Help with GET request?

Which Aduino do you have?, who is the LCD attached to it?

Mark

Uno R3, the lcd is here: Serial Enabled 16x2 LCD - White on Black 5V - LCD-09395 - SparkFun Electronics

Does the "phone call" thing work correctly when you perform the identical GET request from the browser?

You sketch prints out the response to the HTTP GET request. Does that show the same response you get when you used the browser to do the GET?

I think you should be using softSerial on pins other than 0+1, so that you can use Serial for debugging.

Mark

Please post all of the response you get from the sketch.

So the response is totally correct. It does not show the output of the GET request. The GET request DOES work in a browser. The response serial is just successful and then it says Great success!

TheSpy7:
So the response is totally correct. It does not show the output of the GET request. The GET request DOES work in a browser. The response serial is just successful and then it says Great success!

How do you know the response is correct, if you haven't seen it?

This code looks as if it prints the response to the serial monitor:

  while (client.connected() || client.available()) { //connected or data available
    char c = client.read(); //gets byte from ethernet buffer
    Serial.print(c); //prints byte to serial monitor 
  }

Why is there no output from that code?

See, that's the problem. I have no idea why! It goes through and says "success" or whatever, but never ACTUALLY sends the GET request!

TheSpy7:
See, that's the problem. I have no idea why! It goes through and says "success" or whatever, but never ACTUALLY sends the GET request!

Well, I don't know whether it's sending it or not, and I don't suppose you do either.

You need to sort out sendGET() so it tells you what actually happened during the process of sending the request and receiving the response. So far you haven't posted any evidence to prove that the function is even being called at all.

Its not sending it, but it acts like it did send it successfully. I will try to see what debug I can get.

Are you using a proxy?

If you can get nc (or netcat) working on your system you can echo the messages sent to a local port, e.g.

nc -l 8000

[edit] Then change your parameters to connect to localhost your system's IP address port 8000 and see what happens.

spatula:
Are you using a proxy?

If you can get nc (or netcat) working on your system you can echo the messages sent to a local port, e.g.

nc -l 8000

Then change your parameters to connect to localhost port 8000 and see what happens.

Eh, not interested. I just want to know why the current code doesn't work.

It is required that you start the ethernet connection with Ethernet.begin(mac). You mention it with a comment, but never start it. I added it below.

void setup()
{
  // start the serial library:
  Serial.begin(9600);
  // set display brightness
  Serial.write(0x7C);
  Serial.write(157);
  // set screen size in case LCD gets derpy...
  Serial.write(0xFE);
  Serial.write(6);
  Serial.write(0xFE);
  Serial.write(4);
  delay(4000);

  // start the Ethernet connection:
  if(!Ethernet.begin(mac)) Serial.println("ethernet failed");
  else Serial.println(Ethernet.localIP());

  // set up soft reset button
  ////attachInterrupt(0, softReset, CHANGE);
  // clear screen
  clearDisplay();
}

TheSpy7:
Eh, not interested. I just want to know why the current code doesn't work.

Fine. I took the liberty of modifying my original suggestion because it was wrong.

Perhaps you might be more interested in persistent connections under HTTP/1.0.

TheSpy7:
See, that's the problem. I have no idea why! It goes through and says "success" or whatever, but never ACTUALLY sends the GET request!

Your code:

 if (client.connect(serverName, 80)) {  //starts client connection, checks for connection
    Serial.println("connected");

Do you see "connected"?

Later:

  Serial.println();
  Serial.println("disconnecting.");
  Serial.println("==================");
  Serial.println();
  client.stop(); //stop client

Do you see "disconnecting"?

Don't just vaguely describe what you see. Copy and paste it.

Christ, I apologise, I just need a solution!

"Apology accepted, Captain Needa".

Now what I need is for you to copy and paste your output.

Tweaked the code a bit. Here is new output followed by new code.

|þþþþþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þÀ1þþ?Phone number:þÀ1þþ?Phone number:þÀ1þþ?Phone number:þÀ11þþ?Phone number:þÀ11þþ?Phone number:þÀ11þþ?Phone number:þÀ111þþ?Phone number:þÀ111þþ?Phone number:þÀ1111þþ?Phone number:þÀ1111þþ?Phone number:þÀ11111þþ?Phone number:þÀ11111þþ?Phone number:þÀ11111þþ?Phone number:þÀ111111þþ?Phone number:þÀ111111þþ?Phone number:þÀ111111þþ?Phone number:þÀ1111111þþ?Phone number:þÀ1111111þþ?Phone number:þÀ11111111þþ?Phone number:þÀ11111111þþ?Phone number:þÀ11111111þþ?Phone number:þÀ111111111þþ?Phone number:þÀ111111111þþ?Phone number:þÀ111111111þþ?Trolling option:þþ?Trolling option:þþ?Trolling option:þþ?Trolling option:þþ?Trolling option:þÀRickrollþþ?Connecting...connection failed


disconnecting.
==================

þÀGreat Success!þ?þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:þþ?Phone number:
#include <SPI.h>
#include <Ethernet.h>
#include <Keypad.h>
#include <EthernetClient.h>
const byte ROWS = 4;
const byte COLS = 3;
const int DELAY_VAL = 2;
const int MAX_SHIFT_VAL = 1023;
int buttonState = 0; // soft reset button state
String phoneNumber = "";
String clip = "";

char keys[ROWS][COLS] = {
   {'1','2','3'}
  ,{'4','5','6'}
  ,{'7','8','9'}
  ,{'*','0','#'}
}; // map out the keys

// map out the pins
byte rowPins[ROWS] = {5,6,7,8};
byte colPins[COLS] = {2,3,4};

Keypad keypad = Keypad(makeKeymap(keys), rowPins, colPins, ROWS, COLS);

byte mac[] = { 0x90, 0xA2, 0xDA, 0x04, 0x00, 0x8D }; //physical mac address
byte subnet[] = {255,255,255,0};
byte gateway[] = {192,168,1,1};
char server[] = "www.api.tropo.com"; // zoomkat's test web page server

// instantiate a network client
EthernetClient client;

void setup()
{
  // start the serial library:
  Serial.begin(9600);
  // set display brightness
  Serial.write(0x7C);
  Serial.write(157);
  // set screen size in case LCD gets derpy...
  Serial.write(0xFE);
  Serial.write(6);
  Serial.write(0xFE);
  Serial.write(4);
  delay(4000);
  Ethernet.begin(mac, subnet, gateway);
  
  // start the Ethernet connection:
  // set up soft reset button

  ////attachInterrupt(0, softReset, CHANGE);
  // clear screen
  clearDisplay();
}

void loop()
{
  ////digitalWrite(softResetPin, LOW);
  // read the state of the reset button value:
  
  
  // check if the pushbutton is pressed (HIGH)
  
  
  delay(70); // delay loop to keep the LCD from redrawing stuff too much
  
 
  
  char keyPressed = keypad.getKey(); // need to check press selection on keypad

  if (keyPressed)
  {
    if (keyPressed == '#') // # and * are reveresed for some reason
    {
      clearDisplay();
      selectFirstLine();
      Serial.print("THE GAME");
      delay(500);
    }
    else if (keyPressed == '*')
    {
      clearDisplay();
      selectFirstLine();
      Serial.print("i said wut wut");
      selectSecondLine();
      Serial.print("in the *");
      delay(1000);
    }
    else
    {
      // check for complete number
      if (phoneNumber.length() == 10)
      {
        selectSecondLine();
        // determine which sound clip to play
        switch (keyPressed) 
        {
        case '1':
          Serial.print("Rickroll");
          clip = "dfs";
          break;
        case '2':
          Serial.print("Nyan Cat");
          clip = "fds";
          break;
        case '3':
          Serial.print("Still Alive");
          clip = "fds";
          break;
        case '4':
          Serial.print("Hurr Durr");
          clip = "dfsfds";
          break;
        case '5':
          Serial.print("Heyyeahyeah");
          clip = "sdf";
          break;
        case '6':
          Serial.print("Friday");
          clip = "sfd";
          break;
        case '7':
          Serial.print("Tiny Tim");
          clip = "dfs";
          break;
        case '8':
          Serial.print("Banana Phone"); // OH GOD WHAT HAVE I DONE
          clip = "fsd";
          break;
        case '9':
          Serial.print("Britney Rant");
          clip = "dsf";
          break;
        }
        
        delay(3000);
      }
      else
      {
        phoneNumber = phoneNumber + keyPressed;
      }
    }
  }
  else
  {
    clearDisplay();
    if (phoneNumber.length() == 10)
    {
      if (clip == "")
      {
        selectFirstLine();
        Serial.print("Trolling option:");
      }
      else
      {
        selectFirstLine();
        Serial.print("Connecting...");
        // proceed to lulz
        sendGET();
        delay(10000);
        // close connection to ensure proper re-connect
        client.stop();
        selectSecondLine();
          Serial.print("Great Success!");
          selectFirstLine();
          delay(5000);
          phoneNumber = "";
          clip = "";
      }
    }
    else
    {
      selectFirstLine();
      Serial.print("Phone number:");
      
      if (phoneNumber.length() > 0)
      {
        selectSecondLine();
        Serial.print(phoneNumber);
      }
    }
  }
}

void clearDisplay() {
  Serial.write(0xFE);
  Serial.write(0x01);
}

void selectFirstLine() {
  Serial.write(0xFE);
  Serial.write(128);
   //delay(10);
}

void selectSecondLine() {
  Serial.write(0xFE);
  Serial.write(192);
}

void sendGET() //client function to send/receive GET request data.
{
  if (client.connect(server, 80)) {  //starts client connection, checks for connection
    Serial.println("connected");
    client.println("GET /1.0/sessions?action=create&token=fsdfd&number=fsdfds2 HTTP/1.0"); //download text
    client.println("Host: www.api.tropo.com");
    client.println(); //end of get request
  } 
  else {
    Serial.println("connection failed"); //error message if no client connect
    Serial.println();
  }

  while(client.connected() && !client.available()) delay(1); //waits for data
  while (client.connected() || client.available()) { //connected or data available
    char c = client.read(); //gets byte from ethernet buffer
    Serial.print(c); //prints byte to serial monitor 
  }

  Serial.println();
  Serial.println("disconnecting.");
  Serial.println("==================");
  Serial.println();
  client.stop(); //stop client

}

What I see there that is relevant is this:

Connecting...connection failed


disconnecting.

Okay. So how do I fix the problem?