README.md

ESPSocket: Websockets for ESP8266

This project demostrates WebSockets using the Arduino port of ESP8266. It uses some awesome projects like arduinoWebSockets and ColorChord: Embedded. I've tried to port some of the WebSockets functionality from ColorChord: Embedded to work with the Arduino port of ESP8266 It uses the SPIFFS file system on the ESP8266 to host a bunch of webpages. It also supports OTA firmware updates.

Inspired by these two awesome videos:

Note: This is a work in progress! Some things are still broken.

Requirements

• Arduino IDE from here. OTA updates will not work with 1.6.6 until this PR is merged.
• Git version of esp8266/Arduino from here

Used projects

• ColorChord: Embedded
• arduinoWebSockets
• BasicOTA Example
• FSBrowser Example

Known Issues

• For some reason, the IP address needs to be hardcoded in menuinterface.js, ws://espsocket.local:81/ or "ws://" + location.host + ":81/" does not work. Need to use var wsUri = "ws://192.168.1.5:81/";
• Unsupported commands result in loss of connection
• Drag and drop file upload results in LmacRxBlk:1, but the uplaod works
• The WiFi Settings section is still not working

Tested Hardware

• NodeMCU 0.9

Screenshots

• Uploading html and js files to the SPIFFS

• All tabs expanded

• The filesystem browser edit pane