Authenticating Electron TCPClient

rdavidsson · June 28, 2016, 1:04pm

I’m trying to get my Electron to send data to the Easy-IoT cloud using REST. I’m using this example made for ESP8266 to get the syntax for the REST messages.

github.com

iot-playground/EasyIoT-Cloud/blob/master/ESP8266_DS18B20_temperature_sensor_REST/ESP8266_DS18B20_temperature_sensor_REST.ino

/*
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 Code based on https://github.com/DennisSc/easyIoT-ESPduino/blob/master/sketches/ds18b20.ino
 
 External libraries:
 - https://github.com/milesburton/Arduino-Temperature-Control-Library
 
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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 */
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <OneWire.h>
#include <DallasTemperature.h>

//AP definitions - update this
#define AP_SSID     "xxxxx"

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What would be the way to authenticate the connection for the Electron ?

For the ESP8266 the way to authenticate is the following function: WiFi.begin(AP_SSID, AP_PASSWORD);

The TCPClient object for the Electron does not offer a similar function like being used for the ESP8266.

rickkas7 · June 28, 2016, 3:46pm

That example doesn’t really authenticate the connection to Easy IoT. It authenticates the connection to the local Wi-Fi, but that’s it.

Since you already did the setup of authenticating and activating your Electron and SIM when you set it up, you don’t need that step with the Electron and you can just ignore the code in wifiConnect(). The rest looks like a pretty straightforward translation to TCPClient.