Spinneret as web client?

Franklin

I need to send a request to a website which parses the request for data. I don't really need anything in return but it would help if I could. Is this possible with the spinneret?

Mike G

Yes, it's very easy and there's example demo code. Simply configure a socket, build you header, and send the message. You'll need to know the destination IP and pick some unused local port. I usually pick something over 5000. The W5100 will open a socket on the remote server. Then remote server will do whatever processing and send a response. If you are hitting a shared host, then you need to add the host header line.

Benj

Mike,

Where is the demo code for this?

Mike G

It's in the Google code repository, OBEX, and Spinneret product page.
http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?128520-Google-Code-repository-for-open-source-Spinneret-Web-Server-firmware

My code example.
http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?132029-Need-some-help-to-get-started-with-my-Spinneret&p=1005476&viewfull=1#post1005476