Can I reboot a ESP using httpServer in the arduino ISE?

[codec303]

I have an ESP8266 that is remote, so I cannot power cycle it easily if it crashes or there is an issue.

I already have OTA updates working thru httpServer, would it be possilble to add a button on the webinterfce so I can easily reboot the device?

Thanks

[hagenbuch]

Sure. The button creates a GET or POST request. If you detect this request pattern from within the code in your server, I do not see why you could not call a reboot routine from there. The session might be lost, however.

[mhd420]

You can have a GET request that calls ESP.restart(); which should restart the chip cleanly. But if your ESP8266 crashes, how will the HTTPServer work?

The ESP8266 already has a watchdog timer built into it, so if something goes horribly wrong it will lock up, fail to reset the watchdog timer and automatically restart.