Accessing from cloud using aREST

[varungujjar]

Hey @xoseperez is there a way I can access & control the switch from cloud using something aRest apart from MQTT

ESP8266 <-> Cloud Server ( Hosting) -> HTML / PHP (JSON)

[lobradov]

Would this help?

https://github.com/xoseperez/espurna/wiki/RESTAPI

[varungujjar]

tried that but i guess that only allows you to access using local ip .. how do I access it from the internet ( like access it from my office.) like a websocket to remote server and then using a webpage switch it on & off ? am really not got at describing things :) . but i'll try my best to explain :)

1. My internet provider does not give me access to a WAN IP
2. so does my personal shared hosting doesnt allow you to host MQTT server
3. Although I can host PHP pages
4. something where ESP POSTS payload to PHP page & a web socket that waits for GET payload to trigger the device

[xoseperez]

A few months ago I wrote an article about this topic, how to access you local devices from the Internet in a secure way. You will need some kind of local server, like a Raspberry Pi.

http://tinkerman.cat/secure-remote-access-to-your-iot-devices/

[varungujjar]

@xoseperez thank you xose pretty much helps.. :) still the setup is quite huge for a single switch.. however I was also thinking what if we could POST everytime a change occurs to a php server and use GET (every second) to poll for a change online using https .. and I can create a php script and MYSQL database that will store the state of the switches.. do you think thats safe ?

[xoseperez]

@varungujjar It might be a huge setup but it makes sense on the long run. It frees the ESP8266 in your local network from doing heavy lifting using SSL themselves. POSTing to a known service might be easy to do, polling for new actions every second using GET might be a little overkill.

[xoseperez]

Closing this since there has been no feedback. Please feel free to reopen if necessary.

Also, check #937 as it could help to configure direct access from outside your network over HTTPS.