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FarmMaps provides an MQTT endpoint to allow your application to send signals to FarmMaps, and listen for events.
These signals are collected in a "message queue".
If you are not familiar with message queues or protobuff, please see the [FAQ](#faq) at the end.
If you are not familiar with anything mentioned, please see the [FAQ](#faq) at the end.
### Prerequisites
To follow along with the examples, you need:
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Generally the URN is composed of the company or brand name and a device serial number like so: `urn:dev:<company/brand-name>:<device-serial-number>`
To run the python example code you also need to install the `paho-mqtt` and the `protobuf` modules.
If you need help on installing this, please see the [FAQ](#faq) at the end.
### Workflow
The general workflow for pushing data to the FarmMaps MQTT endpoint consists of:
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All settings are required.
### Example: Pushing Live Tractor Data
To create messages and connect to the broker we will need the following settings:
For preparing the message, we'll use the following settings:
**Message settings**
| Parameter | Default | Description |
| :---: | :------------------------------------------: | --- |
| META_DATA_URL | `https://<somedomain.com>/<somepath>` | HTTP adress where a JSON metadata file for the messages is provided (by the data source). |
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All settings are required except for the `META_DATA_URL`, this parameter is optional.
### Example: Pushing Live Tractor Data
To create messages and connect to the broker we will need the following settings:
## [FAQ](#faq)
#### How do I install the required Python modules?
This tutorial requires the `paho-mqtt` and `protobuf` modules.