Running the Azure IoT Device Client for Python Simulated Device Quickstart with Python 2.7 on macOS

Using the following docs as a references:

Installing Python 2.7 using Homebrew (brew)

Ensure Homebrew is installed
Update brew:
```
brew update
```
Install python 2.7, boost, and boost-python using brew:
```
brew install python@2 boost boost-python
```
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Verify that your python version is 2.x:

Note: The brew install for python3 creates symlinks for python3 and pip3 names, not python and pip (see: ls -al /usr/local/bin/p*) so you will need to explicity run them with python3 and pip3
```
python --version
```
with output similar to:
```
Python 2.7.15
```
Verify that python is being run from /usr/local/bin/python :
```
which python
```
The path needs to be under /usr/local/bin/ not /usr/bin:

Note: macOS comes with Python 2.7 installed, and it is access from the /usr/bin path. If your python is coming from there, you aren't running the brew installed version. Brew installs all of it's stuff under /usr/local
```
/usr/local/bin/python
```

Verify that your pip version is 18.0 or later, run:

pip --version

And verify it is 18.0 or later:

pip 18.0 from /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip (python 2.7)

And that it is being run from /usr/local/bin/pip :
```
which pip
```
Should return:
```
/usr/local/bin/pip
```
Use pip to install the azure-iothub-device-client package:
```
pip install azure-iothub-device-client
```
And verify it installed successfully:
```
Successfully installed azure-iothub-device-client-1.4.3
```

Install and configure the Azure CLI

Create your Azure Resource Group, IoT Hub, and Device

Add the Azure CLI to create a Resoure Group, IoT Hub, and IoT Device:
```
az extension add --name azure-cli-iot-ext
```
Create a Resource Group in the location of your choice (e.g. mygroup in westus):
```
az group create --name mygroup --location westus
```

Create an Azure IoT Hub, and optionally retrieve it's iothubowner connection string (e.g. myhub with the S1 sku):

az iot hub create --name myhub -g mygroup --sku S1
az iot hub show-connection-string --hub-name myhub --output table

Create an iot device in the hub, and get it's connection string (e.g. pydevice)

az iot hub device-identity create -d pydevice --hub-name myhub
az iot hub device-identity show-connection-string -d pydevice --hub-name myhub

Assume it's connection string is the following:

HostName=myhub.azure-devices.net;DeviceId=pydevice;SharedAccessKey=cx...ms=

Download the Azure IoT Samples for Python

Download and extract the azure iot for python sdk samples: Azure IoT Samples for Python
Change into the /azure-iot-samples-python-master/iot-hub/Quickstarts/simulated-device folder:
```
cd azure-iot-samples-python-master/iot-hub/Quickstarts/simulated-device
```

Modify and Run the Sample:

Modify (using the editor of your choice) the SimulatedDevice.py file and upate the connection string to match that for your iot device identity. For example:
```
CONNECTION_STRING = "HostName=myhub.azure-devices.net;DeviceId=pydevice;SharedAccessKey=cx...ms="
```
Run SimulatedDevice.py:
```
python SimulatedDevice.py
```

Verify the output (You can press Ctrl-C to quit the sample):

bsmac:simulated-device bretstateham$ python SimulatedDevice.py
IoT Hub Quickstart #1 - Simulated device
Press Ctrl-C to exit
IoT Hub device sending periodic messages, press Ctrl-C to exit
Sending message: {"temperature": 29.75,"humidity": 64.86}
IoT Hub responded to message with status: OK
Sending message: {"temperature": 34.59,"humidity": 64.81}
IoT Hub responded to message with status: OK
...

Monitor your Iot Hub Messages with the Azure CLI

With the sample code still running from above, open a terminal (or Cloud Shell) where the azure cli 2.0 is installed and monitor events (messages) in your iothub . For example for my myhub hub:

hacker@Azure:~$ az iot hub monitor-events -n myhub
Starting event monitor, use ctrl-c to stop...
event:
    origin: pydevice
    payload: '{"temperature": 32.61,"humidity": 76.55}'

event:
    origin: pydevice
    payload: '{"temperature": 22.99,"humidity": 72.19}'

...

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