Requests

Request Variables

Common Variables

request->version();       // uint8_t: 0 = HTTP/1.0, 1 = HTTP/1.1
request->method();        // enum:    HTTP_GET, HTTP_POST, HTTP_DELETE, HTTP_PUT, HTTP_PATCH, HTTP_HEAD, HTTP_OPTIONS
request->url();           // String:  URL of the request (not including host, port or GET parameters)
request->host();          // String:  The requested host (can be used for virtual hosting)
request->contentType();   // String:  ContentType of the request (not available in Handler::canHandle)
request->contentLength(); // size_t:  ContentLength of the request (not available in Handler::canHandle)
request->multipart();     // bool:    True if the request has content type "multipart"

Headers

//List all collected headers
int headers = request->headers();
int i;
for(i=0;i<headers;i++){
  const AsyncWebHeader* h = request->getHeader(i);
  Serial.printf("HEADER[%s]: %s\n", h->name().c_str(), h->value().c_str());
}

//get specific header by name
if(request->hasHeader("MyHeader")){
  const AsyncWebHeader* h = request->getHeader("MyHeader");
  Serial.printf("MyHeader: %s\n", h->value().c_str());
}

//List all collected headers (Compatibility)
int headers = request->headers();
int i;
for(i=0;i<headers;i++){
  Serial.printf("HEADER[%s]: %s\n", request->headerName(i).c_str(), request->header(i).c_str());
}

//get specific header by name (Compatibility)
if(request->hasHeader("MyHeader")){
  Serial.printf("MyHeader: %s\n", request->header("MyHeader").c_str());
}

See the Headers example here.

Path Variable

With path variable you can create a custom regex rule for a specific parameter in a route. For example we want a sensorId parameter in a route rule to match only a integer.

  server.on("^\\/sensor\\/([0-9]+)$", HTTP_GET, [] (AsyncWebServerRequest *request) {
      String sensorId = request->pathArg(0);
  });

NOTE: All regex patterns starts with ^ and ends with $

To enable the Path variable support, you have to define the buildflag -DASYNCWEBSERVER_REGEX.

For Arduino IDE create/update platform.local.txt:

Windows: C:\Users(username)\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\{espxxxx}\hardware\espxxxx\{version}\platform.local.txt

Linux: ~/.arduino15/packages/{espxxxx}/hardware/{espxxxx}/{version}/platform.local.txt

Add/Update the following line:

  compiler.cpp.extra_flags=-DASYNCWEBSERVER_REGEX

For platformio modify platformio.ini:

[env:myboard]
build_flags =
  -DASYNCWEBSERVER_REGEX

NOTE: By enabling ASYNCWEBSERVER_REGEX, <regex> will be included. This will add an 100k to your binary.

See the URIMatcher example here and URIMatcherTest example here.

GET, POST and FILE parameters

//List all parameters
int params = request->params();
for(int i=0;i<params;i++){
  AsyncWebParameter* p = request->getParam(i);
  if(p->isFile()){ //p->isPost() is also true
    Serial.printf("FILE[%s]: %s, size: %u\n", p->name().c_str(), p->value().c_str(), p->size());
  } else if(p->isPost()){
    Serial.printf("POST[%s]: %s\n", p->name().c_str(), p->value().c_str());
  } else {
    Serial.printf("GET[%s]: %s\n", p->name().c_str(), p->value().c_str());
  }
}

//Check if GET parameter exists
if(request->hasParam("download"))
  AsyncWebParameter* p = request->getParam("download");

//Check if POST (but not File) parameter exists
if(request->hasParam("download", true))
  AsyncWebParameter* p = request->getParam("download", true);

//Check if FILE was uploaded
if(request->hasParam("download", true, true))
  AsyncWebParameter* p = request->getParam("download", true, true);

//List all parameters (Compatibility)
int args = request->args();
for(int i=0;i<args;i++){
  Serial.printf("ARG[%s]: %s\n", request->argName(i).c_str(), request->arg(i).c_str());
}

//Check if parameter exists (Compatibility)
if(request->hasArg("download"))
  String arg = request->arg("download");

See the Params example here.

FILE Upload handling

void handleUpload(AsyncWebServerRequest *request, String filename, size_t index, uint8_t *data, size_t len, bool final){
  if(!index){
    Serial.printf("UploadStart: %s\n", filename.c_str());
  }
  for(size_t i=0; i<len; i++){
    Serial.write(data[i]);
  }
  if(final){
    Serial.printf("UploadEnd: %s, %u B\n", filename.c_str(), index+len);
  }
}

See the Upload example here.

Body data handling

void handleBody(AsyncWebServerRequest *request, uint8_t *data, size_t len, size_t index, size_t total){
  if(!index){
    Serial.printf("BodyStart: %u B\n", total);
  }
  for(size_t i=0; i<len; i++){
    Serial.write(data[i]);
  }
  if(index + len == total){
    Serial.printf("BodyEnd: %u B\n", total);
  }
}

If needed, the _tempObject field on the request can be used to store a pointer to temporary data (e.g. from the body) associated with the request. If assigned, the pointer will automatically be freed along with the request.

JSON body handling with ArduinoJson

Endpoints which consume JSON can use a special handler to get ready to use JSON data in the request callback:

#include "AsyncJson.h"
#include "ArduinoJson.h"

AsyncCallbackJsonWebHandler* handler = new AsyncCallbackJsonWebHandler("/rest/endpoint", [](AsyncWebServerRequest *request, JsonVariant &json) {
  JsonObject jsonObj = json.as<JsonObject>();
  // ...
});
server.addHandler(handler);

See the Json example here.

MessagePack body handling

Endpoints which consume MessagePack can use a special handler to get ready to use MessagePack data in the request callback:

#include "AsyncMessagePack.h"
#include "ArduinoJson.h"

AsyncCallbackMessagePackWebHandler* handler = new AsyncCallbackMessagePackWebHandler("/rest/endpoint", [](AsyncWebServerRequest *request, JsonVariant &json) {
  JsonObject jsonObj = json.as<JsonObject>();
  // ...
});
server.addHandler(handler);

See the MessagePack example here.