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Utility
Ethernet Server
This library enables the creation of a server that listens for incoming connections on the specified port.
EthernetServer()
- Description
- Constructor to create a server.
- Syntax (Example)
- EthernetServer server(uint16_t port)
- Parameters
- The port to listen on (uint16_t)
begin
- Description
- Tells the server to begin listening for incoming connections.
- Syntax
- server.begin()
- Parameters
- None
- Returns
- None
available
- Description
- Gets a client that is connected to the server and has data available for reading. The connection persists when the returned client object goes out of scope.
- Syntax
- server.available()
- Parameters
- None
- Returns
- Returns a Client object; if no Client has data available for reading, this object will evaluate to false in an if-statement.
write
- Description
- Write data to all the clients connected to a server. This data is sent as a byte or series of bytes.
- Syntax
- server.write(val)
server.write(buf, len) - Parameters
- val: A value to send as a single byte (byte or char)
buf: An array to send as a series of bytes (byte or char)
len: The length of the buffer - Returns
- Byte
write() returns the number of bytes written. It is not necessary to read this.
- Description
- Print data to all the clients connected to a server. Prints numbers as a sequence of digits, each an ASCII character (i.e. the number 123 is sent as the three characters '1', '2', '3').
- Syntax
- server.print(data)
server.print(data, BASE) - Parameters
- data: The data to print (char, byte, int, long, or string)
BASE (optional): The base in which to print numbers: BIN for binary (base 2), DEC for decimal (base 10), OCT for octal (base 8), HEX for hexadecimal (base 16) - Returns
- Byte
print() will return the number of bytes written, though reading that number is optional.
println
- Description
- Print data, followed by a newline, to all the clients connected to a server. Prints numbers as a sequence of digits, each an ASCII character (i.e. the number 123 is sent as the three characters '1', '2', '3').
- Syntax
- server.println()
server.println(data)
server.println(data, BASE) - Parameters
- data (optional): The data to print (char, byte, int, long, or string)
BASE (optional): The base in which to print numbers: BIN for binary (base 2), DEC for decimal (base 10), OCT for octal (base 8), HEX for hexadecimal (base 16) - Returns
- Byte
println() will return the number of bytes written, though reading that number is optional.
Sample Program
Sample for the Ethernet server library. The server returns to a client the result of analogRead A0-A5.
#include <Arduino.h>
#include <Ethernet.h>
// Enter a MAC address and IP address for your controller below.
// The IP address will be dependent on your local network:
byte mac[] = {
0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0xFE, 0xED
};
// Initialize the Ethernet server library
// with the IP address and port you want to use
// (port 80 is default for HTTP):
EthernetServer server(80);
void setup() {
// Open serial communications and wait for port to open:
Serial.begin(9600);
while (!Serial.available()) ; // wait to press key
// start the Ethernet connection and the server:
Ethernet.begin(mac);
server.begin();
Serial.print("server is at ");
Serial.println(Ethernet.localIP());
}
void loop() {
// listen for incoming clients
EthernetClient client = server.available();
if (client) {
Serial.println("new client");
// an http request ends with a blank line
boolean currentLineIsBlank = true;
while (client.connected()) {
if (client.available()) {
char c = client.read();
Serial.write(c);
// if you've gotten to the end of the line (received a newline
// character) and the line is blank, the http request has ended,
// so you can send a reply
if (c == '\n' && currentLineIsBlank) {
// send a standard http response header
client.println("HTTP/1.1 200 OK");
client.println("Content-Type: text/html");
client.println("Connection: close"); // the connection will be closed after completion of the response
client.println("Refresh: 5"); // refresh the page automatically every 5 sec
client.println();
client.println("");
client.println("");
// output the value of each analog input pin
for (int analogChannel = 0; analogChannel < 6; analogChannel++) {
int sensorReading = analogRead(analogChannel);
client.print("analog input ");
client.print(analogChannel);
client.print(" is ");
client.print(sensorReading);
client.println("
");
}
client.println("");
break;
}
if (c == '\n') {
// you're starting a new line
currentLineIsBlank = true;
}
else if (c != '\r') {
// you've gotten a character on the current line
currentLineIsBlank = false;
}
}
}
// give the web browser time to receive the data
delay(1);
// close the connection:
client.stop();
Serial.println("client disconnected");
}
}