I'm a beginner with ESP32 ESP-IDF development and I have ESP32-C6.
I'm trying to connect my ESP32 to WiFi AP which works just fine until I try to add code for some HTTP requests after which the board won't connect anymore.
I'm using the getting_started/station example from Github and it works great; my board connects to the AP of specified SSID and password and I can confirm it from the AP itself. Which bothers me is when I add functionality with esp_http_client the board won't connect to the AP anymore and I can't understand why. I have tried many variations of the WiFi Station and HTTP request code but always the same; works fine without the HTTP request and won't connect at all when I add the code for HTTP request. Even when the code for the HTTP request shouldn't even execute before the WiFi connection code.
Am I just not understanding how the ESP-IDF works or are there some config settings for the WiFi I'm missing or what could be the matter?
Here's the full code. If I comment out the http_request() function at the end the board connects to WiFi AP normally. When I have the http_request() function called at any point in the code the board just won't connect anymore and retries for maximum retry count after it tries to run the http_request() function which runs but obviously fails without the internet connection. Any advice to solve this problem is very welcome. Thanks!
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#include <string.h>
#include "freertos/FreeRTOS.h"
#include "freertos/task.h"
#include "freertos/event_groups.h"
#include "esp_system.h"
#include "esp_wifi.h"
#include "esp_event.h"
#include "esp_log.h"
#include "nvs_flash.h"
#include "lwip/err.h"
#include "lwip/sys.h"
#include "esp_http_client.h"
#define EXAMPLE_ESP_WIFI_SSID "esp32"
#define EXAMPLE_ESP_WIFI_PASS "test"
#define EXAMPLE_ESP_MAXIMUM_RETRY 10
/* FreeRTOS event group to signal when we are connected*/
static EventGroupHandle_t s_wifi_event_group;
/* The event group allows multiple bits for each event, but we only care about two events:
* - we are connected to the AP with an IP
* - we failed to connect after the maximum amount of retries */
#define WIFI_CONNECTED_BIT BIT0
#define WIFI_FAIL_BIT BIT1
static const char *TAG = "wifi station";
static int s_retry_num = 0;
void http_request() {
esp_http_client_config_t config = {
.url = "http://httpbin.org/redirect/2",
//.event_handler = _http_event_handle,
};
esp_http_client_handle_t client = esp_http_client_init(&config);
esp_http_client_perform(client);
esp_http_client_cleanup(client);
}
static void event_handler(void* arg, esp_event_base_t event_base,
int32_t event_id, void* event_data)
{
if (event_base == WIFI_EVENT && event_id == WIFI_EVENT_STA_START) {
esp_wifi_connect();
} else if (event_base == WIFI_EVENT && event_id == WIFI_EVENT_STA_DISCONNECTED) {
if (s_retry_num < EXAMPLE_ESP_MAXIMUM_RETRY) {
esp_wifi_connect();
s_retry_num++;
ESP_LOGI(TAG, "retry to connect to the AP");
} else {
xEventGroupSetBits(s_wifi_event_group, WIFI_FAIL_BIT);
}
ESP_LOGI(TAG,"connect to the AP fail");
} else if (event_base == IP_EVENT && event_id == IP_EVENT_STA_GOT_IP) {
ip_event_got_ip_t* event = (ip_event_got_ip_t*) event_data;
ESP_LOGI(TAG, "got ip:" IPSTR, IP2STR(&event->ip_info.ip));
s_retry_num = 0;
xEventGroupSetBits(s_wifi_event_group, WIFI_CONNECTED_BIT);
}
}
void wifi_init_sta(void)
{
s_wifi_event_group = xEventGroupCreate();
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_netif_init());
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_event_loop_create_default());
esp_netif_create_default_wifi_sta();
wifi_init_config_t cfg = WIFI_INIT_CONFIG_DEFAULT();
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_wifi_init(&cfg));
esp_event_handler_instance_t instance_any_id;
esp_event_handler_instance_t instance_got_ip;
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_event_handler_instance_register(WIFI_EVENT,
ESP_EVENT_ANY_ID,
&event_handler,
NULL,
&instance_any_id));
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_event_handler_instance_register(IP_EVENT,
IP_EVENT_STA_GOT_IP,
&event_handler,
NULL,
&instance_got_ip));
wifi_config_t wifi_config = {
.sta = {
.ssid = EXAMPLE_ESP_WIFI_SSID,
.password = EXAMPLE_ESP_WIFI_PASS,
/* Authmode threshold resets to WPA2 as default if password matches WPA2 standards (pasword len => 8).
* If you want to connect the device to deprecated WEP/WPA networks, Please set the threshold value
* to WIFI_AUTH_WEP/WIFI_AUTH_WPA_PSK and set the password with length and format matching to
* WIFI_AUTH_WEP/WIFI_AUTH_WPA_PSK standards.
*/
//.threshold.authmode = WIFI_AUTH_WPA2_PSK,
//.sae_pwe_h2e = WPA3_SAE_PWE_BOTH,
//.sae_h2e_identifier = "",
},
};
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_wifi_set_mode(WIFI_MODE_STA) );
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_wifi_set_config(WIFI_IF_STA, &wifi_config) );
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_wifi_start() );
ESP_LOGI(TAG, "wifi_init_sta finished.");
/* Waiting until either the connection is established (WIFI_CONNECTED_BIT) or connection failed for the maximum
* number of re-tries (WIFI_FAIL_BIT). The bits are set by event_handler() (see above) */
EventBits_t bits = xEventGroupWaitBits(s_wifi_event_group,
WIFI_CONNECTED_BIT | WIFI_FAIL_BIT,
pdFALSE,
pdFALSE,
portMAX_DELAY);
/* xEventGroupWaitBits() returns the bits before the call returned, hence we can test which event actually
* happened. */
if (bits & WIFI_CONNECTED_BIT) {
ESP_LOGI(TAG, "connected to ap SSID:%s password:%s",
EXAMPLE_ESP_WIFI_SSID, EXAMPLE_ESP_WIFI_PASS);
} else if (bits & WIFI_FAIL_BIT) {
ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Failed to connect to SSID:%s, password:%s",
EXAMPLE_ESP_WIFI_SSID, EXAMPLE_ESP_WIFI_PASS);
} else {
ESP_LOGE(TAG, "UNEXPECTED EVENT");
}
}
void app_main(void)
{
//Initialize NVS
esp_err_t ret = nvs_flash_init();
if (ret == ESP_ERR_NVS_NO_FREE_PAGES || ret == ESP_ERR_NVS_NEW_VERSION_FOUND) {
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(nvs_flash_erase());
ret = nvs_flash_init();
}
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(ret);
ESP_LOGI(TAG, "ESP_WIFI_MODE_STA");
wifi_init_sta();
http_request(); // Connects just fine when this is commented out
}