can not upload data to thingspeak even while the data is displaying in serial moniter

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#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <DHT.h>
#include <WiFiClient.h>
#include <ESP8266WebServer.h>
String apiKey = "AAABBBCCCDDD"; // Enter your Write API key from ThingSpeak
const char *ssid = "Mattath-Fi"; // replace with your wifi ssid and wpa2 key
const char *pass = "12345678";
const char* server = "api.thingspeak.com";
#define DHTPIN 0 //pin where the dht11 is connected
DHT dht(DHTPIN, DHT11);
WiFiClient client;
void setup()
{
Serial.begin(115200);
delay(10);
dht.begin();
Serial.println("Connecting to ");
Serial.println(ssid);
WiFi.begin(ssid, pass);
while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED)
{
delay(500);
Serial.print(".");
}
Serial.println("");
Serial.println("WiFi connected");
}
void loop()
{
float h = dht.readHumidity();
float t = dht.readTemperature();
if (isnan(h) || isnan(t))
{
Serial.println("Failed to read from Sensors!");
return;
}
if (client.connect(server,80)) // "184.106.153.149" or api.thingspeak.com
{
String postStr = apiKey;
postStr +="&field1=";
postStr += String(t);
postStr +="&field2=";
postStr += String(h);
postStr += "\r\n\r\n";
client.print("POST /update HTTP/1.1\n");
client.print("Host: api.thingspeak.com\n");
client.print("Connection: close\n");
client.print("X-THINGSPEAKAPIKEY: "+apiKey+"\n");
client.print("Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\n");
client.print("Content-Length: ");
client.print(postStr.length());
client.print("\n\n");
client.print(postStr);
Serial.print("Temperature: ");
Serial.print(t);
Serial.print(" degrees Celcius, Humidity: ");
Serial.print(h);
Serial.println("%. Send to Thingspeak.");
}
client.stop();
Serial.println("Waiting...");
delay(1000);
}

Answers (1)

Christopher Stapels
Christopher Stapels on 9 Mar 2021
What are you seeing on the serial monitor?
I think the problem is that you are stopping the client before the server acknowleges the post. You could add delay before disconencting, or wait for a response.
We strongly reccomend using the ThingSpeak library by the way. It takes care of all the HTTP interactions and waiting for you.
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Ayesha Fatima
Ayesha Fatima on 23 Apr 2021
I added the thingspeak libraries and also changed delay as 30sec which was 10 at first. but still the parameters are not being posted on thingspeak
Christopher Stapels
Christopher Stapels on 23 Apr 2021
@Ayesha Fatima perhaps you culd start a new post/thread so we can help you? I would describe what you are trying to do, what you have tried, and what you see.

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