HTTP Request Widget

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3.6
274 reviews
10K+
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Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Attention: Widgets are, as usual, created from your home screen, not in this app!

This app allows you to create widgets which can make http(s) requests in the background.

It doesn't use a permanently running background process. You request is done in background, but only if you made one.

HTTP post and get requests are supported, since version 1.10 you can change HTTP-Header as well.

For any bug reports or suggestions please get in touch with me via email!
Updated on
Feb 29, 2020

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Ratings and reviews

3.6
264 reviews
Rob White
June 24, 2020
Very useful to me as it is light and runs well on an old but still functional Samsung Tab 10.1. - android 4.0.4 with no further official updates available. I decided to try and convert this for use mainly as a universal remote. But most smart home apps and IFTTT won't work on an OS of this vintage. So very glad I found "HTTP Widget" which proved a good work-around in these circumstances. It in effect enables the creation of bespoke virtual desktop remotes, each widget button sending the required url to IFTTT in the cloud, thus operating its linked app and the smart gadget which sits behind it. All of which I set up in advance on a more modern android device. Successfully giving the old tablet a new lease of life! Just one thing, it would be good to be able to back up the widget settings as I understand that I would have to recreate a whole lot of widgets if my set-up ever became corrupted.
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A Google user
April 2, 2019
Top3 in the range. There are some potential to improve. 1: Save,re-edit and delete widgets. Currently the old ones are not able to be re-used but still showing in the app. 2: Text under icon widget is more like shortcuts. Currently only text inside the button or icon only which are not nice looking. Thanks for the effort.
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Giovanni Harting
April 3, 2019
Thanks for your positive feedback. So, you can edit your Widgets but it doesn't do anything? That's strange. If you want to solve this you can email me with more information if you want.
A Google user
February 24, 2019
I'm using this to operate smart things like wifi light switches and plugs. it does a great job. it would be worth paying for it it could also do mqtt pubs. I could also benefit from being able to send more than one http request with the same widget.
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What's new

1.12.1
Fix: Crash introduced in 1.12

1.12
Adjustments for Android 10
New: It's now possible to ignore SSL/TLS certificate validation

1.11.2
Fixed crashed introduced in 1.11.1 (hopefully)

1.11.1
Adjustments for Android Pie's new cleartext http policies

1.11
Adjustments for Android Oreo's new background service policies

1.10.6
Few changes and optimisations for newer Android versions.