Hello Smart People, I am trying to send an HTTP POST to a secure server which uses OAuth token in the request header. However, it looks like my end server is not getting the request. int BTN = D0; int val = LOW; void setup() { pinMode(BTN, INPUT); digitalWrite(BTN, LOW); } TCPClient clien…

Hey @mswaleh the TCPClient is a client to handle TCP connections. On top of this TCP connection there can be protocols like HTTP or HTTPS, but I think an HTTP(S)Client would be too big for the spark core. Especially HTTPS needs handling of certificates, which can get very complex.

Hey @dominikkv , thanks for the reply. I am actually sending a request to an HTTPS server. Per your explaination, HTTPS is too heavy for the core but my project is based on an HTTPS server only (it is salesforce.com ). I thought Spark Cloud can handle it as Core doesn’t directly send it to the third p…

Hmm maybe you can use the following scenario: You register an event with a callback to your server, your server does the HTTPS communication and sends the result back to your core. Note: Events are not ready yet. For more information see http://docs.spark.io/#/api/reading-data-from-a-core-events Y…

@mswaleh , I am working on something similar, but due to the Salesforce requirements, the logging in then retrieving the authorization token, etc., I am finding it easier to use an intermediate server running on Rackspace or Google. Expose the REST service there, then have it do the login to Salesfo…

@mtuckman , nice! This seems like a great approach. @mswaleh , I’d recommend going with that route if you can.

thanks @mtuckman and @jgoggins for the help and input. will try and let you guys know. @mtuckman , pls let me know if you make progress on this route. Really appreciate it guys.

I should have it up and running this evening - got distracted with the Roomba to Robot conversion. I am thinking of setting it up so when one of my salespeople complain in Chatter in our Salesforce org, the Roomba chases me down and tries to run me over to put me out of my misery! :wink:

hehe…good one. My use case is kindda similar where when a certain object record goes under approval process, I wanna sound a small buzzer. It is a personal project as of now but I am planning to show it to my client. They’ll love it. I have done this using RPi but you know RPi is a big machine. Spar…

This subject is not completely clear for me. I thought the Spark core was able to make a secure TCP connection. The connection with the Spark cloud is also realized with an https connection. But is it not possible to make a secure connection with https://api.cloudbase.io/ ?

HTTPS is not the only way to have a secure connection over TCP (as dominikkv alluded to earlier). The core does encrypt communication between itself and the cloud, however it does not use the HTTPS protocol (details here: https://github.com/spark/core-communication-lib ). Unfortunately this means t…

How to send HTTP POST request to a secure URL

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jersey99 September 24, 2015, 9:32pm 20

Now you can try to achieve https communication with this, albeit it is a work in progress:

@amanfredi @Dave @jgoggins

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