Error: 'struct esp_http_client_config_t' has no member named 'skip_cert_common_name_check'

Hardware:

Board: ESP32 Dev Module
IDE name: Platform.io
Flash Frequency: 40Mhz
PSRAM enabled: no
Upload Speed: 921600
Computer OS: Mac OSX

Description:

Hi, I’m trying to use the “HTTPS_OTA_Update.ino” to perform OTA update of ESP32. But when I compile the code, an Error message appears “error: ‘struct esp_http_client_config_t’ has no member named ‘skip_cert_common_name_check’”. I go to the struct ‘esp_http_client_config_t’ and found no member of ‘skip_cert_common_name_check’. How to solve this problem?

Thanks!

Sketch:


//Change the code below by your sketch
// This sketch provide the functionality of OTA Firmware Upgrade
#include <Arduino.h>
#include "WiFi.h"
#include "HttpsOTAUpdate.h"
// This sketch shows how to implement HTTPS firmware update Over The Air.
// Please provide your WiFi credentials, https URL to the firmware image and the server certificate.

static const char *ssid     = "your-ssid";  // your network SSID (name of wifi network)
static const char *password = "your-password"; // your network password

static const char *url = "https://example.com/firmware.bin"; //state url of your firmware image

static const char *server_certificate = "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\n" \
     "MIIEkjCCA3qgAwIBAgIQCgFBQgAAAVOFc2oLheynCDANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFADA/\n" \
     "MSQwIgYDVQQKExtEaWdpdGFsIFNpZ25hdHVyZSBUcnVzdCBDby4xFzAVBgNVBAMT\n" \
     "DkRTVCBSb290IENBIFgzMB4XDTE2MDMxNzE2NDA0NloXDTIxMDMxNzE2NDA0Nlow\n" \
     "SjELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxFjAUBgNVBAoTDUxldCdzIEVuY3J5cHQxIzAhBgNVBAMT\n" \
     "GkxldCdzIEVuY3J5cHQgQXV0aG9yaXR5IFgzMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOC\n" \
     "AQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAnNMM8FrlLke3cl03g7NoYzDq1zUmGSXhvb418XCSL7e4S0EF\n" \
     "q6meNQhY7LEqxGiHC6PjdeTm86dicbp5gWAf15Gan/PQeGdxyGkOlZHP/uaZ6WA8\n" \
     "SMx+yk13EiSdRxta67nsHjcAHJyse6cF6s5K671B5TaYucv9bTyWaN8jKkKQDIZ0\n" \
     "Z8h/pZq4UmEUEz9l6YKHy9v6Dlb2honzhT+Xhq+w3Brvaw2VFn3EK6BlspkENnWA\n" \
     "a6xK8xuQSXgvopZPKiAlKQTGdMDQMc2PMTiVFrqoM7hD8bEfwzB/onkxEz0tNvjj\n" \
     "/PIzark5McWvxI0NHWQWM6r6hCm21AvA2H3DkwIDAQABo4IBfTCCAXkwEgYDVR0T\n" \
     "AQH/BAgwBgEB/wIBADAOBgNVHQ8BAf8EBAMCAYYwfwYIKwYBBQUHAQEEczBxMDIG\n" \
     "CCsGAQUFBzABhiZodHRwOi8vaXNyZy50cnVzdGlkLm9jc3AuaWRlbnRydXN0LmNv\n" \
     "bTA7BggrBgEFBQcwAoYvaHR0cDovL2FwcHMuaWRlbnRydXN0LmNvbS9yb290cy9k\n" \
     "c3Ryb290Y2F4My5wN2MwHwYDVR0jBBgwFoAUxKexpHsscfrb4UuQdf/EFWCFiRAw\n" \
     "VAYDVR0gBE0wSzAIBgZngQwBAgEwPwYLKwYBBAGC3xMBAQEwMDAuBggrBgEFBQcC\n" \
     "ARYiaHR0cDovL2Nwcy5yb290LXgxLmxldHNlbmNyeXB0Lm9yZzA8BgNVHR8ENTAz\n" \
     "MDGgL6AthitodHRwOi8vY3JsLmlkZW50cnVzdC5jb20vRFNUUk9PVENBWDNDUkwu\n" \
     "Y3JsMB0GA1UdDgQWBBSoSmpjBH3duubRObemRWXv86jsoTANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsF\n" \
     "AAOCAQEA3TPXEfNjWDjdGBX7CVW+dla5cEilaUcne8IkCJLxWh9KEik3JHRRHGJo\n" \
     "uM2VcGfl96S8TihRzZvoroed6ti6WqEBmtzw3Wodatg+VyOeph4EYpr/1wXKtx8/\n" \
     "wApIvJSwtmVi4MFU5aMqrSDE6ea73Mj2tcMyo5jMd6jmeWUHK8so/joWUoHOUgwu\n" \
     "X4Po1QYz+3dszkDqMp4fklxBwXRsW10KXzPMTZ+sOPAveyxindmjkW8lGy+QsRlG\n" \
     "PfZ+G6Z6h7mjem0Y+iWlkYcV4PIWL1iwBi8saCbGS5jN2p8M+X+Q7UNKEkROb3N6\n" \
     "KOqkqm57TH2H3eDJAkSnh6/DNFu0Qg==\n" \
     "-----END CERTIFICATE-----";

static HttpsOTAStatus_t otastatus;

void HttpEvent(HttpEvent_t *event)
{
    switch(event->event_id) {
        case HTTP_EVENT_ERROR:
            Serial.println("Http Event Error");
            break;
        case HTTP_EVENT_ON_CONNECTED:
            Serial.println("Http Event On Connected");
            break;
        case HTTP_EVENT_HEADER_SENT:
            Serial.println("Http Event Header Sent");
            break;
        case HTTP_EVENT_ON_HEADER:
            Serial.printf("Http Event On Header, key=%s, value=%s\n", event->header_key, event->header_value);
            break;
        case HTTP_EVENT_ON_DATA:
            break;
        case HTTP_EVENT_ON_FINISH:
            Serial.println("Http Event On Finish");
            break;
        case HTTP_EVENT_DISCONNECTED:
            Serial.println("Http Event Disconnected");
            break;
    }
}

void setup(){

    Serial.begin(115200);
    Serial.print("Attempting to connect to SSID: ");
    WiFi.begin(ssid, password);

    // attempt to connect to Wifi network:
    while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
        Serial.print(".");
        delay(1000);
    }

    Serial.print("Connected to ");
    Serial.println(ssid);
    
    HttpsOTA.onHttpEvent(HttpEvent);
    Serial.println("Starting OTA");
    HttpsOTA.begin(url, server_certificate); 

    Serial.println("Please Wait it takes some time ...");
}

void loop(){
    otastatus = HttpsOTA.status();
    if(otastatus == HTTPS_OTA_SUCCESS) { 
        Serial.println("Firmware written successfully. To reboot device, call API ESP.restart() or PUSH restart button on device");
    } else if(otastatus == HTTPS_OTA_FAIL) { 
        Serial.println("Firmware Upgrade Fail");
    }
    delay(1000);
}

Debug Messages:

Building in release mode
Compiling .pio/build/esp32doit-devkit-v1/src/HttpsOTAUpdate.cpp.o
Compiling .pio/build/esp32doit-devkit-v1/lib099/WiFi/WiFiUdp.cpp.o
src/HttpsOTAUpdate.cpp: In member function 'void HttpsOTAUpdateClass::begin(const char*, const char*, bool)':
src/HttpsOTAUpdate.cpp:91:12: error: 'struct esp_http_client_config_t' has no member named 'skip_cert_common_name_check'
     config.skip_cert_common_name_check = skip_cert_common_name_check;
            ^
Compiling .pio/build/esp32doit-devkit-v1/FrameworkArduino/Esp.cpp.o
Compiling .pio/build/esp32doit-devkit-v1/FrameworkArduino/FunctionalInterrupt.cpp.o
Compiling .pio/build/esp32doit-devkit-v1/FrameworkArduino/HardwareSerial.cpp.o
Compiling .pio/build/esp32doit-devkit-v1/FrameworkArduino/IPAddress.cpp.o
Compiling .pio/build/esp32doit-devkit-v1/FrameworkArduino/IPv6Address.cpp.o
Compiling .pio/build/esp32doit-devkit-v1/FrameworkArduino/MD5Builder.cpp.o
Compiling .pio/build/esp32doit-devkit-v1/FrameworkArduino/Print.cpp.o
Compiling .pio/build/esp32doit-devkit-v1/FrameworkArduino/Stream.cpp.o
Compiling .pio/build/esp32doit-devkit-v1/FrameworkArduino/StreamString.cpp.o
Compiling .pio/build/esp32doit-devkit-v1/FrameworkArduino/WMath.cpp.o
*** [.pio/build/esp32doit-devkit-v1/src/HttpsOTAUpdate.cpp.o] Error 1
================================================================== [FAILED] Took 2.77 seconds ==================================================================
The terminal process "platformio 'run'" terminated with exit code: 1.

Please reference the original issue you have opened / crossposted in error: 'struct esp_http_client_config_t' has no member named 'skip_cert_common_name_check' · Issue #4326 · espressif/arduino-esp32 · GitHub so we don’t have to do work twice and look for it.

Also link the original sketch as it appears in the repo: arduino-esp32/HTTPS_OTA_Update.ino at master · espressif/arduino-esp32 · GitHub

As the github comment says

You’re trying to use bleeding edge functionality here. The docs show you how to point packages in PIO to some other version. So adding

platform_packages =
    framework-arduinoespressif32 @ https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32.git

to the platformio.ini would the first test.

And indeed if I do that it compiles for me:

Thanks a lot ! I will reference your solution to my previous issues