ESP8266 component how do you send info

[acestu]

-Hi,

I am trying to setup an esp8266 wifi module to send data to a Thingspeak account, now I have the information that you have to send which is:

Update your Channel via URL:

*https://api.thingspeak.com/update?api_k ... Y&field1=7

I don't know how to send this information because the example I have uses the "Client Send Request" macro which is requesting information, would I use the send string macro instead with the above information in it ?

Thanks
Stuart

[kersing]

If I'm not mistaken the client send request example contains an URL to send the request to. Replace that URL with the one you mention in your message and use the result to check if the call succeeded.

[acestu]

Hi Jac,

I was not sure weather I could use a domain instead of ip address , and the example uses the "Clientsendrequest" macro after it has connected, I am not requesting anything I want to send info so should I be using the "sendstring" macro ?

Thanks
Stuart

[acestu]

Hi,

I have tried to convert "https://api.thingspeak.com" to an ip address on the internet but it comes back as "cannot be resolved to an IP Address" so I don't know what to put in the ip box ?

Thanks
Stuart

[kersing]

Stuart,

You need to take the URL apart into components:
https:// or http:// - signal the protocol to use for the transfer, the (secure) HyperText Transfer Protocol
api.thingspeak.com - the host to connect to, in this case the IP is 144.212.80.11
/update - the 'resource' you want to access
?api_key=... - arguments provided.

Can you point me to the example you are using? (Or attach it)

[acestu]

Hi Jac,


Thanks for the ip info, the only example I have for flowcode is the esp8266_TCPClient, so I am trying to break down arduino examples off the thingspeak website,

the update string that is sent includes the api code for your particular channel so eventually it will be in degrees celsius calculated from a temp sensor but for test purposes it can be anything.

Thanks
Stuart

https://thingspeak.com/docs



The flashing led is in the code because I am having problems setting config bits on the pic18f24j11 so I reverted to old faithful pic16f877a

[kersing]

Try the attached flowchart (you need to insert you API key and WIFI settings).

When connecting to a webserver, once the TCP connection is established you need to tell it what you want. The simplest command is 'GET ' followed by the resource and parameters.

[acestu]

Hi Jac,

Yes it is the "Get" statement that was confusing me because it infers that it wants to retrieve something and not send something, I will set it up and try it....

Thanks
Stuart

[acestu]

Hi,

Wow that little chart was too big in memory for a pic16f877a, I will have to try and get the pic18f24j11 working.....

memfailure.png

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Thanks
Stuart

[MJU]

Anyone knows how to send this request via the ESP8266 macro in Flowcode?

https://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/y ... stics=true

I found in previous example to first connect to Yahoo via "Client connect", and after that issue a "Send String".
But how do I break up the example URL I need to connect to?

Everything I've tried sends back connection error or IP error.