public async void checkIoTHubForMessages()
{
while (true)
{
try
{
Microsoft.Azure.Devices.Client.Message IoTMessage = await deviceClient.ReceiveAsync();
if (IoTMessage != null)
{
string IoTMessageString = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(IoTMessage.GetBytes());
Dictionary <string, string> thisIsMyProperty = new Dictionary <string, string>();
thisIsMyProperty.Add("source", "IoTHub");
// create a gateway message from IoTMessageString
Microsoft.Azure.Devices.Gateway.Message messageToPublish = new Microsoft.Azure.Devices.Gateway.Message("Data: " + IoTMessageString, thisIsMyProperty);
this.broker.Publish(messageToPublish); // publish message
await deviceClient.CompleteAsync(IoTMessage); // mark the message received
Console.WriteLine("received message: " + IoTMessageString);
Console.WriteLine(" code not implemented to handle messages. Finish me!");
}
}
catch { }
}
}
// note below, because both .Client and .Gateway impement Message, I had to be explicit
public void Receive(Microsoft.Azure.Devices.Gateway.Message received_message)
{
dynamic mymessage = new JObject(); // creating a JSON object as the message
mymessage.text = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(received_message.Content, 0, received_message.Content.Length);
deviceClient.SendEventAsync(new Microsoft.Azure.Devices.Client.Message(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(mymessage.ToString())));
Console.WriteLine("Sent message: " + mymessage.ToString());
}