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Here is the code if it helps to answer my issue :slight_smile:


#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
const int trigPin = D5;
const int echoPin = D6;
long duration;
int distance; 
float level;
const char* ssid = "xxxxx"; 
const char* password = "xxxxxxxxxxx";
void send_event(const char *event);
const char *host = "maker.ifttt.com";
const char *privateKey = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";
WiFiServer server(80);
void setup() {
 pinMode(trigPin, OUTPUT);
 pinMode(echoPin, INPUT);
 Serial.begin(9600);
 Serial.print("Connecting to Wifi Network");
 Serial.println(ssid);
 WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
 while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
 delay(500);
 Serial.print(".");
 }
 Serial.println("");
 Serial.println("Successfully connected to WiFi.");
 Serial.println("IP address is : ");
 Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());
 server.begin();
 Serial.println("Server started");
}
void loop() {
  digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW);
  delayMicroseconds(2);
  digitalWrite(trigPin, HIGH);
  delayMicroseconds(10);
  digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW);
  duration = pulseIn(echoPin, HIGH);
  distance = duration * 0.0340 / 2;
  Serial.println("Distance");
  Serial.println(distance);
  delay(1000);
  WiFiClient client = server.available();
  if (client) 
{ 
Serial.println("Web Client connected ");
String request = client.readStringUntil('\r'); 
client.println("HTTP/1.1 200 OK");
client.println("Content-Type: text/html");
client.println("Refresh: 10");  // update the page after 10 sec
client.println();
client.println("<!DOCTYPE HTML>");
client.println("<html>");
client.println("<style>html { font-family: Cairo; display: block; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center;color: #333333; background-color: ##f3ffee;}");
client.println("body{margin-top: 50px;}");
client.println("h1 {margin: 50px auto 30px; font-size: 50px;  text-align: center;}");
client.println(".side_adjust{display: inline-block;vertical-align: middle;position: relative;}");
client.println(".text1{font-weight: 180; padding-left: 5px; font-size: 50px; width: 170px; text-align: left; color: #3498db;}");
client.println(".data1{font-weight: 180; padding-left: 1px; font-size: 50px;color: #3498db;}");
client.println(".data{padding: 1px;}");
client.println("</style>");
client.println("</head>");
client.println("<body>");
client.println("<div id=\"webpage\">");   
client.println("<h1>Car in Garage</h1>");
client.println("<div class=\"data\">");
client.println("<div class=\"side_adjust text1\">Car home?</div>");
client.println("<div class=\"side_adjust data1\">");
if (distance<100)
  {
client.print("Yes");
}
  else{
client.print("No");
 }
client.println("</div>");
client.println("</div>");
client.println("</body>");
client.println("</html>");
//client.println("<h1>Level Indicator</h1>");
   if ( distance <= 100) {
        send_event("Car_in_garage");
        }
   else 
        send_event("Car_not_in_garage");
} 
}
void send_event(const char *event)
{
  Serial.print("Connecting to "); 
  Serial.println(host);
  // Use WiFiClient class to create TCP connections
  WiFiClient client;
  const int httpPort = 80;
  if (!client.connect(host, httpPort)) {
    Serial.println("Connection failed");
    return;
  }
  // We now create a URI for the request
  String url = "/trigger/";
  url += event;
  url += "/with/key/";
  url += privateKey;
  Serial.print("Requesting URL: ");
  Serial.println(url);
  // This will send the request to the server
  client.print(String("GET ") + url + " HTTP/1.1\r\n" +
               "Host: " + host + "\r\n" + 
               "Connection: close\r\n\r\n");
  while(client.connected())
  {
    if(client.available())
    {
      String line = client.readStringUntil('\r');
      Serial.print(line);
    } else {
      // No data yet, wait a bit
      delay(60000);
    };
  }


}