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Asynchronous WebServer Library for STM32H7-based Portenta_H7 using mbed_portenta core. This library, which is relied on Portenta_H7_AsyncTCP, is part of a series of advanced Async libraries, such as AsyncTCP, AsyncUDP, AsyncWebSockets, AsyncHTTPRequest, AsyncHTTPSRequest, etc.

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Important Note from v1.4.0

The new v1.4.0 has added a new and powerful feature to permit using CString in optional SDRAM to save heap to send very large data.

Check the marvelleous PR of @salasidis request->send(200, textPlainStr, jsonChartDataCharStr); - Without using String Class - to save heap #8 and these new examples

  1. Async_AdvancedWebServer_MemoryIssues_Send_CString for Ethernet
  2. Async_AdvancedWebServer_MemoryIssues_SendArduinoString for Ethernet
  3. Async_AdvancedWebServer_MemoryIssues_Send_CString for WiFi

If using Arduino String, to send a buffer around 40 KBytes, the used Max Heap is around 111,500 bytes (~3 times)

If using CString in SDRAM, with the same 40 KByte, the used Max Heap is around 14,314 bytes

If using CString in regular memory, with the same 40 KByte, the used Max Heap is around 51,823 bytes (~1 times)

This is very critical in use-cases where sending very large data is necessary, without heap-allocation-error.

  1. The traditional function used to send Arduino String is

https://github.com/khoih-prog/Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer/blob/f146e092bc8ebf4c5d2cd522bfc64ee4698007e5/src/Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer.h#L342

such as

request->send(200, textPlainStr, ArduinoStr);

The required HEAP is about 3 times of the String size

  1. To use CString but don't destroy it after sending. Use function

https://github.com/khoih-prog/Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer/blob/f146e092bc8ebf4c5d2cd522bfc64ee4698007e5/src/Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer.h#L343

such as

request->send(200, textPlainStr, cStr);

The required HEAP is also about 3 times of the CString size

  1. To use CString but destroy it after sending. Use function

https://github.com/khoih-prog/Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer/blob/f146e092bc8ebf4c5d2cd522bfc64ee4698007e5/src/Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer.h#L343

such as

request->send(200, textPlainStr, cStr, false);

The required HEAP is also about 1 times of the CString size without using SDRAM, or none if using SDRAM.



Features

This library is based on, modified from:

  1. Hristo Gochkov's ESPAsyncWebServer

to apply the better and faster asynchronous feature of the powerful ESPAsyncWebServer Library into Portenta_H7. Thus Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer is part of a series of advanced Async libraries, such as AsyncTCP, AsyncUDP, AsyncWebSockets, AsyncHTTPRequest, AsyncHTTPSRequest, etc. to be written or modified to support Portenta_H7, using either Vision-shield Ethernet or Murata WiFi.

Why Async is better

  • Using asynchronous network means that you can handle more than one connection at the same time
  • You are called once the request is ready and parsed
  • When you send the response, you are immediately ready to handle other connections while the server is taking care of sending the response in the background
  • Speed is OMG
  • Easy to use API, HTTP Basic and Digest MD5 Authentication (default), ChunkedResponse
  • Easily extensible to handle any type of content
  • Supports Continue 100
  • Async WebSocket plugin offering different locations without extra servers or ports
  • Async EventSource (Server-Sent Events) plugin to send events to the browser
  • URL Rewrite plugin for conditional and permanent url rewrites
  • ServeStatic plugin that supports cache, Last-Modified, default index and more
  • Simple template processing engine to handle templates

Currently supported Boards

  1. Portenta_H7 boards such as Portenta_H7 Rev2 ABX00042, etc., using ArduinoCore-mbed mbed_portenta core using Vision-shield Ethernet or Murata WiFi



Prerequisites

  1. Arduino IDE 1.8.19+ for Arduino. GitHub release
  2. ArduinoCore-mbed mbed_portenta core 3.3.0+ for Arduino Portenta_H7 boards, such as Portenta_H7 Rev2 ABX00042, etc.. GitHub release.
  3. Portenta_H7_AsyncTCP library v1.4.0+ for Portenta_H7 using Vision-shield Ethernet or Murata WiFi. GitHub release

Installation

Use Arduino Library Manager

The best and easiest way is to use Arduino Library Manager. Search for Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer, then select / install the latest version. You can also use this link arduino-library-badge for more detailed instructions.

Manual Install

  1. Navigate to Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer page.
  2. Download the latest release Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer-main.zip.
  3. Extract the zip file to Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer-main directory
  4. Copy the whole Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer-main folder to Arduino libraries' directory such as ~/Arduino/libraries/.

VS Code & PlatformIO:

  1. Install VS Code
  2. Install PlatformIO
  3. Install Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer library by using Library Manager. Search for Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer in Platform.io Author's Libraries
  4. Use included platformio.ini file from examples to ensure that all dependent libraries will installed automatically. Please visit documentation for the other options and examples at Project Configuration File


Packages' Patches

1. For Portenta_H7 boards using Arduino IDE in Linux

To be able to upload firmware to Portenta_H7 using Arduino IDE in Linux (Ubuntu, etc.), you have to copy the file portenta_post_install.sh into mbed_portenta directory (~/.arduino15/packages/arduino/hardware/mbed_portenta/3.3.0/portenta_post_install.sh).

Then run the following command using sudo

$ cd ~/.arduino15/packages/arduino/hardware/mbed_portenta/3.3.0
$ chmod 755 portenta_post_install.sh
$ sudo ./portenta_post_install.sh

This will create the file /etc/udev/rules.d/49-portenta_h7.rules as follows:

# Portenta H7 bootloader mode UDEV rules

SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="2341", ATTRS{idProduct}=="035b", GROUP="plugdev", MODE="0666"

Supposing the ArduinoCore-mbed core version is 3.3.0. Now only one file must be copied into the directory:

  • ~/.arduino15/packages/arduino/hardware/mbed_portenta/3.3.0/portenta_post_install.sh

Whenever a new version is installed, remember to copy this files into the new version directory. For example, new version is x.yy.zz

This file must be copied into the directory:

  • ~/.arduino15/packages/arduino/hardware/mbed_portenta/x.yy.zz/portenta_post_install.sh

2. To fix compile error relating to dns_gethostbyname and LwIP stack

Notes: Only for cores v2.5.2-. This fix is not necessary for core v3.3.0+

To be able to compile, run on Portenta_H7 boards, you have to copy the whole mbed_portenta Packages_Patches directory into Arduino mbed_portenta directory (~/.arduino15/packages/arduino/hardware/mbed_portenta/2.5.2).

Supposing the Arduino mbed_portenta version is 2.5.2. These file must be copied into the directory:

  • ~/.arduino15/packages/arduino/hardware/mbed_portenta/2.5.2/libraries/SocketWrapper/src/MbedUdp.h
  • ~/.arduino15/packages/arduino/hardware/mbed_portenta/2.5.2/libraries/SocketWrapper/src/MbedUdp.cpp
  • ~/.arduino15/packages/arduino/hardware/mbed_portenta/2.5.2/cores/arduino/mbed/connectivity/lwipstack/include/lwipstack/lwipopts.h


Important things to remember

  • This is fully asynchronous server and as such does not run on the loop thread.
  • You can not use yield() or delay() or any function that uses them inside the callbacks
  • The server is smart enough to know when to close the connection and free resources
  • You can not send more than one response to a single request

Principles of operation

The Async Web server

  • Listens for connections
  • Wraps the new clients into Request
  • Keeps track of clients and cleans memory
  • Manages Rewrites and apply them on the request url
  • Manages Handlers and attaches them to Requests

Request Life Cycle

  • TCP connection is received by the server
  • The connection is wrapped inside Request object
  • When the request head is received (type, url, get params, http version and host), the server goes through all Rewrites (in the order they were added) to rewrite the url and inject query parameters, next, it goes through all attached Handlers(in the order they were added) trying to find one that canHandle the given request. If none are found, the default(catch-all) handler is attached.
  • The rest of the request is received, calling the handleUpload or handleBody methods of the Handler if they are needed (POST+File/Body)
  • When the whole request is parsed, the result is given to the handleRequest method of the Handler and is ready to be responded to
  • In the handleRequest method, to the Request is attached a Response object (see below) that will serve the response data back to the client
  • When the Response is sent, the client is closed and freed from the memory

Rewrites and how do they work

  • The Rewrites are used to rewrite the request url and/or inject get parameters for a specific request url path.
  • All Rewrites are evaluated on the request in the order they have been added to the server.
  • The Rewrite will change the request url only if the request url (excluding get parameters) is fully match the rewrite url, and when the optional Filter callback return true.
  • Setting a Filter to the Rewrite enables to control when to apply the rewrite, decision can be based on request url, http version, request host/port/target host, get parameters or the request client's localIP or remoteIP.
  • The Rewrite can specify a target url with optional get parameters, e.g. /to-url?with=params

Handlers and how do they work

  • The Handlers are used for executing specific actions to particular requests
  • One Handler instance can be attached to any request and lives together with the server
  • Setting a Filter to the Handler enables to control when to apply the handler, decision can be based on request url, http version, request host/port/target host, get parameters or the request client's localIP or remoteIP.
  • The canHandle method is used for handler specific control on whether the requests can be handled and for declaring any interesting headers that the Request should parse. Decision can be based on request method, request url, http version, request host/port/target host and get parameters
  • Once a Handler is attached to given Request (canHandle returned true) that Handler takes care to receive any file/data upload and attach a Response once the Request has been fully parsed
  • Handlers are evaluated in the order they are attached to the server. The canHandle is called only if the Filter that was set to the Handler return true.
  • The first Handler that can handle the request is selected, not further Filter and canHandle are called.

Responses and how do they work

  • The Response objects are used to send the response data back to the client
  • The Response object lives with the Request and is freed on end or disconnect
  • Different techniques are used depending on the response type to send the data in packets returning back almost immediately and sending the next packet when this one is received. Any time in between is spent to run the user loop and handle other network packets
  • Responding asynchronously is probably the most difficult thing for most to understand
  • Many different options exist for the user to make responding a background task

Template processing

  • Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer contains simple template processing engine.
  • Template processing can be added to most response types.
  • Currently it supports only replacing template placeholders with actual values. No conditional processing, cycles, etc.
  • Placeholders are delimited with % symbols. Like this: %TEMPLATE_PLACEHOLDER%.
  • It works by extracting placeholder name from response text and passing it to user provided function which should return actual value to be used instead of placeholder.
  • Since it's user provided function, it is possible for library users to implement conditional processing and cycles themselves.
  • Since it's impossible to know the actual response size after template processing step in advance (and, therefore, to include it in response headers), the response becomes chunked.

Request Variables

Common Variables

request->version();       // uint8_t: 0 = HTTP/1.0, 1 = HTTP/1.1
request->method();        // enum:    HTTP_GET, HTTP_POST, HTTP_DELETE, HTTP_PUT, HTTP_PATCH, HTTP_HEAD, HTTP_OPTIONS
request->url();           // String:  URL of the request (not including host, port or GET parameters)
request->host();          // String:  The requested host (can be used for virtual hosting)
request->contentType();   // String:  ContentType of the request (not avaiable in Handler::canHandle)
request->contentLength(); // size_t:  ContentLength of the request (not avaiable in Handler::canHandle)
request->multipart();     // bool:    True if the request has content type "multipart"

Headers

//List all collected headers
int headers = request->headers();
int i;

for(i=0;i<headers;i++)
{
  AsyncWebHeader* h = request->getHeader(i);
  Serial.printf("HEADER[%s]: %s\n", h->name().c_str(), h->value().c_str());
}

//get specific header by name
if(request->hasHeader("MyHeader"))
{
  AsyncWebHeader* h = request->getHeader("MyHeader");
  Serial.printf("MyHeader: %s\n", h->value().c_str());
}

//List all collected headers (Compatibility)
int headers = request->headers();
int i;

for(i=0;i<headers;i++)
{
  Serial.printf("HEADER[%s]: %s\n", request->headerName(i).c_str(), request->header(i).c_str());
}

//get specific header by name (Compatibility)
if(request->hasHeader("MyHeader"))
{
  Serial.printf("MyHeader: %s\n", request->header("MyHeader").c_str());
}

GET, POST and FILE parameters

//List all parameters
int params = request->params();

for(int i=0;i<params;i++)
{
  AsyncWebParameter* p = request->getParam(i);
  
  if(p->isFile())
  { 
    //p->isPost() is also true
    Serial.printf("FILE[%s]: %s, size: %u\n", p->name().c_str(), p->value().c_str(), p->size());
  } 
  else if(p->isPost())
  {
    Serial.printf("POST[%s]: %s\n", p->name().c_str(), p->value().c_str());
  } 
  else 
  {
    Serial.printf("GET[%s]: %s\n", p->name().c_str(), p->value().c_str());
  }
}

//Check if GET parameter exists
if(request->hasParam("download"))
  AsyncWebParameter* p = request->getParam("download");

//Check if POST (but not File) parameter exists
if(request->hasParam("download", true))
  AsyncWebParameter* p = request->getParam("download", true);

//Check if FILE was uploaded
if(request->hasParam("download", true, true))
  AsyncWebParameter* p = request->getParam("download", true, true);

//List all parameters (Compatibility)
int args = request->args();

for(int i=0;i<args;i++)
{
  Serial.printf("ARG[%s]: %s\n", request->argName(i).c_str(), request->arg(i).c_str());
}

//Check if parameter exists (Compatibility)
if(request->hasArg("download"))
  String arg = request->arg("download");

JSON body handling with ArduinoJson

Endpoints which consume JSON can use a special handler to get ready to use JSON data in the request callback:

#include "AsyncJson.h"
#include "ArduinoJson.h"

AsyncCallbackJsonWebHandler* handler = new AsyncCallbackJsonWebHandler("/rest/endpoint", [](AsyncWebServerRequest *request, JsonVariant &json) 
{
  JsonObject& jsonObj = json.as<JsonObject>();
  // ...
});

server.addHandler(handler);

Responses

Redirect to another URL

//to local url
request->redirect("/login");

//to external url
request->redirect("http://esp8266.com");

Basic response with HTTP Code

request->send(404); //Sends 404 File Not Found

Basic response with HTTP Code and extra headers

AsyncWebServerResponse *response = request->beginResponse(404); //Sends 404 File Not Found
response->addHeader("Server","Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer");
request->send(response);

Basic response with string content

request->send(200, "text/plain", "Hello World!");

Basic response with string content and extra headers

AsyncWebServerResponse *response = request->beginResponse(200, "text/plain", "Hello World!");
response->addHeader("Server","AsyncWebServer");
request->send(response);

Respond with content coming from a Stream

//read 12 bytes from Serial and send them as Content Type text/plain
request->send(Serial, "text/plain", 12);

Respond with content coming from a Stream and extra headers

//read 12 bytes from Serial and send them as Content Type text/plain
AsyncWebServerResponse *response = request->beginResponse(Serial, "text/plain", 12);
response->addHeader("Server","Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer");
request->send(response);

Respond with content coming from a Stream containing templates

String processor(const String& var)
{
  if(var == "HELLO_FROM_TEMPLATE")
    return F("Hello world!");
    
  return String();
}

// ...

//read 12 bytes from Serial and send them as Content Type text/plain
request->send(Serial, "text/plain", 12, processor);

Respond with content coming from a Stream containing templates and extra headers

String processor(const String& var)
{
  if(var == "HELLO_FROM_TEMPLATE")
    return F("Hello world!");
  return String();
}

// ...

//read 12 bytes from Serial and send them as Content Type text/plain
AsyncWebServerResponse *response = request->beginResponse(Serial, "text/plain", 12, processor);
response->addHeader("Server","Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer");
request->send(response);

Respond with content using a callback

//send 128 bytes as plain text
request->send("text/plain", 128, [](uint8_t *buffer, size_t maxLen, size_t index) -> size_t 
{
  //Write up to "maxLen" bytes into "buffer" and return the amount written.
  //index equals the amount of bytes that have been already sent
  //You will not be asked for more bytes once the content length has been reached.
  //Keep in mind that you can not delay or yield waiting for more data!
  //Send what you currently have and you will be asked for more again
  return mySource.read(buffer, maxLen);
});

Respond with content using a callback and extra headers

//send 128 bytes as plain text
AsyncWebServerResponse *response = request->beginResponse("text/plain", 128, [](uint8_t *buffer, size_t maxLen, size_t index) -> size_t 
{
  //Write up to "maxLen" bytes into "buffer" and return the amount written.
  //index equals the amount of bytes that have been already sent
  //You will not be asked for more bytes once the content length has been reached.
  //Keep in mind that you can not delay or yield waiting for more data!
  //Send what you currently have and you will be asked for more again
  return mySource.read(buffer, maxLen);
});

response->addHeader("Server","Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer");
request->send(response);

Respond with content using a callback containing templates

String processor(const String& var)
{
  if(var == "HELLO_FROM_TEMPLATE")
    return F("Hello world!");
    
  return String();
}

// ...

//send 128 bytes as plain text
request->send("text/plain", 128, [](uint8_t *buffer, size_t maxLen, size_t index) -> size_t 
{
  //Write up to "maxLen" bytes into "buffer" and return the amount written.
  //index equals the amount of bytes that have been already sent
  //You will not be asked for more bytes once the content length has been reached.
  //Keep in mind that you can not delay or yield waiting for more data!
  //Send what you currently have and you will be asked for more again
  return mySource.read(buffer, maxLen);
}, processor);

Respond with content using a callback containing templates and extra headers

String processor(const String& var)
{
  if(var == "HELLO_FROM_TEMPLATE")
    return F("Hello world!");
  return String();
}

// ...

//send 128 bytes as plain text
AsyncWebServerResponse *response = request->beginResponse("text/plain", 128, [](uint8_t *buffer, size_t maxLen, size_t index) -> size_t 
{
  //Write up to "maxLen" bytes into "buffer" and return the amount written.
  //index equals the amount of bytes that have been already sent
  //You will not be asked for more bytes once the content length has been reached.
  //Keep in mind that you can not delay or yield waiting for more data!
  //Send what you currently have and you will be asked for more again
  return mySource.read(buffer, maxLen);
}, processor);

response->addHeader("Server","Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer");
request->send(response);

Chunked Response

Used when content length is unknown. Works best if the client supports HTTP/1.1

AsyncWebServerResponse *response = request->beginChunkedResponse("text/plain", [](uint8_t *buffer, size_t maxLen, size_t index) -> size_t 
{
  //Write up to "maxLen" bytes into "buffer" and return the amount written.
  //index equals the amount of bytes that have been already sent
  //You will be asked for more data until 0 is returned
  //Keep in mind that you can not delay or yield waiting for more data!
  return mySource.read(buffer, maxLen);
});

response->addHeader("Server","Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer");
request->send(response);

Chunked Response containing templates

Used when content length is unknown. Works best if the client supports HTTP/1.1

String processor(const String& var)
{
  if(var == "HELLO_FROM_TEMPLATE")
    return F("Hello world!");
    
  return String();
}

// ...

AsyncWebServerResponse *response = request->beginChunkedResponse("text/plain", [](uint8_t *buffer, size_t maxLen, size_t index) -> size_t 
{
  //Write up to "maxLen" bytes into "buffer" and return the amount written.
  //index equals the amount of bytes that have been already sent
  //You will be asked for more data until 0 is returned
  //Keep in mind that you can not delay or yield waiting for more data!
  return mySource.read(buffer, maxLen);
}, processor);

response->addHeader("Server","Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer");
request->send(response);

Print to response

AsyncResponseStream *response = request->beginResponseStream("text/html");
response->addHeader("Server","Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer");
response->printf("<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>Webpage at %s</title></head><body>", request->url().c_str());

response->print("<h2>Hello ");
response->print(request->client()->remoteIP());
response->print("</h2>");

response->print("<h3>General</h3>");
response->print("<ul>");
response->printf("<li>Version: HTTP/1.%u</li>", request->version());
response->printf("<li>Method: %s</li>", request->methodToString());
response->printf("<li>URL: %s</li>", request->url().c_str());
response->printf("<li>Host: %s</li>", request->host().c_str());
response->printf("<li>ContentType: %s</li>", request->contentType().c_str());
response->printf("<li>ContentLength: %u</li>", request->contentLength());
response->printf("<li>Multipart: %s</li>", request->multipart()?"true":"false");
response->print("</ul>");

response->print("<h3>Headers</h3>");
response->print("<ul>");
int headers = request->headers();

for(int i=0;i<headers;i++)
{
  AsyncWebHeader* h = request->getHeader(i);
  response->printf("<li>%s: %s</li>", h->name().c_str(), h->value().c_str());
}

response->print("</ul>");

response->print("<h3>Parameters</h3>");
response->print("<ul>");

int params = request->params();

for(int i=0;i<params;i++)
{
  AsyncWebParameter* p = request->getParam(i);
  
  if(p->isFile())
  {
    response->printf("<li>FILE[%s]: %s, size: %u</li>", p->name().c_str(), p->value().c_str(), p->size());
  } 
  else if(p->isPost())
  {
    response->printf("<li>POST[%s]: %s</li>", p->name().c_str(), p->value().c_str());
  } 
  else 
  {
    response->printf("<li>GET[%s]: %s</li>", p->name().c_str(), p->value().c_str());
  }
}

response->print("</ul>");

response->print("</body></html>");
//send the response last
request->send(response);

ArduinoJson Basic Response

This way of sending Json is great for when the result is below 4KB

#include "AsyncJson.h"
#include "ArduinoJson.h"


AsyncResponseStream *response = request->beginResponseStream("application/json");
DynamicJsonBuffer jsonBuffer;
JsonObject &root = jsonBuffer.createObject();
root["heap"] = ESP.getFreeHeap();
root["ssid"] = WiFi.SSID();
root.printTo(*response);

request->send(response);

ArduinoJson Advanced Response

This response can handle really large Json objects (tested to 40KB)

There isn't any noticeable speed decrease for small results with the method above

Since ArduinoJson does not allow reading parts of the string, the whole Json has to be passed every time a chunks needs to be sent, which shows speed decrease proportional to the resulting json packets

#include "AsyncJson.h"
#include "ArduinoJson.h"

AsyncJsonResponse * response = new AsyncJsonResponse();
response->addHeader("Server","AsyncWebServer");
JsonObject& root = response->getRoot();
root["IP"] = Ethernet.localIP();
response->setLength();

request->send(response);

Param Rewrite With Matching

It is possible to rewrite the request url with parameter matchg. Here is an example with one parameter: Rewrite for example "/radio/{frequence}" -> "/radio?f={frequence}"

class OneParamRewrite : public AsyncWebRewrite
{
  protected:
    String _urlPrefix;
    int _paramIndex;
    String _paramsBackup;

  public:
  OneParamRewrite(const char* from, const char* to)
    : AsyncWebRewrite(from, to) 
    {

      _paramIndex = _from.indexOf('{');

      if( _paramIndex >=0 && _from.endsWith("}")) 
      {
        _urlPrefix = _from.substring(0, _paramIndex);
        int index = _params.indexOf('{');
        
        if(index >= 0) 
        {
          _params = _params.substring(0, index);
        }
      } 
      else 
      {
        _urlPrefix = _from;
      }
      
      _paramsBackup = _params;
  }

  bool match(AsyncWebServerRequest *request) override 
  {
    if(request->url().startsWith(_urlPrefix)) 
    {
      if(_paramIndex >= 0) 
      {
        _params = _paramsBackup + request->url().substring(_paramIndex);
      } 
      else 
      {
        _params = _paramsBackup;
      }
      
      return true;

    } 
    else 
    {
      return false;
    }
  }
};

Usage:

  server.addRewrite( new OneParamRewrite("/radio/{frequence}", "/radio?f={frequence}") );

Using filters

Filters can be set to Rewrite or Handler in order to control when to apply the rewrite and consider the handler. A filter is a callback function that evaluates the request and return a boolean true to include the item or false to exclude it.


Bad Responses

Some responses are implemented, but you should not use them, because they do not conform to HTTP. The following example will lead to unclean close of the connection and more time wasted than providing the length of the content

Respond with content using a callback without content length to HTTP/1.0 clients

//This is used as fallback for chunked responses to HTTP/1.0 Clients
request->send("text/plain", 0, [](uint8_t *buffer, size_t maxLen, size_t index) -> size_t 
{
  //Write up to "maxLen" bytes into "buffer" and return the amount written.
  //You will be asked for more data until 0 is returned
  //Keep in mind that you can not delay or yield waiting for more data!
  return mySource.read(buffer, maxLen);
});

Async WebSocket Plugin

The server includes a web socket plugin which lets you define different WebSocket locations to connect to without starting another listening service or using different port

Async WebSocket Event

void onEvent(AsyncWebSocket * server, AsyncWebSocketClient * client, AwsEventType type, void * arg, uint8_t *data, size_t len)
{
  if(type == WS_EVT_CONNECT)
  {
    //client connected
    Serial.printf("ws[%s][%u] connect\n", server->url(), client->id());
    client->printf("Hello Client %u :)", client->id());
    client->ping();
  } 
  else if(type == WS_EVT_DISCONNECT)
  {
    //client disconnected
    Serial.printf("ws[%s][%u] disconnect: %u\n", server->url(), client->id());
  } 
  else if(type == WS_EVT_ERROR)
  {
    //error was received from the other end
    Serial.printf("ws[%s][%u] error(%u): %s\n", server->url(), client->id(), *((uint16_t*)arg), (char*)data);
  } 
  else if(type == WS_EVT_PONG)
  {
    //pong message was received (in response to a ping request maybe)
    Serial.printf("ws[%s][%u] pong[%u]: %s\n", server->url(), client->id(), len, (len)?(char*)data:"");
  } 
  else if(type == WS_EVT_DATA)
  {
    //data packet
    AwsFrameInfo * info = (AwsFrameInfo*)arg;
    
    if(info->final && info->index == 0 && info->len == len)
    {
      //the whole message is in a single frame and we got all of it's data
      Serial.printf("ws[%s][%u] %s-message[%llu]: ", server->url(), client->id(), (info->opcode == WS_TEXT)?"text":"binary", info->len);
      
      if(info->opcode == WS_TEXT)
      {
        data[len] = 0;
        Serial.printf("%s\n", (char*)data);
      } 
      else 
      {
        for(size_t i=0; i < info->len; i++)
        {
          Serial.printf("%02x ", data[i]);
        }
        
        Serial.printf("\n");
      }
      
      if(info->opcode == WS_TEXT)
        client->text("I got your text message");
      else
        client->binary("I got your binary message");
    } 
    else 
    {
      //message is comprised of multiple frames or the frame is split into multiple packets
      if(info->index == 0)
      {
        if(info->num == 0)
          Serial.printf("ws[%s][%u] %s-message start\n", server->url(), client->id(), (info->message_opcode == WS_TEXT)?"text":"binary");
          
        Serial.printf("ws[%s][%u] frame[%u] start[%llu]\n", server->url(), client->id(), info->num, info->len);
      }

      Serial.printf("ws[%s][%u] frame[%u] %s[%llu - %llu]: ", server->url(), client->id(), info->num, (info->message_opcode == WS_TEXT)?"text":"binary", info->index, info->index + len);
      
      if(info->message_opcode == WS_TEXT)
      {
        data[len] = 0;
        Serial.printf("%s\n", (char*)data);
      } 
      else 
      {
        for(size_t i=0; i < len; i++){
          Serial.printf("%02x ", data[i]);
        }
        Serial.printf("\n");
      }

      if((info->index + len) == info->len)
      {
        Serial.printf("ws[%s][%u] frame[%u] end[%llu]\n", server->url(), client->id(), info->num, info->len);
        
        if(info->final)
        {
          Serial.printf("ws[%s][%u] %s-message end\n", server->url(), client->id(), (info->message_opcode == WS_TEXT)?"text":"binary");
          
          if(info->message_opcode == WS_TEXT)
            client->text("I got your text message");
          else
            client->binary("I got your binary message");
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Methods for sending data to a socket client

//Server methods
AsyncWebSocket ws("/ws");
//printf to a client
ws.printf((uint32_t)client_id, arguments...);
//printf to all clients
ws.printfAll(arguments...);
//send text to a client
ws.text((uint32_t)client_id, (char*)text);
ws.text((uint32_t)client_id, (uint8_t*)text, (size_t)len);
//send text to all clients
ws.textAll((char*)text);
ws.textAll((uint8_t*)text, (size_t)len);
//send binary to a client
ws.binary((uint32_t)client_id, (char*)binary);
ws.binary((uint32_t)client_id, (uint8_t*)binary, (size_t)len);
ws.binary((uint32_t)client_id, flash_binary, 4);
//send binary to all clients
ws.binaryAll((char*)binary);
ws.binaryAll((uint8_t*)binary, (size_t)len);
//HTTP Authenticate before switch to Websocket protocol
ws.setAuthentication("user", "pass");

//client methods
AsyncWebSocketClient * client;
//printf
client->printf(arguments...);
//send text
client->text((char*)text);
client->text((uint8_t*)text, (size_t)len);
//send binary
client->binary((char*)binary);
client->binary((uint8_t*)binary, (size_t)len);

Direct access to web socket message buffer

When sending a web socket message using the above methods a buffer is created. Under certain circumstances you might want to manipulate or populate this buffer directly from your application, for example to prevent unnecessary duplications of the data. This example below shows how to create a buffer and print data to it from an ArduinoJson object then send it.

void sendDataWs(AsyncWebSocketClient * client)
{
    DynamicJsonBuffer jsonBuffer;
    JsonObject& root = jsonBuffer.createObject();
    root["a"] = "abc";
    root["b"] = "abcd";
    root["c"] = "abcde";
    root["d"] = "abcdef";
    root["e"] = "abcdefg";
    size_t len = root.measureLength();
    AsyncWebSocketMessageBuffer * buffer = ws.makeBuffer(len); //  creates a buffer (len + 1) for you.
    
    if (buffer) 
    {
        root.printTo((char *)buffer->get(), len + 1);
        
        if (client) 
        {
            client->text(buffer);
        } 
        else 
        {
            ws.textAll(buffer);
        }
    }
}

Limiting the number of web socket clients

Browsers sometimes do not correctly close the websocket connection, even when the close() function is called in javascript. This will eventually exhaust the web server's resources and will cause the server to crash. Periodically calling the cleanClients() function from the main loop() function limits the number of clients by closing the oldest client when the maximum number of clients has been exceeded. This can called be every cycle, however, if you wish to use less power, then calling as infrequently as once per second is sufficient.

void loop(){
  ws.cleanupClients();
}

Async Event Source Plugin

The server includes EventSource (Server-Sent Events) plugin which can be used to send short text events to the browser. Difference between EventSource and WebSockets is that EventSource is single direction, text-only protocol.

Setup Event Source on the server

AsyncWebServer server(80);
AsyncEventSource events("/events");

void setup()
{
  // setup ......
  events.onConnect([](AsyncEventSourceClient *client)
  {
    if(client->lastId())
    {
      Serial.printf("Client reconnected! Last message ID that it got is: %u\n", client->lastId());
    }
    
    //send event with message "hello!", id current millis
    // and set reconnect delay to 1 second
    client->send("hello!",NULL,millis(),1000);
  });
  
  //HTTP Basic authentication
  events.setAuthentication("user", "pass");
  server.addHandler(&events);
  // setup ......
}

void loop()
{
  if(eventTriggered){ // your logic here
    //send event "myevent"
    events.send("my event content","myevent",millis());
  }
}

Setup Event Source in the browser

if (!!window.EventSource) 
{
  var source = new EventSource('/events');

  source.addEventListener('open', function(e) 
  {
    console.log("Events Connected");
  }, false);

  source.addEventListener('error', function(e) 
  {
    if (e.target.readyState != EventSource.OPEN) 
    {
      console.log("Events Disconnected");
    }
  }, false);

  source.addEventListener('message', function(e) 
  {
    console.log("message", e.data);
  }, false);

  source.addEventListener('myevent', function(e) 
  {
    console.log("myevent", e.data);
  }, false);
}

Remove handlers and rewrites

Server goes through handlers in same order as they were added. You can't simple add handler with same path to override them. To remove handler:

// save callback for particular URL path
auto handler = server.on("/some/path", [](AsyncWebServerRequest *request){
  //do something useful
});

// when you don't need handler anymore remove it
server.removeHandler(&handler);

// same with rewrites
server.removeRewrite(&someRewrite);

server.onNotFound([](AsyncWebServerRequest *request){
  request->send(404);
});

// remove server.onNotFound handler
server.onNotFound(NULL);

// remove all rewrites, handlers and onNotFound/onFileUpload/onRequestBody callbacks
server.reset();

Setting up the server

#define USE_ETHERNET_PORTENTA_H7        true

#include <Portenta_Ethernet.h>
#include <Ethernet.h>
#warning Using Portenta_Ethernet lib for Portenta_H7.

#include <Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer.h>

// Enter a MAC address and IP address for your controller below.
#define NUMBER_OF_MAC      20

byte mac[][NUMBER_OF_MAC] =
{
  { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0x32, 0x01 },
  { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0x32, 0x02 },
  { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0x32, 0x03 },
  { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0x32, 0x04 },
  { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0x32, 0x05 },
  { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0x32, 0x06 },
  { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0x32, 0x07 },
  { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0x32, 0x08 },
  { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0x32, 0x09 },
  { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0x32, 0x0A },
  { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0x32, 0x0B },
  { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0x32, 0x0C },
  { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0x32, 0x0D },
  { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0x32, 0x0E },
  { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0x32, 0x0F },
  { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0x32, 0x10 },
  { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0x32, 0x11 },
  { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0x32, 0x12 },
  { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0x32, 0x13 },
  { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0x32, 0x14 },
};
// Select the IP address according to your local network
IPAddress ip(192, 168, 2, 232);

AsyncWebServer    server(80);

#define LED_OFF             HIGH
#define LED_ON              LOW

#define BUFFER_SIZE         64
char temp[BUFFER_SIZE];

void handleRoot(AsyncWebServerRequest *request)
{
  digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, LED_ON);

  snprintf(temp, BUFFER_SIZE - 1, "Hello from Async_HelloServer on %s\n", BOARD_NAME);
  request->send(200, "text/plain", temp);
  
  digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, LED_OFF);
}

void handleNotFound(AsyncWebServerRequest *request)
{
  digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, LED_ON);
  
  String message = "File Not Found\n\n";

  message += "URI: ";
  //message += server.uri();
  message += request->url();
  message += "\nMethod: ";
  message += (request->method() == HTTP_GET) ? "GET" : "POST";
  message += "\nArguments: ";
  message += request->args();
  message += "\n";

  for (uint8_t i = 0; i < request->args(); i++)
  {
    message += " " + request->argName(i) + ": " + request->arg(i) + "\n";
  }

  request->send(404, "text/plain", message);
  digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, LED_OFF);
}

void setup()
{
  pinMode(LED_BUILTIN, OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, LED_OFF);

  Serial.begin(115200);
  while (!Serial);

  delay(200);

  Serial.print("\nStart Async_HelloServer on "); Serial.print(BOARD_NAME);
  Serial.print(" with "); Serial.println(SHIELD_TYPE);
  Serial.println(PORTENTA_H7_ASYNC_TCP_VERSION);
  Serial.println(PORTENTA_H7_ASYNC_WEBSERVER_VERSION);

  ///////////////////////////////////
  
  // start the ethernet connection and the server
  // Use random mac
  uint16_t index = millis() % NUMBER_OF_MAC;

  // Use Static IP
  //Ethernet.begin(mac[index], ip);
  // Use DHCP dynamic IP and random mac
  Ethernet.begin(mac[index]);

  if (Ethernet.hardwareStatus() == EthernetNoHardware) 
  {
    Serial.println("No Ethernet found. Stay here forever");
    
    while (true) 
    {
      delay(1); // do nothing, no point running without Ethernet hardware
    }
  }
  
  if (Ethernet.linkStatus() == LinkOFF) 
  {
    Serial.println("Not connected Ethernet cable");
  }

  Serial.print(F("Using mac index = "));
  Serial.println(index);

  Serial.print(F("Connected! IP address: "));
  Serial.println(Ethernet.localIP());

  ///////////////////////////////////

  server.on("/", HTTP_GET, [](AsyncWebServerRequest * request)
  {
    handleRoot(request);
  });

  server.on("/inline", [](AsyncWebServerRequest * request)
  {
    request->send(200, "text/plain", "This works as well");
  });

  server.onNotFound(handleNotFound);

  server.begin();

  Serial.print(F("HTTP EthernetWebServer is @ IP : "));
  Serial.println(Ethernet.localIP());
}

void loop(void)
{
}

Setup global and class functions as request handlers

#include <Arduino.h>

#define USE_ETHERNET_PORTENTA_H7        true

#include <Portenta_Ethernet.h>
#include <Ethernet.h>
#warning Using Portenta_Ethernet lib for Portenta_H7.

#include <Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer.h>

#include <functional>

...

void handleRequest(AsyncWebServerRequest *request){}

class WebClass 
{
public :
  AsyncWebServer classWebServer = AsyncWebServer(81);

  WebClass(){};

  void classRequest (AsyncWebServerRequest *request){}

  void begin()
  {
    // attach global request handler
    classWebServer.on("/example", HTTP_ANY, handleRequest);

    // attach class request handler
    classWebServer.on("/example", HTTP_ANY, std::bind(&WebClass::classRequest, this, std::placeholders::_1));
  }
};

AsyncWebServer globalWebServer(80);
WebClass webClassInstance;

void setup() 
{
  // attach global request handler
  globalWebServer.on("/example", HTTP_ANY, handleRequest);

  // attach class request handler
  globalWebServer.on("/example", HTTP_ANY, std::bind(&WebClass::classRequest, webClassInstance, std::placeholders::_1));
}

void loop() 
{

}

Methods for controlling websocket connections

  // Disable client connections if it was activated
  if ( ws.enabled() )
    ws.enable(false);

  // enable client connections if it was disabled
  if ( !ws.enabled() )
    ws.enable(true);

Adding Default Headers

In some cases, such as when working with CORS, or with some sort of custom authentication system, you might need to define a header that should get added to all responses (including static, websocket and EventSource). The DefaultHeaders singleton allows you to do this.

Example:

DefaultHeaders::Instance().addHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
webServer.begin();

NOTE: You will still need to respond to the OPTIONS method for CORS pre-flight in most cases. (unless you are only using GET)

This is one option:

webServer.onNotFound([](AsyncWebServerRequest *request) 
{
  if (request->method() == HTTP_OPTIONS) {
    request->send(200);
  } else {
    request->send(404);
  }
});

Path variable

With path variable you can create a custom regex rule for a specific parameter in a route. For example we want a sensorId parameter in a route rule to match only a integer.

  server.on("^\\/sensor\\/([0-9]+)$", HTTP_GET, [] (AsyncWebServerRequest *request) 
  {
      String sensorId = request->pathArg(0);
  });

NOTE: All regex patterns starts with ^ and ends with $

To enable the Path variable support, you have to define the buildflag -DASYNCWEBSERVER_REGEX.

For Arduino IDE create/update platform.local.txt:

Windows: C:\Users(username)\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\{espxxxx}\hardware\espxxxx\{version}\platform.local.txt

Linux: ~/.arduino15/packages/{espxxxx}/hardware/{espxxxx}/{version}/platform.local.txt

Add/Update the following line:

  compiler.cpp.extra_flags=-DDASYNCWEBSERVER_REGEX

For platformio modify platformio.ini:

[env:myboard]
build_flags = 
  -DASYNCWEBSERVER_REGEX

NOTE: By enabling ASYNCWEBSERVER_REGEX, <regex> will be included. This will add an 100k to your binary.



Examples

1. For Vision-shield Ethernet

  1. Async_AdvancedWebServer
  2. Async_HelloServer
  3. Async_HelloServer2
  4. Async_HttpBasicAuth
  5. Async_PostServer
  6. MQTTClient_Auth
  7. MQTTClient_Basic
  8. MQTT_ThingStream
  9. WebClient
  10. WebClientRepeating
  11. Async_AdvancedWebServer_MemoryIssues_SendArduinoString New
  12. Async_AdvancedWebServer_MemoryIssues_Send_CString New

2. For Murata WiFi

  1. Async_AdvancedWebServer
  2. Async_HelloServer
  3. Async_HelloServer2
  4. Async_HttpBasicAuth
  5. Async_PostServer
  6. MQTTClient_Auth
  7. MQTTClient_Basic
  8. MQTT_ThingStream
  9. WebClient
  10. WebClientRepeating
  11. Async_AdvancedWebServer_MemoryIssues_Send_CString New


https://github.com/khoih-prog/Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer/blob/f934df6aecbf814047affe39d3d0e3f23fc1fccf/examples/WiFi/Async_AdvancedWebServer/Async_AdvancedWebServer.ino#L41-L268

You can access the Async Advanced WebServer @ the server IP



Debug Terminal Output Samples

1. MQTT_ThingStream on PORTENTA_H7_M7 using Ethernet

Following is debug terminal output when running example MQTT_ThingStream on PORTENTA_H7_M7 using Ethernet and Portenta_Ethernet Library

Start MQTT_ThingStream on PORTENTA_H7_M7 with Ethernet using Portenta_Ethernet Library
Portenta_H7_AsyncTCP v1.4.0
Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer v1.4.0
Using mac index = 17
Connected! IP address: 192.168.2.87
***************************************
STM32_Pub
***************************************
Attempting MQTT connection to broker.emqx.io
...connected
Published connection message successfully!
Subcribed to: STM32_Sub
MQTT Message Send : STM32_Pub => Hello from MQTT_ThingStream on PORTENTA_H7_M7 with Ethernet using Portenta_Ethernet Library
MQTT Message receive [STM32_Pub] Hello from MQTT_ThingStream on PORTENTA_H7_M7 with Ethernet using Portenta_Ethernet Library
MQTT Message Send : STM32_Pub => Hello from MQTT_ThingStream on PORTENTA_H7_M7 with Ethernet using Portenta_Ethernet Library
MQTT Message receive [STM32_Pub] Hello from MQTT_ThingStream on PORTENTA_H7_M7 with Ethernet using Portenta_Ethernet Library

2. WebClientRepeating on PORTENTA_H7_M7 using Ethernet

Following is debug terminal output when running example WebClient on on PORTENTA_H7_M7 using Ethernet and Portenta_Ethernet Library

Start WebClientRepeating on PORTENTA_H7_M7 with Ethernet using Portenta_Ethernet Library
Portenta_H7_AsyncTCP v1.4.0
Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer v1.4.0
Using mac index = 16
Connected! IP address: 192.168.2.87

Connecting...
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: nginx/1.4.2
Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2021 05:16:59 GMT
Content-Type: text/plain
Content-Length: 2263
Last-Modified: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:46:47 GMT
Connection: close
Vary: Accept-Encoding
ETag: "524c23c7-8d7"
Accept-Ranges: bytes


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3. MQTTClient_Auth on PORTENTA_H7_M7 using Ethernet

Following is debug terminal output when running example MQTTClient_Auth on on PORTENTA_H7_M7 using Ethernet and Portenta_Ethernet Library

Start MQTTClient_Auth on PORTENTA_H7_M7 with Ethernet using Portenta_Ethernet Library
Portenta_H7_AsyncTCP v1.4.0
Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer v1.4.0
Using mac index = 9
Connected! IP address: 192.168.2.87
Attempting MQTT connection to broker.emqx.io...connected
Message Send : MQTT_Pub => Hello from MQTTClient_Auth on PORTENTA_H7_M7 with Ethernet using Portenta_Ethernet Library
Message arrived [MQTT_Pub] Hello from MQTTClient_Auth on PORTENTA_H7_M7 with Ethernet using Portenta_Ethernet Library
Message Send : MQTT_Pub => Hello from MQTTClient_Auth on PORTENTA_H7_M7 with Ethernet using Portenta_Ethernet Library
Message arrived [MQTT_Pub] Hello from MQTTClient_Auth on PORTENTA_H7_M7 with Ethernet using Portenta_Ethernet Library
Message Send : MQTT_Pub => Hello from MQTTClient_Auth on PORTENTA_H7_M7 with Ethernet using Portenta_Ethernet Library
Message arrived [MQTT_Pub] Hello from MQTTClient_Auth on PORTENTA_H7_M7 with Ethernet using Portenta_Ethernet Library

4. MQTTClient_Basic on PORTENTA_H7_M7 using Ethernet

Following is debug terminal output when running example MQTTClient_Basic on on PORTENTA_H7_M7 using Ethernet and Portenta_Ethernet Library

Start MQTTClient_Basic on PORTENTA_H7_M7 with Ethernet using Portenta_Ethernet Library
Portenta_H7_AsyncTCP v1.4.0
Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer v1.4.0
Using mac index = 8
Connected! IP address: 192.168.2.87
Attempting MQTT connection to broker.emqx.io...connected
Message Send : MQTT_Pub => Hello from MQTTClient_Basic on PORTENTA_H7_M7 with Ethernet using Portenta_Ethernet Library
Message arrived [MQTT_Pub] Hello from MQTTClient_Basic on PORTENTA_H7_M7 with Ethernet using Portenta_Ethernet Library
Message Send : MQTT_Pub => Hello from MQTTClient_Basic on PORTENTA_H7_M7 with Ethernet using Portenta_Ethernet Library
Message arrived [MQTT_Pub] Hello from MQTTClient_Basic on PORTENTA_H7_M7 with Ethernet using Portenta_Ethernet Library

5. Async_HTTPBasicAuth on PORTENTA_H7_M7 using Ethernet

Following is debug terminal output when running example Async_HTTPBasicAuth on PORTENTA_H7_M7 using Ethernet and Portenta_Ethernet Library

Start Async_HTTPBasicAuth on PORTENTA_H7_M7 with Ethernet using Portenta_Ethernet Library
Portenta_H7_AsyncTCP v1.4.0
Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer v1.4.0
Using mac index = 16
Connected! IP address: 192.168.2.87
Async_HttpBasicAuth started @ IP : 192.168.2.87
Open http://192.168.2.87/ in your browser to see it working
Login using username = admin and password = ethernet
[AWS] getMD5: Success
[AWS] genRandomMD5: res =  795d0e2e77f0bd1ac56d88a223e30cc8
[AWS] getMD5: Success
[AWS] genRandomMD5: res =  0bc073c1bf61fa0ae678fa5892cfd2a6
[AWS] requestDigestAuthentication: header =  realm="asyncesp", qop="auth", nonce="795d0e2e77f0bd1ac56d88a223e30cc8", opaque="0bc073c1bf61fa0ae678fa5892cfd2a6"
[AWS] getMD5: Success
[AWS] stringMD5: res =  9384b554a02515c9481a13b3787821da
[AWS] getMD5: Success
[AWS] stringMD5: res =  71998c64aea37ae77020c49c00f73fa8
[AWS] getMD5: Success
[AWS] stringMD5: res =  5908212c923b4d99fd278772873a142f
[AWS] AUTH SUCCESS

6. Async_AdvancedWebServer on PORTENTA_H7_M7 using Ethernet

Following are debug terminal output and screen shots when running example Async_AdvancedWebServer on PORTENTA_H7_M7 using Ethernet and Portenta_Ethernet Library to demonstrate the complex AsyncWebServer feature.

Start Async_AdvancedWebServer on PORTENTA_H7_M7 with Ethernet using Portenta_Ethernet Library
Portenta_H7_AsyncTCP v1.4.0
Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer v1.4.0
Using mac index = 4
Connected! IP address: 192.168.2.87
HTTP EthernetWebServer is @ IP : 192.168.2.87

You can access the Async Advanced WebServers at the displayed server IP, e.g. 192.168.2.87

Using Firefox Browser


7. Async_AdvancedWebServer on PORTENTA_H7_M7 using WiFi

Following is the debug terminal and screen shot when running example Async_AdvancedWebServer on Portenta_H7 WiFi to demonstrate the operation of Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer, based on this Portenta_H7_AsyncTCP Library.

Start Async_AdvancedWebServer on PORTENTA_H7_M7 with Portenta_H7 WiFi
Portenta_H7_AsyncTCP v1.4.0
Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer v1.4.0
Connecting to SSID: HueNet1
SSID: HueNet1
Local IP Address: 192.168.2.94
signal strength (RSSI):-31 dBm
HTTP EthernetWebServer is @ IP : 192.168.2.94
..........

You can access the Async Advanced WebServers at the displayed server IP, e.g. 192.168.2.94


8. Async_AdvancedWebServer_MemoryIssues_Send_CString on PORTENTA_H7_M7 using Ethernet

Following is the debug terminal and screen shot when running example Async_AdvancedWebServer_MemoryIssues_Send_CString on Portenta_H7 Ethernet to demonstrate the new and powerful HEAP-saving feature

Using SDRAM => not using HEAP (14,314 bytes)
Start Async_AdvancedWebServer_MemoryIssues_Send_CString using SDRAM on PORTENTA_H7_M7 with Ethernet using Portenta_Ethernet Library
Portenta_H7_AsyncTCP v1.4.0
Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer v1.4.0
Using mac index = 2
Connected! IP address: 192.168.2.123
HTTP EthernetWebServer is @ IP : 192.168.2.123

HEAP DATA - Pre Create Arduino String  Cur heap: 8458  Res Size: 451648  Max heap: 8472
.
HEAP DATA - Pre Send  Cur heap: 9634  Res Size: 451648  Max heap: 10196

HEAP DATA - Post Send  Cur heap: 9734  Res Size: 451648  Max heap: 12847
......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........
Out String Length=31200
.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........
Out String Length=31219
.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........
Out String Length=31255
.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........
Out String Length=31198
.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ........
HEAP DATA - Post Send  Cur heap: 11201  Res Size: 451648  Max heap: 14314
..
Out String Length=31224
.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........
Out String Length=31235
Not using SDRAM ===> small heap (51,823 bytes)
Start Async_AdvancedWebServer_MemoryIssues_Send_CString on PORTENTA_H7_M7 with Ethernet using Portenta_Ethernet Library
Portenta_H7_AsyncTCP v1.4.0
Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer v1.4.0
Using mac index = 8
Connected! IP address: 192.168.2.123
HTTP EthernetWebServer is @ IP : 192.168.2.123

HEAP DATA - Pre Create Arduino String  Cur heap: 47434  Res Size: 451760  Max heap: 47448
.
HEAP DATA - Pre Send  Cur heap: 48610  Res Size: 451760  Max heap: 49172

HEAP DATA - Post Send  Cur heap: 48710  Res Size: 451760  Max heap: 51823
......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........
Out String Length=31200
.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........
Out String Length=31291

While using Arduino String, the HEAP usage is very large

Async_AdvancedWebServer_MemoryIssues_SendArduinoString ===> very large heap (111,387 bytes)

Start Async_AdvancedWebServer_MemoryIssues_SendArduinoString on PORTENTA_H7_M7 with Ethernet using Portenta_Ethernet Library
Portenta_H7_AsyncTCP v1.4.0
Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer v1.4.0
Using mac index = 0
Connected! IP address: 192.168.2.123
HTTP EthernetWebServer is @ IP : 192.168.2.123

HEAP DATA - Pre Create Arduino String  Cur heap: 7434  Res Size: 452016  Max heap: 7448
.
HEAP DATA - Pre Send  Cur heap: 48611  Res Size: 452016  Max heap: 48611

HEAP DATA - Post Send  Cur heap: 79009  Res Size: 452016  Max heap: 111347
.
HEAP DATA - Post Send  Cur heap: 79029  Res Size: 452016  Max heap: 111387
...
HEAP DATA - Post Send  Cur heap: 79037  Res Size: 452016  Max heap: 111403
....
HEAP DATA - Post Send  Cur heap: 79041  Res Size: 452016  Max heap: 111411
. ..
Out String Length=31247
.......
HEAP DATA - Post Send  Cur heap: 79047  Res Size: 452016  Max heap: 111423
. ....
Out String Length=31233
...... ......
Out String Length=31243
.... .......
Out String Length=31251
... .......
HEAP DATA - Post Send  Cur heap: 79054  Res Size: 452016  Max heap: 111437
..
Out String Length=31280
. ......

You can access the Async Advanced WebServers at the displayed server IP, e.g. 192.168.2.123



Debug

Debug is enabled by default on Serial.

You can also change the debugging level _PORTENTA_H7_AWS_LOGLEVEL_ from 0 to 4 in the library cpp files

#define _PORTENTA_H7_AWS_LOGLEVEL_     1

Troubleshooting

If you get compilation errors, more often than not, you may need to install a newer version of Arduino IDE, the Arduino mbed_portenta core or depending libraries.

Sometimes, the library will only work if you update the mbed_portenta core to the latest version because I'm always using the latest cores /libraries.


Issues

Submit issues to: Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer issues



TO DO

  1. Fix bug. Add enhancement
  2. Add support to Murata WiFi

DONE

  1. Add support to Portenta_H7 using Vision-shield Ethernet
  2. Add Table of Contents
  3. Fix issue with slow browsers or network. Check Target stops responding after variable time when using Firefox on Windows 10 #3
  4. Support using CString in optional SDRAM to save heap to send very large data. Check request->send(200, textPlainStr, jsonChartDataCharStr); - Without using String Class - to save heap #8


Contributions and Thanks

  1. Based on and modified from Hristo Gochkov's ESPAsyncWebServer. Many thanks to Hristo Gochkov for great ESPAsyncWebServer Library
  2. Thanks to rusty-bit to initiate the Discussion in AsyncWebserver for Portenta H7 #6 leading to these Portenta_H7_AsyncTCP and Portenta_H7_AsyncWebServer libraries
  3. Thanks to Jeremy Ellis to test and report the compile error and crash issue with mbed_portenta core v2.6.1, leading to v1.2.0
  4. Thanks to salasidis aka rs77can to discuss and make the mavellous PR request->send(200, textPlainStr, jsonChartDataCharStr); - Without using String Class - to save heap #8, leading to v1.4.0 to support using CString in optional SDRAM to save heap to send very large data
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⭐️⭐️ Hristo Gochkov

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⭐️ salasidis


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License

  • The library is licensed under GPLv3

Copyright

Copyright 2021- Khoi Hoang

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Asynchronous WebServer Library for STM32H7-based Portenta_H7 using mbed_portenta core. This library, which is relied on Portenta_H7_AsyncTCP, is part of a series of advanced Async libraries, such as AsyncTCP, AsyncUDP, AsyncWebSockets, AsyncHTTPRequest, AsyncHTTPSRequest, etc.

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