WiFi.status() (Arduino function) alternative for esp-idf

[zazas321]

Hello. I use basic basic esp-idf wifi example code to connect the ESP32 device to the wifi in STA mode. Some other functions that I use require the wifi connection and I want to double check whether the device sucesfully connected to the wifi. In Arduino code, you can easily do that using WiFi.status() method, but I cannot find what would be the esp-idf alternative. Pseudo code:

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if(wifi_connected_sucesfully){
	do_http_request()
}
else{
attemt_to_reconnect()
{

[fasani]

If I'm not mistaken, you can do the same having a:

bool wifiConnected = false;

And taking in account the WiFi events
you can simply set in the event that global variable:

WIFI_EVENT_STA_CONNECTED then wifiConnected = true

WIFI_EVENT_STA_DISCONNECTED then wifiConnected = false

If there is another way please enlighten me. But otherwise this just adding 3 lines and checking for the wifiConnected state.

[microwrk234]

This works please look the attached file

[mbratch]

If the example you are following is the "station" under "getting started", then just look at what the event handler is doing in that example. When a connection is made, it sets the `WIFI_CONNECTED_BIT` in the `s_wifi_event_group` event group. To determine if there's a connection, check the `WIFI_CONNECT_BIT` in that event group.