Hi Lennart, >Also, you'd probably have to port it to RIOT first Just to let you know, libcoap has already been ported to RIOT (as a pkg as microcoap) [1] Yes it does network registering automatically but I don't if this port does it with the new network stack, need testing.
[1] https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/tree/master/pkg/libcoap 2015-10-29 15:19 GMT+01:00 Lennart Dührsen <lennart.duehr...@fu-berlin.de>: > Hi Ilias, > >> To use CoAP in my R21 boards should I rite the code of socket >> programming (open a udp port ,etc) or just use the coap library and it >> takes care about the socket? > > all the microcoap library does is create and parse payloads (CoAP > packets), and it let's you register callback functions for each URI. > > You have to handle all the networking stuff, i.e. sending and receiving > UDP packets, yourself. > > I'm currently working on the mostly absent documentation of microcoap, > you can find it in this fork: > > https://github.com/i2ot/microcoap > > It's not finished yet, but it might help you. For the networking stuff > on RIOT OS, check out > > https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/tree/master/examples/gnrc_networking > > and > > https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/tree/master/examples/posix_sockets > > if you haven't already done so. > > The example code Baptiste pointed you to is indeed out of date, but the > CoAP parts in it are still correct and should work, so you'd just have > to change the socket calls etc. > > Regarding libcoap: It's a *lot* more code than microcoap, and yes, it > does all the socket stuff for you. But its documentation, too, is pretty > much nonexistent. Also, you'd probably have to port it to RIOT first, so > I suggest you use microcoap for devices that will run RIOT OS. > > If you run into problems with microcoap, feel free to send me an e-mail. > > Best, > Lennart > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list > devel@riot-os.org > https://lists.riot-os.org/mailman/listinfo/devel -- Baptiste _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@riot-os.org https://lists.riot-os.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
