MicroPython WiFi Manager

A MicroPython WiFi manager for ESPx devices with fallback web configuration portal

Based on tayfunulu's WifiManager, but incorporates jczic's MicroDNSSrv to create a captive portal by default so users don't have to find the access point's IP Address. The goal is to act similarly to tzapu's popular C++ WifiManager while taking advantage of the simplicity of python for development.

Installation

Installation with upip

⚠ Note: if you are using this package with OTA updates, be sure to avoid overwriting lib/ where upip installs packages.

From micropython command line run

import upip
upip.install("micro-wifi-manager")

Manual Installation

Copy the microwifimanager/ directory to your device and refer to main.py for usage

Main Features

• Easily setup device's WiFi connection from phone or computer
• Web based connection manager with captive portal
• Save wifi password in wifi.dat (csv format)

Usage

See main.py for an example

from microwifimanager.manager import WifiManager

wlan = WifiManager().get_connection()

The WifiManager lets you setup your wifi access point's name and password as well as the authentication modes

# authmodes: 0=open, 1=WEP, 2=WPA-PSK, 3=WPA2-PSK, 4=WPA/WPA2-PSK
WifiManager(ssid='WifiManager', password='', authmode=0)

Logic

1. Check wifi.dat file and try saved networks/passwords
2. Host WiFi access point and web server, and redirect all traffic to web server (captive portal)
3. User can then provide the network password which is saved to wifi.dat
4. Run user code