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Wi-Fi: connect and fetch

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# Join Wi-Fi and fetch a page (Pico W, Pico 2 W) import network import requests import time from machine import Pin led = Pin("LED", Pin.OUT) # the LED hangs off the radio wlan = network.WLAN(network.STA_IF) wlan.active(True) wlan.connect("HackTX", "hackathon") while not wlan.isconnected(): led.toggle() # blink while connecting time.sleep_ms(250) led.on() print("connected", wlan.ifconfig()[0]) reply = requests.get("http://worldtimeapi.org/api/ip") # a plain HTTP GET print(reply.text)

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On a Pico W or Pico 2 W, join a network, blink the LED while it connects, then fetch a page over HTTP.

Join a Wi-Fi network
An HTTP GET
LED status through the radio

Pin	Connects to	What it does
`WL_GPIO0`	On-board LED	Radio GPIO

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Sensors and actuators this board drives, with the real connections.

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Wi-Fi: connect and fetch

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Wi-Fi: connect and fetch

Try it yourself

Serial monitor

Checks

Break it

Wire it in