ESP8266 WebServer with Authentication - thought this would be easy

Hi, All. thought this would be easy.
Trying to combine two sketches. A basic webserver with two button that turn LED's on/off and the HTTPAvancedAuth example from the arduino IDE. The problem appears to be these...

The Auth sketch uses this
ESP8266WebServer server(90);
and the server sketch uses this.
WiFiServer server(90);

only one can be used to listen to the port, but without ESP8266Webserver, HTTP auth will not work.

HTTPAdvancedAuth sketch...

#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <ESP8266mDNS.h>
#include <ArduinoOTA.h>
#include <ESP8266WebServer.h>

#ifndef STASSID
#define STASSID "your-ssid"
#define STAPSK  "your-password"
#endif

const char* ssid = STASSID;
const char* password = STAPSK;

ESP8266WebServer server(90);

const char* www_username = "admin";
const char* www_password = "esp8266";
// allows you to set the realm of authentication Default:"Login Required"
const char* www_realm = "Custom Auth Realm";
// the Content of the HTML response in case of Unautherized Access Default:empty
String authFailResponse = "Authentication Failed";

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);
  WiFi.mode(WIFI_STA);
  WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
  if (WiFi.waitForConnectResult() != WL_CONNECTED) {
    Serial.println("WiFi Connect Failed! Rebooting...");
    delay(1000);
    ESP.restart();
  }
  ArduinoOTA.begin();

  server.on("/", []() {
    if (!server.authenticate(www_username, www_password))
      //Basic Auth Method with Custom realm and Failure Response
      //return server.requestAuthentication(BASIC_AUTH, www_realm, authFailResponse);
      //Digest Auth Method with realm="Login Required" and empty Failure Response
      //return server.requestAuthentication(DIGEST_AUTH);
      //Digest Auth Method with Custom realm and empty Failure Response
      //return server.requestAuthentication(DIGEST_AUTH, www_realm);
      //Digest Auth Method with Custom realm and Failure Response
    {
      return server.requestAuthentication(DIGEST_AUTH, www_realm, authFailResponse);
    }
    server.send(200, "text/plain", "Login OK");
  });
  server.begin();

  Serial.print("Open http://");
  Serial.print(WiFi.localIP());
  Serial.println("/ in your browser to see it working");
}

void loop() {
  ArduinoOTA.handle();
  server.handleClient();
}

Here is the combined sketch.

The line that reads WiFiClient client = server.client(); origianlly read WiFiClient client = server.available(); it returned an error ' has no member named 'available'.

So I thought to try using both port assignments from both sketches together.

ESP8266WebServer server(90);
WiFiServer server(90);.

and of course there was a conflict with the name "server" so I changed one, was able to compile but as expected was unable to connect at all... no auth or page.

I see that each one assigns the port using different libraries. looking at the cpp files it made sense to try WiFiClient client = server.client(); and it works but with problems.

#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <ESP8266mDNS.h>
#include <ArduinoOTA.h>
#include <ESP8266WebServer.h>

#ifndef STASSID
#define STASSID "linksys"
#define STAPSK  "abc123"
#endif

const char* ssid = STASSID;
const char* password = STAPSK;

// Variable to store the HTTP request
String header;

// Auxiliar variables to store the current output state
String output5State = "off";
String output4State = "off";

// Assign output variables to GPIO pins
const int output5 = 5;
const int output4 = 4;

// Current time
unsigned long currentTime = millis();
// Previous time
unsigned long previousTime = 0;
// Define timeout time in milliseconds (example: 2000ms = 2s)
const long timeoutTime = 2000;

ESP8266WebServer server(90);
//WiFiServer server(90);

const char* www_username = "admin";
const char* www_password = "admin";
// allows you to set the realm of authentication Default:"Login Required"
const char* www_realm = "Custom Auth Realm";
// the Content of the HTML response in case of Unautherized Access Default:empty
String authFailResponse = "Authentication Failed";

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);
  // Initialize the output variables as outputs
  pinMode(output5, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(output4, OUTPUT);
  // Set outputs to LOW
  digitalWrite(output5, HIGH);
  digitalWrite(output4, HIGH);
  WiFi.mode(WIFI_STA);
  WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
  if (WiFi.waitForConnectResult() != WL_CONNECTED) {
    Serial.println("WiFi Connect Failed! Rebooting...");
    delay(1000);
    ESP.restart();
  }
  ArduinoOTA.begin();

  server.on("/", []() {
    if (!server.authenticate(www_username, www_password))
      //Basic Auth Method with Custom realm and Failure Response
      //return server.requestAuthentication(BASIC_AUTH, www_realm, authFailResponse);
      //Digest Auth Method with realm="Login Required" and empty Failure Response
      //return server.requestAuthentication(DIGEST_AUTH);
      //Digest Auth Method with Custom realm and empty Failure Response
      //return server.requestAuthentication(DIGEST_AUTH, www_realm);
      //Digest Auth Method with Custom realm and Failure Response
    {
      return server.requestAuthentication(DIGEST_AUTH, www_realm, authFailResponse);
    }
     // server.send(200, "text/plain", "Login OK");
  });
  delay(500);
  server.begin();

  Serial.print("Open http://");
  Serial.print(WiFi.localIP());
  Serial.println("/ in your browser to see it working");

}

void loop() {
  ArduinoOTA.handle();
  server.handleClient();

  
  WiFiClient client = server.client();   // Listen for incoming clients

  if (client) {                             // If a new client connects,
    Serial.println("New Client.");          // print a message out in the serial port
    String currentLine = "";                // make a String to hold incoming data from the client
    currentTime = millis();
    previousTime = currentTime;
    while (client.connected() && currentTime - previousTime <= timeoutTime) { // loop while the client's connected
      currentTime = millis();
      if (client.available()) {             // if there's bytes to read from the client,
        char c = client.read();             // read a byte, then
        Serial.write(c);                    // print it out the serial monitor
        header += c;
        if (c == '\n') {                    // if the byte is a newline character
          // if the current line is blank, you got two newline characters in a row.
          // that's the end of the client HTTP request, so send a response:
          if (currentLine.length() == 0) {
            // HTTP headers always start with a response code (e.g. HTTP/1.1 200 OK)
            // and a content-type so the client knows what's coming, then a blank line:
            client.println("HTTP/1.1 200 OK");
            client.println("Content-type:text/html");
            client.println("Connection: close");
            client.println();

            // turns the GPIOs on and off
            if (header.indexOf("GET /5/on") >= 0) {
              Serial.println("GPIO 5 on");
              output5State = "on";
              digitalWrite(output5, LOW);
            } else if (header.indexOf("GET /5/off") >= 0) {
              Serial.println("GPIO 5 off");
              output5State = "off";
              digitalWrite(output5, HIGH);
            } else if (header.indexOf("GET /4/on") >= 0) {
              Serial.println("GPIO 4 on");
              output4State = "on";
              digitalWrite(output4, LOW);
            } else if (header.indexOf("GET /4/off") >= 0) {
              Serial.println("GPIO 4 off");
              output4State = "off";
              digitalWrite(output4, HIGH);
            }

            // Display the HTML web page
            client.println("<!DOCTYPE html><html>");
            client.println("<head><meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1\">");
            client.println("<link rel=\"icon\" href=\"data:,\">");
            // CSS to style the on/off buttons
            // Feel free to change the background-color and font-size attributes to fit your preferences
            client.println("<style>html { font-family: Helvetica; display: inline-block; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center;}");
            client.println(".button { background-color: #195B6A; border: none; color: white; padding: 16px 40px;");
            client.println("text-decoration: none; font-size: 30px; margin: 2px; cursor: pointer;}");
            client.println(".button2 {background-color: #77878A;}</style></head>");

            // Web Page Heading
            client.println("<body><h1>ESP8266 Web Server</h1>");

            // Display current state, and ON/OFF buttons for GPIO 5
            client.println("<p>GPIO 5 - State " + output5State + "</p>");
            // If the output5State is off, it displays the ON button
            if (output5State == "off") {
              client.println("<p><a href=\"/5/on\"><button class=\"button\">ON</button></a></p>");
            } else {
              client.println("<p><a href=\"/5/off\"><button class=\"button button2\">OFF</button></a></p>");
            }

            // Display current state, and ON/OFF buttons for GPIO 4
            client.println("<p>GPIO 4 - State " + output4State + "</p>");
            // If the output4State is off, it displays the ON button
            if (output4State == "off") {
              client.println("<p><a href=\"/4/on\"><button class=\"button\">ON</button></a></p>");
            } else {
              client.println("<p><a href=\"/4/off\"><button class=\"button button2\">OFF</button></a></p>");
            }
            client.println("</body></html>");

            // The HTTP response ends with another blank line
            client.println();
            // Break out of the while loop
            break;
          } else { // if you got a newline, then clear currentLine
            currentLine = "";
          }
        } else if (c != '\r') {  // if you got anything else but a carriage return character,
          currentLine += c;      // add it to the end of the currentLine
        }
      }
    }
    // Clear the header variable
    header = "";
    // Close the connection
    client.stop();
    Serial.println("Client disconnected.");
    Serial.println("");
  }
}
  • in firefox/PC - auth works - buttons work - but LED state change only when page refreshes - has error "Not found: /5/on." in upper left corner of page

  • in firefox/android - auth not working - goes straight to buttons - buttons work most times but sometimes also needs page refresh and has same error. Not found: /5/on.

it makes more sense that WiFiClient client = server.available(); is able to call 'available' from the original library of webserver with the buttons sketch.

Any help will be great

Is it possible to add the member 'available' to ESP8266WebServer library?