Hi, as libcoap uses POSIX sockets it should work without any porting effort to gnrc. But since the socket API does not support options at the moment, there might be some unexpected problems.
Cheers, Martine 2015-10-29 15:32 GMT+01:00 Baptiste Clenet <bapcle...@gmail.com>: > 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 The example code Baptiste pointed you to is indeed out of date, but the 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 >
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