AWS IoT Button Integration

AWS IoT Button Integration in 10 minutes

• Create a Lambda Function
• Define a Message
• Write a Rule

In this article, we presume 

• You have a AWS IoT Button configured using your mobile app
• You have registered with Boodskap Platform 

Create AWS Lambda Function

Login to your Amazon AWS Console and select Lambda service.

• Click Create Function
  • Name: boodskap-iot-button
  • Runtime: Node.js 8.10 or above
  • Existing Role: lambda_basic_execution

• Upload the function code
  • Download from here
  • Github Link
• Function code has three type of handlers implemented, pick your choice of handler
  • Make sure you enter one of the below in the Handler field
    • httpimpl.handler (for HTTP communication)
    • mqttimp.handler (for MQTT communication)
    • udpimpl.handler (for UDP communication) 

• Define Environment Variables
  • DOMAIN_KEY
    • Your Boodskap domain key
  • API_KEY
    • Your Boodskap API key
  • MESSAGE_ID
    • Your defined message id, (will see in next section)

Defining Boodskap Message

• Login to the platform
• Go to Message Definitions
  • Click Define Message and follow the below screen shot. You could use any message ID
    • Below two fields are mandatory
      • click : INTEGER
      • battery: VARCHAR

Configure AWS IoT Button

• In the Aws IoT Button Dev mobile application
  • Choose the button
  • Choose the Lambda Icon
  • In the Use Existing Lambda Functions tab
  • Pick boodskap-iot-button and press Change Action

Platform will start receiving single and double click events. You could use the Rules Engine module to further process the data