OTA from Dropbox

JohnSmith1155
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OTA from Dropbox

Postby JohnSmith1155 » Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:05 am

Hello,
I have found a number of examples on the web that show how to do OTA (Over the Air) update for ESP32 using AWS, Netsons and other servers.

This is one good example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck55tY7mm1c

I just wanted to know if it is possible to do OTA using Dropbox, i.e. when the ESP32 wants to get a new file it gets it from Dropbox?

Thankyou.

ESP_Jan
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Re: OTA from Dropbox

Postby ESP_Jan » Thu Jan 14, 2021 5:17 pm

Hi John,

you can use any webhosting/filehosting service that offers a direct link to the file (so no page with a download button).

It may be possible to do this using dropbox by using a direct link. However, dropbox will redirect you to the actual file which may not work with the OTA updates. Also I'm not sure if you can update a file on dropbox and have the same link for the download which the OTA update needs to function.
https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox ... td-p/91934

Feel free to post any follow-up questions
Jan

ArcHeRRed
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Re: OTA from Dropbox

Postby ArcHeRRed » Mon Mar 15, 2021 3:28 pm

If we can do it It is very convenient Currently, I update through the web hosting .

By use

http://xxxx.com/file/esp32.bin

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