Error compiling nodemcu with IFTTT webhook library

[arduin9]

Hello there,

I am working on a project that sends a notification to your phone if your plant needs watering using nodemcu and IFTTT and its app.

However, when I try to compile I get this error message :

exit status 1
Error compiling for board NodeMCU 1.0 (ESP-12E Module).

This was not highlighted in the error message but the font color was red :

C:\Users\jehad\Desktop\Documents\Arduino\libraries\ESP8266Webhook-master\ESP8266Webhook.cpp: In member function 'int Webhook::trigger(String, String, String)':
C:\Users\jehad\Desktop\Documents\Arduino\libraries\ESP8266Webhook-master\ESP8266Webhook.cpp:48:13: error: call to 'HTTPClient::begin' declared with attribute error: obsolete API, use ::begin(WiFiClient, url)
   48 |   http.begin("http://maker.ifttt.com/trigger/"+_event_name+"/with/key/"+_api_key+"?value1="+value_1+"&value2="+value_2+"&value3="+value_3);
      |   ~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

From my knowledge I think there is something wrong with the webhook library, I'm not sure.

Here is the code :

#include <ESP8266Webhook.h>
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#define _SSID "private info"      // Your WiFi SSID
#define _PASSWORD "private info"  // Your WiFi Password
#define KEY "private info"        // Webhooks Key
#define EVENT "plant_watering"      // Webhooks Event Name
Webhook webhook(KEY,EVENT);
#define sensorpin A0


void setup() {
 Serial.begin(115200);
  pinMode(LED_BUILTIN, OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, LOW);
  WiFi.mode(WIFI_STA);
  WiFi.disconnect();
  delay(1000);

  // Connect to WiFi
  Serial.println();
  Serial.println();
  Serial.print("Connecting to: ");
  Serial.println(_SSID);
  WiFi.begin(_SSID, _PASSWORD);

  while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
    delay(500);
    Serial.print("-");
  }

  Serial.println("");
  Serial.println("WiFi Connected");

  // Print the IP address
  Serial.print("Use this URL to connect: ");
  Serial.print("http://");
  Serial.print(WiFi.localIP());
  Serial.println("/");
  digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, HIGH);
}

void loop() {
analogRead(sensorpin);
if (analogRead(sensorpin)>750) {
  webhook.trigger();
}
delay(36000000);
}

Help or advice is very much appreciated.

[sterretje]

Your topic has been moved to a more suitable location on the forum. Installation and Troubleshooting is not for problems with (nor for advice on) your project See About the Installation & Troubleshooting category.

[johnwasser]

The webhook library used an older version of the ESP8266 libraries. You can fix it by passing the WiFiClient as a new first argument to HTTPClient::begin() (http.begin()).

[arduin9]

Thank you very much, the code compiled successfully.