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+from umqtt.simple import MQTTClient
+
+# Test reception e.g. with:
+# mosquitto_sub -t foo_topic
+
+def main(server="localhost"):
+    c = MQTTClient("umqtt_client", server)
+    c.connect()
+    c.publish(b"foo_topic", b"hello")
+    c.disconnect()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()