Get/Post requests available in current state?

[Dark1886]

Is there currently any method for creating Get/Post requests? IF not, it may be a good idea to be able to add this, It could allow some users to send at least a few simple commands if they don't have some external Homeassistant/other automation system to bridge that gap.

[CoretechR]

This could probably be done relatively easily using the HTTPClient library like this:
https://randomnerdtutorials.com/esp32-http-get-post-arduino/
Would you like it if more examples like this are included in the main project? Or maybe some kind of documentation on how to customize the UI? I am just thinking about how I can make it easier to modify the UI until some high-level tool can help with this.

[Dark1886]

I'm not sure it would be super beneficial, I think the time is just better spent on making the project more customizable before making any sort of documentation yet. Although maybe a few QUICK comments on how to actually update the LVGL UI.

[MatthewColvin]

@Dark1886 made #22

[ramonflores08]

What I ended up doing is changing the switch to a button and then configuring it in node-red to check the state of the light and turn it on or off as needed.

this is the code how i changed it to add the power symbol.

lv_label_set_text(menuLabel, "Bar Lights");
lv_obj_align(menuLabel, LV_ALIGN_TOP_LEFT, 22, 3);
lv_obj_t* lightToggleA = lv_btn_create(menuBox);
lv_obj_set_size(lightToggleA, 40, 30);
buttonLabel = lv_label_create(lightToggleA);
lv_label_set_text(buttonLabel, LV_SYMBOL_POWER);
lv_obj_align(lightToggleA, LV_ALIGN_TOP_RIGHT, 0, 0);
lv_obj_set_style_bg_color(lightToggleA, lv_color_lighten(color_primary, 50), LV_PART_MAIN);
lv_obj_set_style_bg_color(lightToggleA, color_primary, LV_PART_INDICATOR);
lv_obj_add_event_cb(lightToggleA, smartHomeToggle_event_cb, LV_EVENT_CLICKED, (void*)1);

[tnph]

Hi @ramonflores08 - this is similar to what I'm trying to achieve, ie. a toggle instead of a switch, being a non-coder I find the code quite un-intuitive!

In my case I was publishing an MQTT message to turn power on like "omote/power_on" and one to turn off "omote/power_off" but the problem is the remote doesn't know the current state and defaults to off so they get out of sync. I'm using Home Assistant to trigger on/off actions when it sees the relevant MQTT messages, but I will copy your power button idea and simply use the toggle action in HA. Thanks!

I'm also keen to get the Battery charge % display working - how did you do that? I tried un-commenting out this line of code

lv_label_set_text_fmt(objBattPercentage, "%d%%", battery_percentage);

..but it didn't really work - just flashed up random percentages