From cfd69b682d9151e0833d4e2cea4464df9e416ba2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jerick <jerick00201@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2022 14:03:58 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Set values to string for payload

---
 mqtt/tempSensor.py | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mqtt/tempSensor.py b/mqtt/tempSensor.py
index b77ff50..a116778 100644
--- a/mqtt/tempSensor.py
+++ b/mqtt/tempSensor.py
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ while True:
     client.connect(broker, port)
     
     #Publish Temp Results
-    tempMsg = '{ "temperature": {} }'.format(temp)
+    #Convert to string so it can be sent to the broker.
+    temp = str(temp)
+    tempClean = f'{ "temperature": {temp} }'
+    tempMsg = tempClean
     result = client.publish(tempTopic, tempMsg)
     # result: [0, 1]
     status = result[0]
@@ -63,8 +66,10 @@ while True:
         print(f"Failed to send message to topic {tempTopic}")
 
     #Publish Humid Results
-    
-    humidMsg = '{ "humidity": {} }'.format(humidity)
+    #Convert to string so it can be sent to the broker.
+    humidity = str(humidity)
+    humidClean = f'{ "humidity": {humidity} }'
+    humidMsg = humidClean
     result = client.publish(humidTopic, humidMsg)
     # result: [0, 1]
     status = result[0]