[142] Flipper Zero: FlipperHTTP (Internet apps!)

In this video, we look at how to use the Flipper Zero with an ESP32 to run FlipperHTTP! We will look at two of the applications, FlipSocial (for chatting with other Flipper Zero users) and FlipLibrary (for looking up information from the internet). We will also learn how to flash the firmware for the WiFi dev board.
FlipLibrary accesses a variety of APIs for returning various facts. I'll teach you how to modify the code to add new APIs, which allows you to create Flipper Zero applications that access all different kinds of information. In the video we use a Holiday API, but you can apply what you learned to make social engineering apps, weather, COVID information, local news and events, and a variety of other applications.
Link to applications...
FlipSocial - lab.flipper.ne...
FlipLibrary - lab.flipper.ne...
GitHub - github.com/jbl...
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[@MrDerekJamison]

Let me know what kind of Internet enabled Flipper Zero apps you think would be interesting to build!
I think I might try making an app to listen on Sub-ghz for Princeton code (like my light switches) and send me a text message when it sees the signal. Or maybe I'll try to expose wikipedia information instead of the dictionary?

[@jblanked]

Thank you Derek! You explained FlipperHTTP and how to add to FlipLibrary perfectly. Every time I watch your videos or review your projects, I learn something new. Keep up the great work 🔥

[@MrDerekJamison]

Thanks so much for supporting the channel & for all the stuff you are contributing to the Flipper Zero community!

[@anvayashakti2374]

Thank you Sir for great tutorial 👍 👏

[@MrDerekJamison]

Thanks for watching.

[@Hackdaplanet-lp1ex]

Hey teacher,, welcome back,,, 🍎 for you....

[@MrDerekJamison]

Thanks!

[@TërnocBesa]

[@MrDerekJamison]

Thanks! I hope to make more content in 2025!

[@MrDerekJamison]

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[@Thezootkat]

What about a standalone chatbot usb with no operating system ( initramfs )

[@honestlocksmith5428]

Rabbit labs have a board to connect by ethernet.
This little microcontroller has a long way to go before people run out of things to do with it.

[@MrDerekJamison]

Yeah, it's a lot of fun - and new things coming out all the time.

[@Atmatan]

If only our only social media platform weren't arbitrarily censored by a seemingly bipolar singular person who hasn't even posted a reliable rules list yet.
A cute gimmick but as long as jblanked spends more time wiping out messages, including your post about this video, there's no point in using it.

[@MrDerekJamison]

There is a strange bug in FlipSocial where when it doesn't get internet connection it caches the data but doesn't upload it to the feed. I was really confused why my friend requests weren't accepted, but he investigated and said they never made it to the server. Maybe you are running into something similar? In a couple weeks I can look at adding a vibro feedback when things fail, I think the LED status is too confusing & different ESP32 have different LED support.
There is also a memory constraint, so the history of messages in the feed is fairly small. I know he is working to improve it.
I'd say check back every couple of months to see if it's worth your time. He just released version 0.7 this week (Dec 2024). Eventually some of the other apps, like FlipStore, may have valuable content that is better than the alternatives.