The most common distribution type uses HTTP protocol to distribute the data.
For each telemetry message, a new HTTP request is created and sent to your service's HTTP server.

Specific configuration​

Currently, only additional HTTP headers can be set using the specific configuration.

Example specific configuration​

Following is an example of configuration JSON where custom headers are used to send a Bearer token with each request.

{
  "target_additional_http_headers": {
    "X-My-Custom-Id": "12345"
  }
}

If your service is equipped with an MQTT Broker Server, you can use the MQTT Client type to connect to your server and publish the data.

Specific configuration​

Example specific configuration​

Following is an example of configuration JSON.

{
  "mqtt_dist_client_id": "dronetag_0001",
  "mqtt_dist_transport": "tcp",
  "mqtt_dist_tls": false,
  "mqtt_dist_json_datastream_topic": "dronetag/telemetry/{msgtype}",
  "mqtt_dist_publish_qos_default": 0
}

Using {msgtype} in topic name​

If you use Dronetag DUMP format and you'd like to send different types of messages to different topics, you can use the {msgtype} placeholder in the topic name. It will be replaced with the actual message type before sending. For example, if the message type is "UA telemetry", the topic dronetag/telemetry/{msgtype} will become dronetag/telemetry/tele-ua.

Available message types are:

• tele-ua - UA telemetry messages
• tele-operator - Operator telemetry messages
• tele-system - System telemetry messages
• operation-update - Operation update messages

Refer to the 'Understanding DUMP' page for more information about the message types.

Configuration recommendations​

• Usually a valid Target Port is required to be set.

This distribution type uses plain TCP or UDP socket to distribute the data.

Specific configuration​

Example specific configuration​

Following is an example of configuration JSON

{
  "embed_metadata": true
}

Configuration recommendations​

• The 'Target port' must be set
• We recommend using the AES cipher authorization type to keep the traffic secure