From 0b200eb1f65d53fb3a5accee47ca282e0bf0829f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mgrigajtis <matthew.grigajtis@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2025 22:52:12 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Makes the MQTT client ID by using time to generate a random
 seed.

---
 iris.cpp | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/iris.cpp b/iris.cpp
index 8c77c8c..a06e241 100644
--- a/iris.cpp
+++ b/iris.cpp
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
+#include <chrono>
 #include <vector>
 #include <string>
 #include <cstring>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <iostream>
 #include <jsoncpp/json/json.h>
 #include "headers/irismqttclient.h"
 
 // Define AES block size
 #define AES_BLOCK_SIZE 16
 
+std::string generate_unique_mqtt_client_id() {
+    return "Iris_" + std::to_string(std::chrono::system_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());
+}
+
 Json::Value load_json_from_file(const std::string &filename) {
     std::ifstream file(filename);
     Json::Value root;
@@ -155,7 +161,8 @@ int main() {
 
     // Initialize MQTT
     mosqpp::lib_init();
-    IrisMQTTClient client("Iris", mqtthost.c_str(), mqttport, mqtttimeout, &topics, conn);
+    std::string unique_client_id = generate_unique_mqtt_client_id();
+    IrisMQTTClient client(unique_client_id.c_str(), mqtthost.c_str(), mqttport, mqtttimeout, &topics, conn);
 
     // Subscribe to each topic from the config file
     for (const auto &topic : topics) {