from paho.mqtt import client as mqtt_client
import time
from datetime import datetime
from os import environ

is_docker = environ.get('AM_I_IN_A_DOCKER_CONTAINER', False)
broker = "mqttbroker" if is_docker else "localhost"

client = mqtt_client.Client("testasset")

# Wait for broker
if is_docker: time.sleep(3)

client.connect(broker, 1883, 60)

# Send the current datetime stamp to the topic "testopic/testparam1" and "testopic/testparam2" every 1 second
while True:
    now = datetime.now()
    client.publish("testopic/testparam1", str(now))
    client.publish("testopic/testparam2", str(now))
    time.sleep(1)