No More Hard Coding of SSID and Password: ESP8266 and Blynk

Need Help With My Project
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// Roger Yacobucci 10/05/2019
//
// This code avoids hard coding the SSID and password when using Blynk.
// Of course it may be applicable in other situations.

// Have your Serial Monitor open to view the feedback during the 
// connection process.

// I have tested it with the thermostate project I posted earlier
// and it works great.  No more hard coding the SSID and password.
// This enables me to share my code and hardware without knowing
// a person's WiFi credentials. 

//Rui and our group (RandomNerd)  have provided a lot of this code; appreciated.
//I think the additional code I have incorporated will be of some value
//to our members especially when using Blynk in conjunction with ESPxxxx.

// Import required libraries
#include <Arduino.h>
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <WiFiManager.h>
#include <Hash.h>
#include <Adafruit_Sensor.h>
#include <BlynkSimpleEsp8266.h>
#include "blynk.h"
#include <DHT.h>

//Blynk Authorization
//This code is provided by Blynk and is specific to your Blynk application.
char auth[] = "Your Blynk Aurthorization Code";

// Network credentials
const char* ssid;
const char* pass;



 // In the event that the hardware looses internet connection restore all Widget 
 // values based on the last values stored on the server.
 BLYNK_CONNECTED()
 {
  Blynk.syncAll();
 }

 //Add your additional Blynk commands





void setup() {
  
  
  // Serial port for debugging purposes
  Serial.begin(115200);

  // WiFiManager local initialization.
  WiFiManager wifiManager;

  // Uncomment and run it once, if you want to erase all the stored information
  // wifiManager.resetSettings();
  
  // Reads the ssid and password from ESP8266 EEPROM and tries to connect to WiFi
  //    If a valid ssid and password exits it will connect automatically and start an 
  //    access point.
  //
  //    If no valid ssid and password exist the "AutoConnectAP" application waits 
  //    for the user to configure the WiFi connection.  The user needs to go to 
  //    the WiFi connection settings on their phone or computer to configure 
  //    the connection.
  //
  // Once the WiFi connection is configured correctly the ESP8266 will connect.
  wifiManager.autoConnect("AutoConnectAP");

  // Store the network credentials as a const char* and then initialize Blynk
  ssid = WiFi.SSID().c_str();
  pass = WiFi.psk().c_str();
  Blynk.begin(auth, ssid, pass);
  
  //
}//End of void setup()
 

}

void loop() {
  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:

}```
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Please edit your post to add triple backticks at the beginning and end of your code so that it displays correctly.
Triple backticks look like this:
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This is straightforward WiFiManager code and doesn’t even allow inputting of Blynk Auth codes via the captive portal, so I’m not sure of its value to forum members; but who knows.

Anyone looking for more info on using WiFiManager with Blynk should take a look here:

Pete.

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The problem I was trying to resolve was connecting to Blynk server without hardcoding the SSID and Password into the program. I had to pass that information and this was my solution.

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Yes, I realise that.
A quick search of the forum would have revealed hundreds of other forum users who faced the same issue, and that of not wanting to hard-code the Blynk Auth code as well, who are also using either WiFiManager or Blynk dynamic provisioning.

Pete.

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Hey Pete,

I appreciate your responses but I did search the forums and examples. To tell you the truth it was very frustrating. I could not find any examples as eloquent and simple as the one I posted.

I just also went to the Blynk docs and could not find anything about dynamic provisioning. Yes it may be in forums or examples but where is a structured document on it?

Again thanks for taking the time to respond.

Regards,

Roger

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Dear Roger
Many thanks for your support and help
many users searching for this solution, and you deserved to thank you for this effort
keep going, i will try your solution and feed you back
i am interested for this issues not to make ssid and password instead the code for ESP8266
Thanks

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You can try blynk edgent.

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not working for esp8266 specially for
BLYNK_PARAM_KV(“ssid” , BLYNK_WIFI_SSID)
BLYNK_PARAM_KV(“pass” , BLYNK_WIFI_PASS)
BLYNK_PARAM_KV(“auth” , BLYNK_AUTH_TOKEN)
have errors !!

and i need also to add my simple (on-off) code and don’t know how and where to put it ??

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I’d suggest that you start a new "need help with my project " topic and provide as much details as possible.