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Meshtastic Python API Documentation
To send commands from a Python script to a web server, you can use HTTP requests. The requests library is a popular and user-friendly option for making HTTP calls in Python. For example, you can send a POST request with data to a specific URL:
import requests
data = {"key": "value"} response = requests.post("http://example.com/api", data=data)
Alternatively, you can use the built-in urllib module, though requests is generally preferred for its simplicity and readability.
For sending data from a Raspberry Pi to a web server, you can use tools like curl in a cron job to periodically send data from a Python script to a server endpoint. For instance:
curl -X POST -d "$(python /path/to/script.py)" http://example.com/receive.php
This approach allows the script to output data, which is then sent to the server via HTTP POST.
If you are building a web server in Python to receive commands, you can use the http.server module to create a simple server that handles incoming requests. For example, a basic server can be started with:
python3 -m http.server 8000
This starts a server on port 8000, accessible via http://localhost:8000. You can extend this server to process incoming commands by defining custom request handlers using BaseHTTPRequestHandler.
For more advanced use cases, frameworks like Flask or Django can be used to create robust web servers capable of handling complex command logic and data processing.