Notice the addition of pico_lwip_http. You also need a default lwipopts.h file.
If you run this program you will see the Pico connect to the WiFi and then you should see two copies of the web page – the first complete with headers and the second minus the headers.
If you want to use the simpler httpc_get_file function with a raw IP address you will need to setup an IP address struct:
As long as the web server works with a raw IP address this works in the same way as the previous program.
In chapter but not in this extract:
A Web Server
A Custom Web Site
A Dynamic Web Page – Server Side Includes
Listing
Where Next
Summary
The Pico W’s new WiFi hardware is connected via an SPI bus and this makes use of several GPIO lines that are used in the Pico for different things. In particular, GP25 is no longer used to control the internal LED. The internal LED is now controlled by a GPIO line on the WiFi chip.
The new WiFi software has two components – a low-level driver and the LwIP library which provides higher-level networking making use of the driver.
The WiFi system works in two modes, polling or background mode.
Connecting to a WiFi access point is easy, but providing feedback on the current state to the user is more difficult.
Creating a web client can be done using low-level TCP functions, but it is simpler to use the supplied HTTP client app.
Similarly a web server can be built using TCP functions, but the supplied HTTP server is easier to use.
To use the server you need to build and apply the htmlgen/makefsdata to convert the web site into a single C file which can be included in your project.
To create a dynamic web site you need to include SSI (Server Side Include) tags and a suitable SSI handling function.
The driver and the LwIP library provide a huge range of poorly documented possibilities.
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