Connecting to an API using an ESP8266 (Or any Arduino)
Brian Lough
In this video we take a look at connecting to an API with ESP8266 and some of the options that are available when doing so
Code:
Sample Request code: https://github.com/witnessmenow/arduino-sample-api-request
Links:
Hackaday.io API : https://dev.hackaday.io/
Hackaday.io API Arduino library: https://github.com/witnessmenow/arduino-hackadayio-api
Postman: https://www.getpostman.com/
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