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This document provides a tutorial for using HTTP instead of MQTT to send sensor data from an ESP8266 microcontroller to the IBM Watson IoT Platform. It describes how to set up the ESP8266, write an Arduino sketch to send HTTP POST requests to the IBM cloud at regular intervals containing sensor readings, and view the data on the IBM cloud dashboard. The tutorial is intended for developers who want to learn how to connect basic IoT devices to the cloud using HTTP as an alternative to MQTT.

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Use HTTP To Send Data To The IBM Watson IoT Platform From An ESP8266 - DeveloperWorks Recipes

This document provides a tutorial for using HTTP instead of MQTT to send sensor data from an ESP8266 microcontroller to the IBM Watson IoT Platform. It describes how to set up the ESP8266, write an Arduino sketch to send HTTP POST requests to the IBM cloud at regular intervals containing sensor readings, and view the data on the IBM cloud dashboard. The tutorial is intended for developers who want to learn how to connect basic IoT devices to the cloud using HTTP as an alternative to MQTT.

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WatsonIoTPlatformfroman
ESP8266
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MQTTtopublishdata,howeveryoucanalsouse
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Requirements
AnESP8266

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devices.ThereareavarietyoftypesofESP8266tochoosefrom,allofthemshould
workwiththisrecipe,hereimusingaNodeMCUstyleboardwhichiseasyto
prototypewithbecauseithasUSBsupportbuiltinforprogrammingandpowering
theESP8266.
Easy

WhyuseHTTPinsteadofMQTT?

Firstyou'llneedanESP8266

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Next,installtheArduinoIDE
GettheArduinoIDEhere(https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software).Usingarecent
versionoftheIDE1.6.5orlatermakesiteasytoaddtheESP8266supporttothe
IDE.WiththeArduinoIDEinstalledusetheBoardManagerfunctiontoaddsupport
fortheESP8266,seehereforhowtodothat.
https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino#installingwithboardsmanager

Uploadandrunthesketch
IntheArduinoIDEenterthefollowingsketch:

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/**
*IBMIoTFoundationusingHTTP
*
*Author:AntElder
*License:ApacheLicensev2
*/
#include<ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include<ESP8266HTTPClient.h>

//Customisethesevalues
constchar*ssid="<yourWiFiSSID>";
constchar*password="<yourWiFiPassword>";

#defineORG"quickstart"//yourorganizationor"quickstart"
#defineDEVICE_TYPE"ESP8266"//usethisdefaultforquickstartorcustomizeto
#defineDEVICE_ID"Test1"//usethisdefaultforquickstartorcustomizetoyour
#defineTOKEN"<yourDeviceToken>"//notusedwith"quickstart"
#defineEVENT"myEvent"//usethisdefaultorcustomizetoyoureventtype
//Customisetheabovevalues

Stringurl="http://"ORG".internetofthings.ibmcloud.com/api/v0002/device/types

voidsetup(){

Serial.begin(115200);Serial.println();

if(ORG!="quickstart"){//forPOSTURLdocsee:https://docs.internetofthi
url.replace("http://",String("https://usetokenauth:")+TOKEN+
}
Serial.print("IoTFoundationURL:");Serial.println(url);

Serial.print("Connectingto:");Serial.print(ssid);
WiFi.begin(ssid,password);
while(WiFi.status()!=WL_CONNECTED){
delay(500);
Serial.print(".");
}

Serial.print("nWiFiconnected,IPaddress:");Serial.println(WiFi.localIP
}

voidloop(){
HTTPClienthttp;
http.begin(url);
http.addHeader("ContentType","application/json");
//asimplepayload,fordoconpayloadformatsee:https://docs.internetofthi
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Stringpayload=String("{\"d\":{\"aMessage\":")+millis()/1000+
Serial.print("POSTpayload:");Serial.println(payload);
inthttpCode=http.POST(payload);
Serial.print("HTTPPOSTResponse:");Serial.println(httpCode);//HTTPcode2
http.end();

delay(10000);
}

Customisethelinesafter//CustomisethesevalueswithyourWiFi
networkSSIDandwiththeIoTdevicedetails.Togetgoingquicklyyoucanusethe
provideddefaultswhichusetheIBMWatsonIoTPlatformsquickstartservice,or
foraregistereddevicecustomizetheORG,DEVICE_TYPE,DEVICE_ID,and
TOKENvalues.
UploadthesketchtoyouESP8266andthenopentheSerialMonitorandyoushould
seethevaluesbeingpublishedtotheIBMWatsonIoTPlatform.

IBMdeveloperWorks(http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/)/DeveloperCenters(/centers/)

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CreateNewRecipe (https://developer.ibm.com/recipes/insert)

Learnmore(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE6Yo8RWJlY)

ViewthepublisheddataontheIBM
WatsonIoTPlatformDashboard
Ifyouusedthequickstartserviceyoucanseetheposteddataat:
https://quickstart.internetofthings.ibmcloud.com/#/device/Test1/sensor/
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orforaregistereddevice:

https://<YOUR_ORG>.internetofthings.ibmcloud.com/dashboard/#/devices/browse/drilldown/<Y

RecipePalette

Thatsit!
HopeyoufoundthisausefulintroductiontousingtheHTTPwithanESP8266and
theIBMWatsonIoTPlatform.
FormoreinformationthereisdocumentationontheIBMWatsonIoTPlatformHTTP
supportat:
https://docs.internetofthings.ibmcloud.com/messaging/HTTPSDevice.html
(https://docs.internetofthings.ibmcloud.com/messaging/HTTPSDevice.html).
Asacomparison,arecipeforusingMQTTontheESP8266
is:https://developer.ibm.com/recipes/tutorials/connectanesp8266withthearduino
sdktotheibmiotfoundation/.

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