So, I could workaround this issue after some work and before close and forget this thread here forever, let me share it:

The problem:

GoPro wifi API is not fully following the HTTP protocol specifications. Headers and body content is separated by \n instead of \r\n uRequests library is very strict on response parsing, while mostly any other libraries/browser/etc handle requests with some "malformed" bodies, uRequests does not.

UIFlow IDE solution:

Upload to the Stick5C the modified version of uRequests
0_1594223892867_Screenshot 2020-07-08 at 17.39.09.png Override the uRequests library usage with a new import using execute code block.
0_1594223965368_Screenshot 2020-07-08 at 17.37.42.png From that moment on (only on this app) it will use the modified library.

No UIFlow IDE solution:

Stop using UIFlow IDE 😢 Upload to the Stick5C the modified version of uRequests Use Visual Studio code or any other IDE to continue the development. Override the uRequests library usage with a new import on the code.

I hope this is useful to someone else, any suggestion is also more than welcome.

Thanks 😄

@lukasmaximus
Thank you, that helped

Thanks for the swift answer dclaar.

I completely ignored the Remote section as it had blocks referring to sliders and buttons. I should have realized!

I have gotten that working without any problem. However from what I can see it uses the M5Stack WEB site to create a small WEB server or at least redirect traffic which would be fine for most applications.

However, what I need is to be able to send something using POST from my PC on my local network. (It could be JSON or plain text). My M5StickC already has a fixed IP.

I don't think any of the options you suggest will do what I need in Blockly, so am I stuck with moving to python, or do you have any more suggestions!

Thanks

I have a very special board I need co communicate with.
Currently I use the Arduino serial option to invert the signals.
But I would prefer to prototype in UIFlow

Are there any plans to upgrade to micro python 1.12, soon.
I am really missing several options in your current implementation with micropython 1.11 al would easily work with 1.12:
mDNS,
BLE,, and inverting
RX/TX in UART

Thanks

Thanks, I see eeprom option when I change ver to beta in UIFlow. Data in is stored as strings, that simplifies things.

I started one and shared it on hackster.io but never had time to revisit the project !

After some trys I made it work.

maybe you could package the block be a function. then use it in the main process

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Converts to;

if bRunFan and bRunFan != bRunFanOld: fPvHrs = 0.01 if bTm6min and bRunFan: fPvHrs = fPvHrs + 0.01 bRunFanOld = bRunFan

Thanks M5stack, this worked.
I didn't want to divide by 10 because I would have to do that everywhere, slow the execution speed, its a slippery slope. The esp32 has very long divide instruction time compared to addition and multiplication.

@m5stack Its ok thanks, problem solved. I gave the text label the name 'btnA' which is already a M5stack function, so renamingthe label cleared the problem.

If you use Visual Code you could install this extension

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=curdeveryday.vscode-m5stack-mpy

Then transfer your modified library to flash. It would be good to change the name to another one, so that the import function does not load the built-in urequests library. Alternatively, you would have to look in what order and from which locations the libraries are imported.

@robalstona Yes I get that. But WHY? As I mentioned earlier, this makes testing code uploads a pain.

@devilstower have you tried using the scan method described here?
https://docs.micropython.org/en/latest/library/network.html

Yes, it sounds like this is what will be needed.

It would be great if UIFlow would just roll up the whole sequence of switching to AP mode, collecting the info, and reconnecting. It's such a standard behavior for ESP-based devices, that it seems like it should be baked-in.

@jhfoo

yeah. i have ask our engineer.

for the time being. UIFlow MQTT can't use ’topics/#‘ to subcribe all belong to "topics/....." topics.

@lukasmaximus Not to be taken as Thonny being an inferior app; my Windows has a lot of crap inside. It seems pymakr on VS Code is more reliable on my Windows. pymakr has its own quirks; one of which is refusing to download binary files (eg. images).

Will wait for more motivation to revisit Thonny again.

@acuralegendz when you start uiflow desktop or m5 burner make sure to choose allow incoming network connections. The software needs to connect to the server so it can get the latest firmwares

@kgobes Yes Visuino is block coding, I thought that what you were after wanting to use UiFlow. Of course the latter can display the dose as well. Cheers !

@lukasmaximus
Hi. I just replayed the first video you mentioned and yes this is very helpful. You clearly state in this video how I can find the additional modules I need to add to the basic micropython to support the M5Stick. I much prefer to program at the low level python level rather than use something like UIFlow.
Thanks again for your help.