How to load net module without autosetup

[albham]

Hello,

I am starting with Moddable SDK on ESP32.

Looking at the examples (wificonnection) I see that you can load the "wifi" module and manage the connection
by including "$(MODDABLE)/modules/network/wifi/manifest.json".

But the only way to load the "net" module seems to be including "$(MODDABLE)/examples/manifest_net.json",
which also loads setup/network which tries to make the Wifi connection on startup.

So, I was wondering if there is a manifest to include that would allow access to "net" without the setup/network.

Thank you

Alberto

[phoddie]

I am starting with Moddable SDK on ESP32.

Welcome!

It sounds like you want to manage the Wi-Fi connection yourself, instead of having the Moddable SDK auto-connect at start-up. There are two ways to do that:

1. Do not provide the ssid and password on the command line. To build, use a command line like mcconfig -d -m -p esp32 instead of mcconfig -d -m -p esp32 ssid="foo" password=bar". Or, if you are defining the ssid and password in your project manifests config section, omit those. In both cases, network/setup will see no credentials so it will not try to connect.
2. Remove the setup/network module from your project using exclude feature of the manifest (~ ). In your projects manifest's modules section add:

	"modules": {
		"~": [
			"$(BUILD)/devices/esp32/setup/network"
		],
		...
	}

But the only way to load the "net" module seems to be including "$(MODDABLE)/examples/manifest_net.json",
which also loads setup/network which tries to make the Wifi connection on startup.

This isn't quite correct. Including "manifest_net.json" is recommended as it is portable and maintained. The modules that need to include vary by platform and potentially over time as the implementation evolves. Including "manifest_net.json" should always work. But, you can merge the relevant information from "manifest_net.json" into your project's manifest instead, including only those modules that you need. This is more work than the two approaches described above.

[albham]

Hello,

option 2 woks fine for me.

Thank you