Connecting ESP32 to the Outside World with IFTTT

Accompanying code for Arduino IDE, as shown in the video, below.

// ESP32 Code for testing IFTTT
// Sends a request to STATUSUPDATE (or whatever you define) applet which will trigger an e-mail being sent
#include <WiFi.h>
#include <HTTPClient.h>
 
const char* ssid     = "*****";   //input your wifi name
const char* password = "*****";   //input your wifi passwords
 
// set up server name with trigger the event defined in the IFTTT applet
const char* server_name = "https://maker.ifttt.com/trigger/EVENT_NAME_HERE/with/key/KEYHERE";
 
void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);
  Serial.setDebugOutput(true);
  Serial.println();
 
  WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
 
  while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
    delay(500);
    Serial.print(".");
  }
  Serial.println("");
  Serial.println("WiFi connected");
 
  Serial.print("Msg: Ready! Use 'http://");
  Serial.print(WiFi.localIP());
  Serial.println("' to connect");
}
 
void loop() {
 
  delay(500);
  Serial.println("Go...");
 
  // wait for serial input to send out as part of http request
  while (Serial.available() == 0){}
  String testStr = Serial.readString();
  testStr.trim();
  if (testStr != "Skip")
  {
    // check WiFi status
    if (WiFi.status() == WL_CONNECTED)
    {
      HTTPClient http;
 
      http.begin(server_name);
      http.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
 
      // Define data to send with HTTP POST request; in this case, whatever was input on the serial interface
      String httpRequestData = "value1=" + testStr;
 
      // Send HTTP POST request
      int httpResponseCode = http.POST(httpRequestData);
 
      Serial.print("HTTP Response Code: ");
      Serial.println(httpResponseCode);
 
    }
  } else
  {
    Serial.println("Skip");
  }
}