Help to delimit and read specific contents of incoming HTTP string

Question

I am sending strings to an Esp8266 via web browser.

The below code returns the following in serial monitor if I send in browser:

Send from browser to esp8266 - http://192.168.1.220/s1s2s3s4s5d1
Receive in Arduino Serial monitor - GET /s1s2s3s4s5d2 HTTP/1.1

How do i read only the contents s1s2s3s4s5d1 ? This content can vary in length, numbers could be double digits but alphabets will remain in between.

Please note I am still a novice.

// Read the first line of the request
String request = client.readStringUntil('\r');
Serial.println(request);
client.flush();

• jsotola: google arduino parsing strings
• S B: Thanks, i have tried to implement some methods unsuccessfully. i simply do not have the experience especially since the content required varies in length. i was hoping to get an example if possible.
• jsotola: do you have any control over the URL format ....maybe you need to use something like 192.168.1.220?s=1&s2=4&s3=8&d=1&abcd=1234
• S B: will this method retain the letters or does it strip to numbers?

Answer 1

I have this

if (client.connected()) {
 if (client.available() && client.find(' ')) { // GET /fn HTTP/1.1
 char fn[20];
 int l = client.readBytesUntil(' ', fn, sizeof(fn));
 fn[l] = 0;
 while (client.read() != -1);
 Serial.println(fn);
 client.stop(); 
 }
}

• S B: Thank you, will apply solution and revert.
• Juraj: @s-b, did it help?

Answer 2

you can try something like this

int first_space = request.indexOf(' '); // location of the first space
int second_space = request.indexOf(' ', first_space); // the next space after first
String query_arg = request.substring(first_space,second_space);