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ThingSpeak Communication Library for Arduino, ESP8266 and ESP32
The ThingSpeak Communication Library for Arduino, ESP8266 and ESP32 enables an Arduino or other compatible hardware to write or read data to or from ThingSpeak, an open data platform for the Internet of Things with MATLAB analytics and visualization.
Link: https://github.com/mathworks/thingspeak-arduino
Installation: In the Arduino IDE, choose Sketch/Include Library/Manage Libraries. Click the ThingSpeak Library from the list, and click the Install button.
Compatible Hardware:
- Arduino/Genuino or compatible using a WiFi Shield
- Arduino/Genuino or compatible using a WiFi Shield 101 (Use the WiFi101 library version 0.13.0 or older.)
- Arduino/Genuino or compatible using an Ethernet Shield
- Arduino/Genuino or compatible using a MKR ETH Shield
- Arduino MKR1000
- Arduino MKR1010
- Arduino VIDOR 4000
- Arduino GSM 14000
- Arduino Uno WiFi Rev2
- Arduino Yún (Rev1 and Rev2)
- ESP8266 programming directly (tested with SparkFun ESP8266 Thing - Dev Board and NodeMCU 1.0 module)
- ESP8266 via AT commands
- ESP32 (tested with SparkFun ESP32 Thing)
Tutorial: https://nothans.com/thingspeak-tutorials/arduino/send-data-to-thingspeak-with-arduino
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Hello sir,
Where should I move the secrets.h file such as the one for ESP32 https://github.com/mathworks/thingspeak-arduino/tree/master/examples/ESP32/WriteSingleField
Already checked the instructions at https://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Libraries but I cannot find a method to add a bare .h -file (only .zip files).
The secrets file should be located in then same directory as the .ino file. You can create a new file in the Arduino IDE using the plus button by the tabs near the top.
Mr Chris,
How do i read a field value at a specific timestamp
The Arduino library doesn't include the ability to read a particular timestamp. We've chosen a reduced number of features to keep the footprint smaller. The best way to achieve the result you are looking for is to use the REST API call for Read Data with the start and end parameters to get the date you are interested in. There is an example in the documentation that shows how to send a REST call but its a POST. You need a GET.
Instead of these lines in that code:
client.println( "POST /update HTTP/1.1" );
client.println( "Host: api.thingspeak.com" );
client.println( "Connection: close" );
client.println( "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" );
client.println( "Content-Length: " + String( postData.length() ) );
client.println();
client.println( postData );Serial.println( postData );
Use something like this, changing the URL for your needs:
url = 'https://api.thingspeak.com/channels/9/feeds.csv?start=2011-11-11%2010:10:10&end=2011-11-11%2011:11:11"
client.println(String("GET ") + url);
Thank you Chris. you are the best.
Along with some performance improvements, the latest version of the library supports reading from multiple fields of a channel to your device with a single command.
ThingSpeak.readMultipleFields(ChannelNumber);
