node.ino

#include <PubSubClient.h>
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>

// Wifi configuration
const char* ssid = "wifissid";
const char* password = "wifipassword";

// mqtt configuration
const char* server = "ipaddr to which node mcu is connected";
const char* topic = "/pot/";
const char* clientName = "";

int value;
int percent;
String payload;

WiFiClient wifiClient;
PubSubClient client(wifiClient);

void wifiConnect() {
  Serial.println();
  Serial.print("Connecting to ");
  Serial.println(ssid);

  WiFi.begin(ssid, password);

  while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
    delay(500);
    Serial.print(".");
  }
  Serial.println("");
  Serial.print("WiFi connected.");
  Serial.print("IP address: ");
  Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());

  if (client.connect(clientName)) {
    Serial.print("Connected to MQTT broker at ");
    Serial.print(server);
    Serial.print(" as ");
    Serial.println(clientName);
    Serial.print("Topic is: ");
    Serial.println(topic);
  }
  else {
    Serial.println("MQTT connect failed");
    Serial.println("Will reset and try again...");
    abort();
  }
}

void mqttReConnect() {
  while (!client.connected()) {
    Serial.print("Attempting MQTT connection...");
    // Attempt to connect
    if (client.connect(clientName)) {
      Serial.println("connected");
      client.subscribe(topic);
    } else {
      Serial.print("failed, rc=");
      Serial.print(client.state());
      Serial.println(" try again in 5 seconds");
      delay(5000);
    }
  }
}

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  client.setServer(server, 1883);
  wifiConnect();
  delay(10);
}

void loop() {
  value = analogRead(A0);
  payload =value;
  if (client.connected()) {
    if (client.publish(topic, (char*) payload.c_str())) {
    
      Serial.println(payload);
    } else {
      Serial.println("Publish failed");
    }
  } else {
    mqttReConnect();
  }

  delay(200);
}