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+// This example uses an ESP8266 Development Board
+// to connect to shiftr.io.
+//
+// You can check on your device after a successful
+// connection here: https://www.shiftr.io/try.
+//
+// by Mitra Ardron - trivial change from Joël Gähwiler's
+// https://github.com/256dpi/arduino-mqtt/examples/ESP32DevelopmentBoard
+// tested on Lolin D1 mini
+
+#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
+#include <MQTT.h>
+
+const char ssid[] = "Zest";
+const char pass[] = "#zestubud";
+
+WiFiClient net;
+MQTTClient client;
+
+unsigned long lastMillis = 0;
+
+void connect() {
+  Serial.print("checking wifi...");
+  while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
+    Serial.print(".");
+    delay(1000);
+  }
+
+  Serial.print("\nconnecting...");
+  while (!client.connect("arduino", "public", "public")) {
+    Serial.print(".");
+    delay(1000);
+  }
+
+  Serial.println("\nconnected!");
+
+  client.subscribe("/hello");
+  // client.unsubscribe("/hello");
+}
+
+void messageReceived(String &topic, String &payload) {
+  Serial.println("incoming: " + topic + " - " + payload);
+
+  // Note: Do not use the client in the callback to publish, subscribe or
+  // unsubscribe as it may cause deadlocks when other things arrive while
+  // sending and receiving acknowledgments. Instead, change a global variable,
+  // or push to a queue and handle it in the loop after calling `client.loop()`.
+}
+
+void setup() {
+  Serial.begin(460800);
+  WiFi.begin(ssid, pass);
+
+  // Note: Local domain names (e.g. "Computer.local" on OSX) are not supported
+  // by Arduino. You need to set the IP address directly.
+  client.begin("public.cloud.shiftr.io", net);
+  client.onMessage(messageReceived);
+
+  connect();
+}
+
+void loop() {
+  client.loop();
+  delay(10);  // <- fixes some issues with WiFi stability
+
+  if (!client.connected()) {
+    connect();
+  }
+
+  // publish a message roughly every second.
+  if (millis() - lastMillis > 1000) {
+    lastMillis = millis();
+    client.publish("/hello", "world");
+  }
+}