written on Nov 05, 2011
The server side of my data logger is a very simple Flask site.
First version of the code:
from flask import Flask, request, abort
app = Flask(__name__)
import datetime
@app.route('/')
def index():
return "nothing to see here ..."
@app.route('/input/', methods=['POST', 'GET'])
def input():
if request.headers.get('X-ApiKey') != 'SECRET_API_KEY_SET_ON_ARDUINO':
abort(403)
if request.method == 'POST':
log_to_file(request.data)
return "OK"
def log_to_file(data):
f = open('/tmp/arduino.logger', 'a')
f.write(str(datetime.datetime.now()))
f.write(': ')
f.write(data)
f.write("\n")
f.close()