Eventually, I want to create my own cloud to talk to but I’m not sure how I would make it work as the Particle Cloud does. I’m new to APIs and clouds so bare with me. What’s happening when I use Spark.variable() or Spark.function? How can I mimic that functionality with the TCP functions? Or is …

[image] Tutorial: Local Cloud 1st Time instructions [01 Oct 15] Tutorials This will guide you through on how to Setup the Local cloud and use it with Particle-CLI after a successful installation. Before you proceed, make sure you fired up particle-server successfully at l…

@MisterNetwork , thanks for pointing me to this tutorial! If I’m understanding this right, I can switch to another cloud, i.e. http://api.mycloud.com and still use Spark functions. Right?

If that is a Spark cloud like mentioned in the post by @MisterNetwork , then yes. It’s a ‘light’ version of the ‘real’ cloud, which you can host and customise yourself. It gives you most of the functionality, but allows you to do your own thing with it, whatever that may be.

What he - @Moors7 said! :slight_smile: Certainly, the easiest way to get up and running quickly is via the Particle Cloud. Then mash it anyway you want! In answer to your question about what’s happening. From what I understand, variables/and functions basically interact directly with the Core/…

PS - Search for HTTP instead of TCP

@MisterNetwork and @Moors7 , thank you both. I will be living on this forum for the foreseeable future.

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