Can the Bangle 2 make webrequests?

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Posted at 2022-07-28 by user147333

I bought the first Bangle thinking it'd be very easy to create an app that would send http requests to a web server I wrote so I could easily control stuff.

I didn't even think to question the assumption that a device like this would be able to make web requests would however when I started and couldn't see an easy way to do so I saw a threads about this missing functionality ( like http://forum.espruino.com/conversations/343427/)

Is this available now without having to code companion/bridging apps ?

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Posted at 2022-07-28 by @fanoush

see https://www.espruino.com/Gadgetbridge#http-requests

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Posted at 2022-07-29 by @gfwilliams

As @fanoush says it's available with the Bangle.js Gadgetbridge app right now - I'll update that thread.

I've also updated the docs, as with recent Android Integration it's as easy as:

Bangle.http("https://pur3.co.uk/hello.txt").then(data=>{
  console.log("Got ",data);
});

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Posted at 2022-07-29 by user147333

Excellent - @gfwilliams I'm struggling to find anything on for example sending post requests / message body data in the docs, is that possible?

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Posted at 2022-08-01 by @gfwilliams

I'm afraid there's nothing implemented right now - I really just wanted to get something in there so we could get internet access as soon as possible.

I've just added something to the Gadgetbridge build (gfwilliams/Gadgetbridge@4cd53fa) - but I'm only working on and off this and next week and I don't want to push something live to everyone yet in case it (or other Gadgetbridge changes pulled in at the same time) breaks things and I don't have time to revert it.

But you could build it yourself or install the attached file - and then you'll need Android Integration 0v15 from the development app store too. After that, stuff like:

Bangle.http("https://...",{method:"post",body:"...",headers:{a:1}}).then(data=>{
  console.log("Got ",data);
});

should work.

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Attachments:

• app-banglejs-debug.apk

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Posted at 2022-08-02 by Tx

What about sending data as GET requests? I haven't tried the feature yet, but I suppose it should work?

Bangle.http("https://pur3.co.uk/?text=hello").then(data=>{
  console.log("Got ",data);
});

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Posted at 2022-08-04 by @gfwilliams

I believe so, yes