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Twittering with mbed

A simple demo how to use the HTTPClient.

You might find this useful: [http://mbed.org/users/chris/programs/EA_Twitter]

It twitters a message to your twitter account.

Library

Import Library:

http://mbed.org/projects/cookbook/svn/EMAC/lwip/trunk

or import precompiled Library:

http://mbed.org/projects/cookbook/svn/EMAC/lwip/precomp

Import Example program:

http://mbed.org/projects/cookbook/svn/EMAC/lwip/examples/HTTPClient

For details on how to use this in the compiler, see Importing Projects and Libraries in to the Compiler

Hello World

#include "mbed.h"
#include "HTTPClient.h"

using namespace std;
DigitalOut led(LED1);
HTTPClient http;
const char user[] = "<username>";
const char pass[] = "<password>";
const char msg[] = "status=<message>";
const char url[]  = "http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml";
int main(void) {
    http.auth(user, pass);
    http.post(url, msg);
    while(1) {
        led = !led;
        wait(0.2);
    }
}

API

HTTPClient	A simple Class to fetch HTTP Pages.
Functions
HTTPClient	Creates an HTTPClient object.
~HTTPClient	Destroys the HTTPClient class.
headers	Add header additional Information to the next post or get requests.
auth	Enables basic authentication.
get	A simple get-request just insert the url.
get	A simple get-request just insert the url and a FILE Pointer.
post	A simple post-request just insert the url.
post	A simple get-request just insert the url and a FILE Pointer.
post	A simple get-request just insert the url and a two FILE Pointers to send the content of the file out and store you results.
post	A simple get-request just insert the url and a two FILE Pointers to send the content of the file out and store you results.
timeout	Sets the timout for a HTTP request.

class HTTPClient : public TCPConnection

A simple Class to fetch HTTP Pages.

HTTPClient( const char * hostname = NULL,
struct ip_addr ip = ip_addr_any,
struct ip_addr nm = ip_addr_any,
struct ip_addr gw = ip_addr_any,
struct ip_addr dns = ip_addr_any )

Creates an HTTPClient object.