# Using new SoftAP Http pages to configure other settings **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [May 27, 2016, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/using-new-softap-http-pages-to-configure-other-settings/23226 "2016-05-27T13:06:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Suprazz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Suprazz](https://community.particle.io/u/Suprazz)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/using-new-softap-http-pages-to-configure-other-settings/23226/1 "2016-05-27T13:06:10Z")
Hi, I was wondering how would it be possible to program other parameters with the SoftAP HTTP page on the particle photon. I’m using currently the example of the documentation: [https://docs.particle.io/reference/firmware/photon/#softap-http-pages](https://docs.particle.io/reference/firmware/photon/#softap-http-pages) I would like to be able to configure my device this way because I might not have an internet access so I dont want to use the cloud functions. With a webpage like that, it would be possible to configure the photon with a phone, tablet and computer very easily. I looked at the code and to send the password and ssid to the particle photon, the webpage call configure-ap. Can anybody point me what should I look for to do that? Is there a way to modifiy configure-ap to accept more parameters or create an other function like configure-ap or to do something directly inside the “myPage” Function? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![peekay123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/peekay123/32/810_2.png) [@peekay123](https://community.particle.io/u/peekay123)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/using-new-softap-http-pages-to-configure-other-settings/23226/2 "2016-05-27T13:36:28Z")
@Suprazz, running SoftAP to provide a local configuration web page for user apps (not just wifi creds) is coming to v0.6.0 of the firmware with a nice API. 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Suprazz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Suprazz](https://community.particle.io/u/Suprazz)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 11:47pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/using-new-softap-http-pages-to-configure-other-settings/23226/3 "2016-05-27T23:47:11Z")
I’m really happy to hear that! What is the time frame for v0.6.0? ---
**Author:** ![randomguy1124](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9e5f3/32.png) [@randomguy1124](https://community.particle.io/u/randomguy1124)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/using-new-softap-http-pages-to-configure-other-settings/23226/4 "2016-05-28T00:54:28Z")
In the meantime, you can communicate between the webpage and the photon using HTTP requests, handled by the “myPage” function, so long as `SYSTEM_THREAD(ENABLED)` is called. Here’s my code to control the color of an Internet Button using a simple SoftAP webpage. ``` #pragma SPARK_NO_PREPROCESSOR #include "Particle.h" #include "softap_http.h" #include "InternetButton.h" SYSTEM_THREAD(ENABLED); int r, g, b = 0; struct Page { const char* url; const char* mime_type; const char* data; }; const char index_html[] = "
"; Page myPages[] = { { "/index.html", "text/html", index_html }, { nullptr } }; void myPage(const char* url, ResponseCallback* cb, void* cbArg, Reader* body, Writer* result, void* reserved) { String urlString = String(url); Serial.printlnf("handling page %s", url); char* data = body->fetch_as_string(); Serial.println(String(data)); free(data); if (strcmp(url,"/index")==0) { Serial.println("sending redirect"); Header h("Location: /index.html\r\n"); cb(cbArg, 0, 301, "text/plain", &h); return; } if (urlString.indexOf("/color") != -1) { r = (int)strtol(urlString.substring(14, 16).c_str(), nullptr, 16); g = (int)strtol(urlString.substring(16, 18).c_str(), nullptr, 16); b = (int)strtol(urlString.substring(18).c_str(), nullptr, 16); Serial.println(r); Serial.println(g); Serial.println(b); } int8_t idx = 0; for (;;idx++) { Page& p = myPages[idx]; if (!p.url) { idx = -1; break; } else if (strcmp(url, p.url)==0) { break; } } if (idx==-1) { Header h("Location: /index.html\r\n"); cb(cbArg, 0, 301, "text/plain", &h); } else { cb(cbArg, 0, 200, myPages[idx].mime_type, nullptr); result->write(myPages[idx].data); } } unsigned long t = 0; InternetButton button = InternetButton(); STARTUP(softap_set_application_page_handler(myPage, nullptr)); void setup() { WiFi.listen(); button.begin(); } void loop() { if (millis()-t >= 200) { button.allLedsOn(r, g, b); t = millis(); } } ``` ---
**Author:** ![Suprazz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Suprazz](https://community.particle.io/u/Suprazz)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 12:58am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/using-new-softap-http-pages-to-configure-other-settings/23226/5 "2016-05-30T00:58:18Z")
Thanks! So simple! ---
**Author:** ![Suprazz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Suprazz](https://community.particle.io/u/Suprazz)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/using-new-softap-http-pages-to-configure-other-settings/23226/6 "2016-09-26T00:43:47Z")
I have an issue if I try to load a lot of data. I’m trying to send a firmware upgrade via a form to the device in softap mode. I’m able to receive around half of data (11k over 27k) and after that the connection close and body-\>read return zero but body-\>bytes\_left return 14863. I did a wireshark and I can see that all the data is send correctly to the photon. I’m doing this code in myPage function. I’m not sure what else I can do because I’m in listening mode and the main loop is not executed I tried to add delays and Particle.Process() without success… btw I tried with 0.5.2 and 0.6.0 rc2 ``` if (urlString.indexOf("/upgrade") != -1) { //Serial.println(body->bytes_left, DEC); // voici le output: /* POST Data: ------WebKitFormBoundaryEEbsS0VLVz50qOeT Content-Disposition: form-data; name="myfile"; filename="binfile" Content-Type: application/octet-stream content file here... */ uint8_t contentData[512]; int dataPos; int datalength = body->read(contentData, sizeof(contentData)); String contentString = String((const char*)contentData); Serial.print((const char*)&contentData[0]); dataPos = contentString.indexOf("filename="); Serial.printlnf("Index of filename: %d", dataPos); if(dataPos != -1) { // Get filename here if we want String filename = contentString.substring(dataPos + 10, contentString.indexOf("Content-Type")-1); Serial.printlnf("Filename: %s", filename.c_str()); } dataPos = contentString.indexOf("octet-stream"); Serial.printlnf("Index of octet-stream: %d", dataPos); if(dataPos != -1) { dataPos += 12 + 4; Serial.println("Data start here:"); datalength -= dataPos; while (body->bytes_left) { // dump data on serial port for now Serial.printf("%.2x", contentData[dataPos]); dataPos++; if (dataPos == datalength) { //for (uint32_t ms = millis(); millis() - ms <= 100; Particle.process()); datalength = body->read(contentData, sizeof(contentData)); do { if(datalength == -1) Serial.println("Datalength -1"); delay(50); datalength = body->read(contentData, sizeof(contentData)); if (datalength == 0) { Serial.printlnf("Length = 0, Bytes left: %d", body->bytes_left); } } while (datalength <= 0 && body->bytes_left); dataPos = 0; } } Serial.println("No more data"); delay(20); } ``` Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Suprazz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Suprazz](https://community.particle.io/u/Suprazz)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 11:51pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/using-new-softap-http-pages-to-configure-other-settings/23226/7 "2016-10-04T23:51:49Z")
Issue is documented here: [https://github.com/spark/firmware/issues/1131](https://github.com/spark/firmware/issues/1131)