ESP8266, secrets.h library: Usage, data storage, WiFi connection and ThingSpeak

Hello.
Unfortunately I don't know how to deal with the library "secrets.h"?

As far as I know "Secrets.h" is not a standard library in Arduino and I guess it can't be "normally" downloaded, installed. It allows to store confidential data in a special file.

How to deal with it? How does it work.
Can it be uncommented? Because I did, but I can't connect to the router.

Here's the code and the page I'm using.

https://makerslab.dev/kurs-esp-przesylanie-danych-do-chmury




Greetings.

Firstly, rarely is "xxxx.h" a library, even if all the holy arduino people say so.

Secondly, if you ask a question and are genuinely interested in progressing in the thread, then paste the content, "something will be said".

If you're referring to this file (I'm guessing)
https://github.com/mathworks/thingspeak-ardui...les/ArduinoMKR1000/WriteSingleField/secrets.h
then you don't need it for anything, because you've revealed the "secret" data in the file you've attached.
I recommend removing the #include "secrets.h" line from your code. You will not lose anything on the functionality of your program.

gps79 wrote:

If you're referring to this file (I'm guessing)
https://github.com/mathworks/thingspeak-ardui...les/ArduinoMKR1000/WriteSingleField/secrets.h

Sorry ...
It's really Captain Kloss wouldn't be embarrassed ...

If you guessed, and you probably did, I support the recommendation.

Sorry, but the level of quality of the programming patterns that are communicated in the Arduino ...

Hi.

Factually, I only needed to uncomment "secrets.h" in 2 places in the code.
I did this earlier (as I wrote in the post), only I connected ESP to a router in the 5GHz band (similar network names) and that's where my problem arose.

But how to correctly use and utilise this library I would be happy to learn.

Greetings.

Colleague @JacekCz in #2 asked for the contents of the file. We don't know what is in it. secrets.h is not a standard header. You haven't confirmed my assumption either. Let's not continue playing blind shooting.

JacekCz wrote:

First of all, rarely is "xxxx.h" a library, even if all the holy arduino people say so.

A library can be a header and it is not that rare. There is nothing stopping you from putting everything into the file "xxxx.h" and including this file in your own project. You just need to use the appropriate macro instructions so that you don't have the problem of redefinitions.

TDA2593 wrote:

As far as I know "Secrets.h" is not a standard library in Arduino and I don't think it can be "normally" downloaded, installed. It allows to store confidential data in a special file.

How to deal with it? How does it work
Can it be uncommented? Because I did, but I can't connect to the router.

The "secret.h" file is not a library but has a project configuration function implemented in a rather twisted and incorrect way. Generally such things are not placed in a repository and this file should be generated usually from the "secret.h.in" file where the placeholders are located. Such an example using cmake where from the file "config.h.in" with the following contents:


the file "config.h" is generated:

This happens when using "cmake" for the first time and the name of this configuration file "config.h", should be found in ".gitignore". When using other tools (e.g. "./configure" from Autotools) this pattern "xxx.h.in -> xxx.h" is also used. Configurations could be entered from your finger as a macro when calling gcc, then you do not need to include "secret.h":


this prevents sensitive data from being placed in the code, but with this way of configuring the project, it is worth ensuring that the compiler provides all the necessary macros, e.g. something like this:



The ArduinoIDE is crippled and there is rather no option to generate the appropriate configuration for the project and ask the user for data. That's why in the "examples" for a given library there should be a tutorial on how to create such a file and inform the user not to smoke a fool and put it in the repository.

jvoytech wrote:

JacekCz wrote:

First of all, rarely is "xxxx.h" a library, even though all the holy arduino people would say so.

A library can be a header and this is not that rare. Nothing prevents you from putting everything into the file "xxxx.h" and including this file in your own project. You just need to use the appropriate macro instructions so that you don't have the problem of redefinitions.

And this is the maximum "security" you can squeeze out of yourself in the Arduino.

Meanwhile, many libraries (bibliotus, one header) base the file name / main class / variable (oh! a variable in a library, one of the more brilliant ideas) on the main ABC_1234 chip it is trying to support. 1/3 of the trouble here, is the adept combining two "codes" (I love the word "codes" plural) and coming into conflict.
And such a beautiful C++ "security" as namespace is unknown to prominent arduino programmers, devil vs holy water.

Following this is the common patient talk of library name as header file name, no author name, no github link, nothing, "no distinction in reasoning". *).
I definitely think so, people are as weak as the content they are fed. When you unreflectively copy random search results, you don't know where you're copying from.

*) https://www.elektroda.pl/rtvforum/topic3407648.html#16885936

Added after 15 [minutes]:

jvoytech wrote:

The ArduinoIDE is crippled and there is unlikely to be an option for

This is just a minor addition to bad patterns.
There is no need in the community -> IDE doesn't get the fizz.