I’ve just started using Blynk, but I am unclear on how Webhook works. Can I send push data from the hardware directly to a URL, or does it have to go to the App first?
I’ve been using ESP8266 to send data to Pushingbox as a GET http request, which in turn sends the data to Google Forms as a GET https request. The data is then automatically added to a Google Sheet. I’d like to be able to simplify this and send data directly from hardware to Google Forms via URL. Can data to be pushed to my Google Sheets without having to go through the App?
If you sent direct from the hardware it wouldn’t be using Blynk’s Webhook widget.
Your Pushingbox reference is probably similar to the Zapier system mentioned in this thread i.e. data gets into Google Sheet via a 3rd party (4th party if you count Blynk as the 3rd party).
I did, that’s why I was wondering if it was possible to send data direct from hardware to URL because from what I was reading, I didn’t see it explicitly stated that it was possible but wondered if there was some way to do so.
@Dmitriy just sent 15 or 16 sets of data to Google sheets from my Webhook button and your server doesn’t look to have blocked me for spamming so all looks good. You might want to check the logs at your side to be sure.
Is there any way for Blynkers to build the server jar from the master branch (Studio to jar?) so we can check logs at our side before you push each release of the server?
@Costas Hello all,
I am the author of the HTTPSRedirect library. In case you have any questions, please check out the github page and open a new “issue” there. I have also launched version 2 of the library. Please see the readme for the details and use this only in future projects. I’ll plot free heap and stack from ESP8266 in Google Sheets.
Coming up: a more featured and simpler interface into Google sheets for more devices or general linux scripts running on something like Raspberry Pi, Particle, etc.