What I'd like to do is collect data with an ESP8266 and write it into .CSV files on a server hard drive in the same building, on the same network, via WiFi. I'm imagining this process being analogous to writing files to an SD card. I had assumed this would be trivial and well documented, but all of my searches so far have led only to web servers with dedicated hosting, server side data management, etc. I'd really like to have the ESP8266 generate, fill, and manage the files, with the server / hard drive being relatively passive.
What I mean by that is I'm hoping I don't need to have any special code actively running on the server to receive and save data from the ESP8266. I was hoping that with the appropriate network permissions in place that the server would just let the ESP8266 handle the files directly.
If this is possible, could someone share some links to good information on how to do this? Or even just give me some clues as to the correct keywords and search terms to use?
Maybe what I want to do just isn't realistic, but I'm hoping that I've just been doing a bad job of searching so far! Any help you all can provide will be greatly appreciated.
What I mean by that is I'm hoping I don't need to have any special code actively running on the server to receive and save data from the ESP8266. I was hoping that with the appropriate network permissions in place that the server would just let the ESP8266 handle the files directly.
If this is possible, could someone share some links to good information on how to do this? Or even just give me some clues as to the correct keywords and search terms to use?
Maybe what I want to do just isn't realistic, but I'm hoping that I've just been doing a bad job of searching so far! Any help you all can provide will be greatly appreciated.