esp-idf/examples/protocols/coap_client
Mahavir Jain 7dbf01afad coap: move mbedTLS config options from component to examples
CoAP component relies on some mbedTLS crypto configuration
options, e.g. DTLS and PSK. These configuration options if
selected, have footprint impact on generic TLS examples like
https_request or https_ota as well.

Footprint of https_request example with/without change is per below:

$ ./tools/idf_size.py new_https_request.map --diff old_https_request.map

<CURRENT> MAP file: new_https_request.map
<REFERENCE> MAP file: old_https_request.map
Difference is counted as <CURRENT> - <REFERENCE>, i.e. a positive number means that <CURRENT> is larger.
Total sizes of <CURRENT>:                                                 <REFERENCE>     Difference
 DRAM .data size:   14796 bytes                                                 14796
 DRAM .bss  size:   23560 bytes                                                 23680           -120
Used static DRAM:   38356 bytes ( 142380 available, 21.2% used)                 38476           -120 (   +120 available,      +0 total)
Used static IRAM:   89045 bytes (  42027 available, 67.9% used)                 89045                (     +0 available,      +0 total)
      Flash code:  554231 bytes                                                563823          -9592
    Flash rodata:  179000 bytes                                                181224          -2224
Total image size:~ 860632 bytes (.bin may be padded larger)                    872568         -11936

This commit moves relevant config options to CoAP specific examples
and also adds some run time warnings if they are kept disabled.

Closes https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/issues/5262
2020-05-19 17:23:29 +05:30
..
main esp_netif, examples: esp_netif_init() moved into ESP_ERROR_CHECK() 2019-12-17 09:07:49 +01:00
CMakeLists.txt examples/protocols/coap: use common network component 2019-04-15 03:32:05 +00:00
Makefile examples/protocols/coap: use common network component 2019-04-15 03:32:05 +00:00
README.md coap: refactor examples, stylistic cleanups, move certs to independent dir 2019-08-06 10:37:41 +05:30
sdkconfig.defaults coap: move mbedTLS config options from component to examples 2020-05-19 17:23:29 +05:30

README.md

CoAP client example

(See the README.md file in the upper level 'examples' directory for more information about examples.) This CoAP client example is very simplified adaptation of one of the libcoap examples.

CoAP client example will connect your ESP32 device to a CoAP server, send off a GET request and fetch the response data from CoAP server. The client can be extended to PUT / POST / DELETE requests, as well as supporting the Observer extensions RFC7641.

If the URI is prefixed with coaps:// instead of coap://, then the CoAP client will attempt to use the DTLS protocol using the defined Pre-Shared Keys(PSK) or Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) which the CoAP server needs to know about.

If the URI is prefixed with coap+tcp://, then the CoAP will try to use TCP for the communication.

NOTE: coaps+tcp:// is not currently supported, even though both libcoap and MbedTLS support it.

The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) is a specialized web transfer protocol for use with constrained nodes and constrained networks in the Internet of Things.
The protocol is designed for machine-to-machine (M2M) applications such as smart energy and building automation.

Please refer to RFC7252 for more details.

How to use example

Configure the project

idf.py menuconfig

Example Connection Configuration --->

  • Set WiFi SSID under Example Configuration
  • Set WiFi Password under Example Configuration Example CoAP Client Configuration --->
  • Set CoAP Target Uri
  • If PSK, Set CoAP Preshared Key to use in connection to the server
  • If PSK, Set CoAP PSK Client identity (username) Component config ---> CoAP Configuration --->
    • Set encryption method definition, PSK (default) or PKI
    • Enable CoAP debugging if required

Build and Flash

Build the project and flash it to the board, then run monitor tool to view serial output:

idf.py build
idf.py -p PORT flash monitor

(To exit the serial monitor, type Ctrl-].)

See the Getting Started Guide for full steps to configure and use ESP-IDF to build projects.

Example Output

Prerequisite: we startup a CoAP server on coap server example, or use the default of coap://californium.eclipse.org.

and you could receive data from CoAP server if succeed,
such as the following log:

...
I (332) wifi: mode : sta (30:ae:a4:04:1b:7c)
I (1672) wifi: n:11 0, o:1 0, ap:255 255, sta:11 0, prof:1
I (1672) wifi: state: init -> auth (b0)
I (1682) wifi: state: auth -> assoc (0)
I (1692) wifi: state: assoc -> run (10)
I (1692) wifi: connected with huawei_cw, channel 11
I (1692) wifi: pm start, type: 1

I (2582) event: sta ip: 192.168.3.89, mask: 255.255.255.0, gw: 192.168.3.1
I (2582) CoAP_client: Connected to AP
I (2582) CoAP_client: DNS lookup succeeded. IP=104.196.15.150
Received:
************************************************************
CoAP RFC 7252                              Cf 2.0.0-SNAPSHOT
************************************************************
This server is using the Eclipse Californium (Cf) CoAP framework
published under EPL+EDL: http://www.eclipse.org/californium/

(c) 2014, 2015, 2016 Institute for Pervasive Computing, ETH Zurich and others
************************************************************
...

libcoap Documentation

This can be found at https://libcoap.net/doc/reference/4.2.0/

Troubleshooting

  • Please make sure Target Url includes valid host, optional port, optional path, and begins with coap://, coaps:// or coap+tcp:// for a coap server that supports TCP (not all do including coap+tcp://californium.eclipse.org).

  • CoAP logging can be enabled by running 'idf.py menuconfig -> Component config -> CoAP Configuration' and setting appropriate log level