Merge pull request #11 from jerryneedell/jerryn_addpost

add POST to url_request

Author: ladyada

adafruit_espatcontrol.py

@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ def begin(self):
             except OKError:
                 pass #retry
 
-    def request_url(self, url, ssl=False):
+    def request_url(self, url, ssl=False, request_type="GET"):
         """Send an HTTP request to the URL. If the URL starts with https://
         we will force SSL and use port 443. Otherwise, you can select whether
         you want ssl by passing in a flag."""
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ def request_url(self, url, ssl=False):
             port = 443
         if not self.socket_connect(conntype, domain, port, keepalive=10, retries=3):
             raise RuntimeError("Failed to connect to host")
-        request = "GET "+path+" HTTP/1.1\r\n"
+        request = request_type+" "+path+" HTTP/1.1\r\n"
         request += "Host: "+domain+"\r\n"
         request += "User-Agent: "+self.USER_AGENT+"\r\n"
         request += "\r\n"

examples/espatcontrol_post.py

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import time
+import board
+import busio
+from digitalio import DigitalInOut
+import adafruit_espatcontrol
+
+
+# Get wifi details and more from a settings.py file
+try:
+    from settings import settings
+except ImportError:
+    print("WiFi settings are kept in settings.py, please add them there!")
+    raise
+
+
+
+URL = "https://io.adafruit.com/api/v2/webhooks/feed/"+settings['aio_feed_webhook']+"?value="
+
+resetpin = DigitalInOut(board.D5)
+rtspin = DigitalInOut(board.D9)
+uart = busio.UART(board.TX, board.RX, timeout=0.1)
+
+
+
+print("Post to a URL", URL)
+
+esp = adafruit_espatcontrol.ESP_ATcontrol(uart, 115200, reset_pin=resetpin,
+                                          run_baudrate = 115200, rts_pin=rtspin, debug=True)
+print("Resetting ESP module")
+esp.hard_reset()
+print("Connected to AT software version", esp.get_version())
+
+counter = 0
+while True:
+    try:
+        # Connect to WiFi if not already
+        while not esp.is_connected:
+            print("Connecting...")
+            esp.connect(settings)
+        print("Connected to", esp.remote_AP)
+        # great, lets get the data
+        print("Posting request URL...", end='')
+        header, body = esp.request_url(URL+str(counter), request_type = "POST")
+        counter = counter + 1
+        print("OK")
+    except (RuntimeError, adafruit_espatcontrol.OKError) as e:
+        print("Failed to get data, retrying\n", e)
+        continue
+    header = body = None
+    time.sleep(15)

examples/espatcontrol_settings.py

@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@
     'password' : 'my password',
     'timezone' : -5, # this is offset from UTC
     'github_token' : 'abcdefghij0123456789',
+    'aio_feed_webhook' : 'abcdefghij0123456789',
 }