Retry failed HTTP connections in cheerlights.py
As discussed on the cheerlights.py example was stalling on the first HTTP request.
I have added a timeout in this case, so the code will stop waiting and retry after the 60second polling wait period. Users report this does the trick!
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import time
import picowireless
from micropython import const
-WIFI_SSID = "your SSID here!"
+WIFI_SSID = "Your SSID here!"
WIFI_PASS = "Your PSK here!"
CLOUDFLARE_DNS = (1, 1, 1, 1)
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def connect(host_address, port, client_sock, timeout=1000):
return False
-def http_request(client_sock, host_address, port, request_host, request_path, handler):
+def http_request(client_sock, host_address, port, request_host, request_path, handler, timeout=5000):
print("Connecting to {1}.{2}.{3}.{4}:{0}...".format(port, *host_address))
if not connect(host_address, port, client_sock):
print("Connection failed!")
@@ -46,7 +46,14 @@ Connection: close
picowireless.send_data(client_sock, http_request)
+ t_start = time.time()
+
while True:
+ if time.time() - t_start > timeout:
+ picowireless.client_stop(client_sock)
+ print("HTTP request to {}:{} timed out...".format(host_address, port))
+ return False
+
avail_length = picowireless.avail_data(client_sock)
if avail_length > 0:
break
