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<\/p>\nIn this guide you’ll learn how to use WiFiManager with the ESP8266 board. WiFiManager allows you to connect your ESP8266 to different Access Points (AP) without having to hard-code and upload new code to your board. Additionally, you can also add custom parameters (variables) and manage multiple SSID connections with the WiFiManager library.<\/p>\n
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The WiFiManager is a great library do add to your ESP8266 projects, because using this library you no longer have to hard-code your network credentials (SSID and password). Your ESP will automatically join a known network or set up an Access Point that you can use to configure the network credentials. Here’s how this process works:<\/p>\n
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This blog post illustrates two different use cases for the WiFiManager library:<\/p>\n
Before proceeding with this tutorial we recommend reading the following resources:<\/p>\n
You also need to install the WiFiManager<\/a> Library and ArduinoJSON<\/a> Library. Follow these next instructions.<\/p>\n Installing the WiFiManager Library<\/strong><\/p>\n Installing the ArduinoJSON Library<\/strong><\/p>\n Learn more how to Decode and Encode JSON with Arduino or ESP8266 using the Arduino JSON Library<\/a>.<\/p>\n This first example is based on the ESP8266 Web Server post<\/a>, where you build a web server with an ESP8266 to control two outputs (watch the video tutorial below).<\/p>\n\n
WiFiManager-master<\/strong><\/del> to WiFiManager <\/strong><\/li>\n\n
ArduinoJSON-master<\/strong><\/del> to ArduinoJSON<\/strong><\/li>\n
\nExample #1 – WiFiManager with ESP8266: Autoconnect Example<\/h2>\n