MQTT_GetPublishPacketSize

Get the packet size and remaining length of an MQTT PUBLISH packet.

MQTTStatus_t MQTT_GetPublishPacketSize( const MQTTPublishInfo_t * pPublishInfo,
                                        size_t * pRemainingLength,
                                        size_t * pPacketSize );

This function must be called before MQTT_SerializePublish in order to get the size of the MQTT PUBLISH packet that is generated from MQTTPublishInfo_t. The size of the MQTTFixedBuffer_t supplied to MQTT_SerializePublish must be at least pPacketSize. The provided pPublishInfo is valid for serialization with MQTT_SerializePublish only if this function returns MQTTSuccess. The remaining length returned in pRemainingLength and the packet size returned in pPacketSize are valid only if this function returns MQTTSuccess.

Parameters

[in]	pPublishInfo	MQTT PUBLISH packet parameters.
[out]	pRemainingLength	The Remaining Length of the MQTT PUBLISH packet.
[out]	pPacketSize	The total size of the MQTT PUBLISH packet.

Returns

MQTTBadParameter if the packet would exceed the size allowed by the MQTT spec or if invalid parameters are passed; MQTTSuccess otherwise.

Example

// Variables used in this example.
MQTTStatus_t status;
MQTTPublishInfo_t publishInfo = { 0 };
size_t remainingLength = 0, packetSize = 0;
 
// Initialize the publish info.
publishInfo.qos = MQTTQoS0;
publishInfo.pTopicName = "/some/topic/name";
publishInfo.topicNameLength = strlen( publishInfo.pTopicName );
publishInfo.pPayload = "Hello World!";
publishInfo.payloadLength = strlen( "Hello World!" );
 
// Get the size requirement for the publish packet.
status = MQTT_GetPublishPacketSize(
     &publishInfo, &remainingLength, &packetSize
);
 
if( status == MQTTSuccess )
{
     // The application should allocate or use a static #MQTTFixedBuffer_t
     // of size >= packetSize to serialize the publish.
}