MarcusManvinder / arduino_exosite_library

Arduino library for Exosite cloud read/write

About the Exosite Arduino Library

This library allows you to quickly and easily connect your Arduino project to Exosite's Data Platform in the cloud. It connects your project using an Arduino Ethernet shield, Arduino WiFi Shield, or any other networking shield that subclasses the Client class. See the examples folder for both an Ethernet and a WiFi example.

Note: A free account on exosite portals is required: https://portals.exosite.com

License is BSD, Copyright 2013, Exosite LLC (see LICENSE file)

Tested with Arduino 1.0.5

Installing

The easiest way to install this library is to simply clone this repo straight to your libraries folder.

cd ~/sketchbook/libraries
git clone https://github.com/exosite-garage/arduino_exosite_library.git Exosite

If you would rather not use the command line or you don't have git installed, click the download button on the right hand side of this page and choose to open the ZIP. Copy the contained folder to your Arduino IDE's libraries folder (inside your sketchbook folder) and Rename it to "Exosite". If you do not know the location of sketchbook folder click on "File->Preferences" in the IDE and you should see it listed.

Note: You will need to restart the Arduino IDE after installing the library.

Interface

Constructor

Exosite(char *_cik, Client *_client);

Exosite(String _cik, Client *_client);

_cik: This is used to hard code the CIK into the device can either be a char[] or a String type.

_client: This is the interface to what ever network device you're using. Must be a subclass of Client such as: EthernetClient, WiFiClient, or YunClient/

writeRead

boolean Exosite::writeRead(char* writeString, char* readString, char** returnString)

boolean Exosite::writeRead(String writeString, String readString, String &returnString)

writeString: This sets the values to write to certain datasources. eg. "alias3=value3&alias4=value4"

readString: This selects which datasources to read by their alias. eg. "alias1&alias2"

returnstring: This is the string returned with the values requested in readString. eg. "alias1=value1&alias2=value2"

Migration from V1

Version 2 no longer sets up the ethernet shield for you. In your code you'll need to replace Exosite exosite(&Ethernet, macData, cikData); with

class EthernetClient client;
Exosite exosite(cikData, &client);

You will also need to remove exosite.init(); and add Ethernet.begin(macData); to your setup() function.

Release Info

v2.1.1 - Release 2013-11-04

• Removed depreciated 'readWrite' method to reduce confusion. 'readFromCloud' and 'sendToCloud' still supported.

v2.1 - Release 2013-11-01

• Changed 'readWrite' to 'writeRead' to reflect parameter order and platform operation order.
• Added User-Agent String
• Added client->flush() just before sending HTTP packet, just in case we received something

v2.0 - Release 2013-10-18

• Simplified interface to use character strings or Arduino Strings instead of arrays of character arrays. User must now URL encode and decode their own data.
• Made compatible with Arduino WiFi shield (and anything that similarly subclasses the Client class).
• Updated examples to use new interface.

v1.1 - Release 2013-07-29

• Major rewrite to both read and write multiple datasources in one HTTP call.
• Removed all use of Strings due to stability issues (except for manipulating string object passed to existing functions).
• Existing sendToCloud() and readFromCloud() changed to use new call internally. External Interface Unchanged

v1.0 - Release 2011-06-05

• initial version