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Not sure if this is possible with ESP8266 but I would like an ESP8266 to read some sensor data on its I/O and simply output that data live on a local webpage that can be accessed by a mobile phone. So to be clear I do not want the ESP8266 to join a wi-fi network and get an IP address etc as there may be no wi-fi available. I would like the phone to see the ESP8266 Wifi SSID and join it, so I guess the phone should then get an IP address from the ESP8266? Then if the phones browser is launched and I type the ESP8266 IP address into the browser, i would see the live sensor data regularly updated.
Not sure if this is possible with ESP8266 and not sure if this would be referred to as a Web-Server as it would not touch the internet, it is simply a phone to device connection using the browser.
I know I have a lot to learn to make this work but want to ensure it is possible before I start learning the ESP8266.
Any help would be appreciated.

Hello Liam,

A quick search via my friend ( and also yours) Google gives this as first reply. This should help you.
https://randomnerdtutorials.com/esp8266 ... eb-server/

Kind regards.

Thank you kindly. I did try that one and it works quite well. For faster data transfer it seems using websockets is the way to go. Currently looking for help with that but cannot send PM's I guess.