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title: MQTT node documentation
description: Learn how to use the MQTT node in n8n. Follow technical documentation to integrate MQTT node into your workflows.
contentType: [integration, reference]
priority: medium
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# MQTT node

Use the MQTT node to automate work in MQTT, and integrate MQTT with other applications. n8n supports transporting messages with MQTT.

On this page, you'll find a list of operations the MQTT node supports and links to more resources.

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## Operations

Use the MQTT node to send a message. You can set the message topic, and choose whether to send the node input data as part of the message.

## Templates and examples

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## Related resources

n8n provides a trigger node for MQTT. You can find the trigger node docs [here](/integrations/builtin/trigger-nodes/n8n-nodes-base.mqtttrigger.md).

Refer to [MQTT's documentation](https://mqtt.org/getting-started/) for more information about the service.