"
                    "netrc": "/some/path/on/your/filesystem"
                }
            }
        ]
    }
}