[Edge Transparent Gateway scenario]Send message using x509=true in connection string #969
Description
I have set up transparent gateway with downstream device being authenticated to gateway using x509 auth mechanism.
My connection string in the downstream device code is as below:-
HostName={hostname};DeviceId={downstreamDeviceId};x509=true
The error is I get while instantiating the deviceclient is as below:-
Unexpected error Invalid Connection String - Invalid Key
Shutting down IoT Hub Client...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./iotagent.py", line 84, in <module>
main()
File "./iotagent.py", line 73, in main
loop.run_until_complete(dowork())
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/asyncio/base_events.py", line 587, in run_until_complete
return future.result()
File "./iotagent.py", line 53, in dowork
device_client = DeviceClient(registration_result, x509)
File "/app/iotagent/device_client.py", line 21, in __init__
server_verification_cert=root_ca_cert
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/azure/iot/device/aio/patch_documentation.py", line 85, in create_from_connection_string
connection_string, **kwargs
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/azure/iot/device/iothub/abstract_clients.py", line 257, in create_from_connection_string
connection_string = cs.ConnectionString(connection_string)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/azure/iot/device/common/auth/connection_string.py", line 83, in __init__
self._dict = _parse_connection_string(connection_string)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/azure/iot/device/common/auth/connection_string.py", line 50, in _parse_connection_string
raise ValueError("Invalid Connection String - Invalid Key")
ValueError: Invalid Connection String - Invalid Key
It seems as per this code, the key x509 is not supported in python sdk. Or am I missing something?