PostWithHeaders.ino

/****************************************************************************************************************************
  PostWithHeaders.ino - Simple Arduino web server sample for WiFi shield

  For any WiFi shields, such as WiFiNINA W101, W102, W13x, or custom, such as ESP8266/ESP32-AT, Ethernet, etc

  WiFiWebServer is a library for the ESP32-based WiFi shields to run WebServer
  Based on and modified from ESP8266 https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino/releases
  Based on  and modified from Arduino WiFiNINA library https://www.arduino.cc/en/Reference/WiFiNINA
  Built by Khoi Hoang https://github.com/khoih-prog/WiFiWebServer
  Licensed under MIT license

  POST with headers client for HttpClient
  Connects to server once every five seconds, sends a POST request
  with custome headers and a request body

  created 14 Feb 2016
  by Tom Igoe
  modified 18 Mar 2017
  by Sandeep Mistry
  modified 22 Jan 2019
  by Tom Igoe
 *****************************************************************************************************************************/

#include "defines.h"

char serverAddress[] = "192.168.2.112";  // server address
int port = 8080;

WiFiClient      client;
WiFiHttpClient  httpClient(client, serverAddress, port);

int status = WL_IDLE_STATUS;     // the Wifi radio's status

void printWifiStatus()
{
  // print the SSID of the network you're attached to:
  // you're connected now, so print out the data
  Serial.print(F("You're connected to the network, IP = "));
  Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());

  Serial.print(F("SSID: "));
  Serial.print(WiFi.SSID());

  // print the received signal strength:
  int32_t rssi = WiFi.RSSI();
  Serial.print(F(", Signal strength (RSSI):"));
  Serial.print(rssi);
  Serial.println(F(" dBm"));
}

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(115200);

  while (!Serial && millis() < 5000);

  Serial.print(F("\nStarting PostWithHeaders on "));
  Serial.print(BOARD_NAME);
  Serial.print(F(" with "));
  Serial.println(SHIELD_TYPE);
  Serial.println(WIFI_WEBSERVER_VERSION);

#if WIFI_USING_ESP_AT

  // initialize serial for ESP module
  EspSerial.begin(115200);
  // initialize ESP module
  WiFi.init(&EspSerial);

  Serial.println(F("WiFi shield init done"));

#endif

#if !(ESP32 || ESP8266)

  // check for the presence of the shield
#if USE_WIFI_NINA

  if (WiFi.status() == WL_NO_MODULE)
#else
  if (WiFi.status() == WL_NO_SHIELD)
#endif
  {
    Serial.println(F("WiFi shield not present"));

    // don't continue
    while (true);
  }

#if USE_WIFI_NINA
  String fv = WiFi.firmwareVersion();

  if (fv < WIFI_FIRMWARE_LATEST_VERSION)
  {
    Serial.println(F("Please upgrade the firmware"));
  }

#endif

#endif

  Serial.print(F("Connecting to SSID: "));
  Serial.println(ssid);

  status = WiFi.begin(ssid, pass);

  delay(1000);

  // attempt to connect to WiFi network
  while ( status != WL_CONNECTED)
  {
    delay(500);

    // Connect to WPA/WPA2 network
    status = WiFi.status();
  }

  // you're connected now, so print out the data
  printWifiStatus();
}

void loop()
{
  Serial.println("making POST request");
  String postData = "name=Alice&age=12";

  httpClient.beginRequest();
  httpClient.post("/");
  httpClient.sendHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
  httpClient.sendHeader("Content-Length", postData.length());
  httpClient.sendHeader("X-Custom-Header", "custom-header-value");
  httpClient.beginBody();
  httpClient.print(postData);
  httpClient.endRequest();

  // read the status code and body of the response
  int statusCode = httpClient.responseStatusCode();
  String response = httpClient.responseBody();

  Serial.print("Status code: ");
  Serial.println(statusCode);
  Serial.print("Response: ");
  Serial.println(response);

  Serial.println("Wait five seconds");
  delay(5000);
}