I'm not sure if I mentioned the wifi shield will be needed. I found some great examples of using the wifi shield to communicate with the internet. Here is a page which talks about setting up the wifi code: https://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/WiFiWebClient
/*
Web client
This sketch connects to a website (http://www.google.com)
using a WiFi shield.
This example is written for a network using WPA encryption. For
WEP or WPA, change the Wifi.begin() call accordingly.
This example is written for a network using WPA encryption. For
WEP or WPA, change the Wifi.begin() call accordingly.
Circuit:
* WiFi shield attached
created 13 July 2010
by dlf (Metodo2 srl)
modified 31 May 2012
by Tom Igoe
*/
#include <SPI.h>
#include <WiFi.h>
char ssid[] = "yourNetwork"; // your network SSID (name)
char pass[] = "secretPassword"; // your network password (use for WPA, or use as key for WEP)
int keyIndex = 0; // your network key Index number (needed only for WEP)
int status = WL_IDLE_STATUS;
// if you don't want to use DNS (and reduce your sketch size)
// use the numeric IP instead of the name for the server:
//IPAddress server(74,125,232,128); // numeric IP for Google (no DNS)
char server[] = "www.google.com"; // name address for Google (using DNS)
// Initialize the Ethernet client library
// with the IP address and port of the server
// that you want to connect to (port 80 is default for HTTP):
WiFiClient client;
void setup() {
//Initialize serial and wait for port to open:
Serial.begin(9600);
while (!Serial) {
; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for native USB port only
}
// check for the presence of the shield:
if (WiFi.status() == WL_NO_SHIELD) {
Serial.println("WiFi shield not present");
// don't continue:
while (true);
}
String fv = WiFi.firmwareVersion();
if (fv != "1.1.0") {
Serial.println("Please upgrade the firmware");
}
// attempt to connect to Wifi network:
while (status != WL_CONNECTED) {
Serial.print("Attempting to connect to SSID: ");
Serial.println(ssid);
// Connect to WPA/WPA2 network. Change this line if using open or WEP network:
status = WiFi.begin(ssid, pass);
// wait 10 seconds for connection:
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}
Serial.println("Connected to wifi");
printWifiStatus();
Serial.println("\nStarting connection to server...");
// if you get a connection, report back via serial:
if (client.connect(server, 80)) {
Serial.println("connected to server");
// Make a HTTP request:
client.println("GET /search?q=arduino HTTP/1.1");
client.println("Host: www.google.com");
client.println("Connection: close");
client.println();
}
}
void loop() {
// if there are incoming bytes available
// from the server, read them and print them:
while (client.available()) {
char c = client.read();
Serial.write(c);
}
// if the server's disconnected, stop the client:
if (!client.connected()) {
Serial.println();
Serial.println("disconnecting from server.");
client.stop();
// do nothing forevermore:
while (true);
}
}
void printWifiStatus() {
// print the SSID of the network you're attached to:
Serial.print("SSID: ");
Serial.println(WiFi.SSID());
// print your WiFi shield's IP address:
IPAddress ip = WiFi.localIP();
Serial.print("IP Address: ");
Serial.println(ip);
// print the received signal strength:
long rssi = WiFi.RSSI();
Serial.print("signal strength (RSSI):");
Serial.print(rssi);
Serial.println(" dBm");
}
The next step will be to connect to the google sheet. I plan on using an HTTP Post to post to the Google sheet. Here is some example code for that: (from here: https://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/WiFiWebClientRepeating) - I'm modifying it some as I go on this example:
// this method makes a HTTP connection to the server:
void httpRequest() {
// close any connection before send a new request.
// This will free the socket on the WiFi shield
client.stop();
// I want to update this to goto a Google Sheet for example like this: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/{{spreadsheetId}}/edit#gid=0
// if there's a successful connection:
if (client.connect(server, 80)) {
Serial.println("connecting...");
// send the HTTP PUT request:
client.println("POST /spreadsheets/d/{{spreadsheetId}}/edit#gid=0 HTTPS/1.1");
client.println("Host: docs.google.com");
client.println("User-Agent: ArduinoWiFi/1.1");
client.println("Connection: close");
client.println();
// note the time that the connection was made:
lastConnectionTime = millis();
} else {
// if you couldn't make a connection:
Serial.println("connection failed");
}
}
This is all pseudo code and untried. I need to order my Wifi Shield..
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