ESP8266 Light Switch + Temp Logger

So being an IoT device means that sometimes the connection must be refreshed and, while the ESP module seems to be doing an ok job of reconnecting on its own, my router isn't always up to the task. I guess I can plug in a light timer to manually power cycle my router every night, but I really think I'd like to have a manual method for triggering the relay to go along with the web interface. On my last light switch I used an arduino and was able to simply use the capacitive touch library and some tin foil and resistor to accomplish the task. My question to the community is: s there such a library available for the esp8266?