Updata data on webpage without refreshing

I'm currently working on a project with an ESP32 connected with an MPU6050.

I'm reading the accelerometer and gyro values and printing them on a webpage. I'm using a soft Access Point. My issue is that the values on the webpage only update when I refresh the page and I want it to update without refreshing. I've looked at some solutions but I have a hard time understanding how to do it. I want to be able to use a power bank to power the esp32 and mpu6050 so all the code needs to be in the Arduino code? Or am I wrong there?

#include <WiFi.h>
#include <Adafruit_MPU6050.h>
#include <Adafruit_Sensor.h>
#include <Wire.h>

Adafruit_MPU6050 mpu;

// Replace with your network credentials
const char* ssid     = "Curling";
const char* password = "12345678";

// Set web server port number to 80
WiFiServer server(80);

// Variable to store the HTTP request
String header;

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);

  // Connect to Wi-Fi network with SSID and password
  Serial.print("Setting AP (Access Point)…");
  // Remove the password parameter, if you want the AP (Access Point) to be open
  WiFi.softAP(ssid, password);

  IPAddress IP = WiFi.softAPIP();
  Serial.print("AP IP address: ");
  Serial.println(IP);
  
  server.begin();

// Try to initialize!
  if (!mpu.begin()) {
    Serial.println("Failed to find MPU6050 chip");
    while (1) {
      delay(10);
    }
  }

  mpu.setAccelerometerRange(MPU6050_RANGE_2_G);
  mpu.setGyroRange(MPU6050_RANGE_250_DEG);
  mpu.setFilterBandwidth(MPU6050_BAND_5_HZ);
  Serial.println("");
  delay(100);
}

void loop(){
  WiFiClient client = server.available();   // 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
    while (client.connected()) {            // loop while the client's connected
      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();

             
        
            // 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: #4CAF50; border: none; color: white; padding: 16px 40px;");
            client.println("text-decoration: none; font-size: 30px; margin: 2px; cursor: pointer;}");
            client.println(".button2 {background-color: #555555;}</style></head>");
            
            // Web Page Heading
            client.println("<body><h1>Curling</h1>");
            
              

              
            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("");
  }
              sensors_event_t a, g, temp;
              mpu.getEvent(&a, &g, &temp);
              client.print("Ac X:");
              client.print(a.acceleration.x);
              client.print(",");
              client.print("Ac Y:");
              client.print(a.acceleration.y);
              client.print(",");
              client.print("Gy Z:");
              client.print(g.gyro.z);
              client.println("");
  delay(100);
}

A very simple solution would be to use the refresh meta tag: HTML meta http-equiv Attribute

The refresh meta tag tells the browser to refresh the page every N seconds so you don't have to do it manually. You can change this line of your current code

client.println("<head><meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1\">");

to

client.println("<head>");
client.println("<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1\">");
client.println("<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"30\>");

Another way would be AJAX, but I have no experience with it; it will still be timed as far as I understand it.

And the best way would be to let the server push the data, again no experience with it; it should allow you to push data when your data changes. Maybe something like Pushing Updates to the Web Page with HTML5 Server-Sent Events - Developer Drive. I only glanced over it; ignore the PHP stuff, it will be the page on the

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