# Is there a way to consume MQTT JSON payload in Ignition without cirrus link driver? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [June 2, 2018, 3:52am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-consume-mqtt-json-payload-in-ignition-without-cirrus-link-driver/18280 "2018-06-02T03:52:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**Author:** ![R.Alamsha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@R.Alamsha](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/R.Alamsha)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 10:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-consume-mqtt-json-payload-in-ignition-without-cirrus-link-driver/18280/10 "2018-06-29T10:02:40Z")
> [@Turn on History on a Dataset](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/turn-on-history-on-a-dataset/16944/11): > > If you don't have a reliable MQTT driver for Ignition, i would recommend this solution: Log MQTT payload to a database. Consume it with query tags into Ignition. [[Learn, How to save MQTT messages into a MySQL Database] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp5EFG4W5WU)[https://www.raviyp.com/embedded/233-learn-how-to-save-mqtt-messages-into-a-mysql-database](https://www.raviyp.com/embedded/233-learn-how-to-save-mqtt-messages-into-a-mysql-database) Personally, i think this is far better than loading a "Ignition MQTT engine" because: You have excellent open source MQTT clients which are well supported and used by a… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-consume-mqtt-json-payload-in-ignition-without-cirrus-link-driver/18280)._