From 28803540a2d4d33a93fd724e32e00782b8a5d466 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rick van Schijndel <Mindavi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2017 05:58:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Added String hostname support to WiFiClient and
 WiFiClientSecure (#3349)

* Added String hostname support to WiFiClient and WiFiClientSecure

* Typo in WiFi
---
 libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/WiFiClient.cpp       | 5 +++++
 libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/WiFiClient.h         | 1 +
 libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/WiFiClientSecure.cpp | 5 +++++
 libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/WiFiClientSecure.h   | 1 +
 4 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/WiFiClient.cpp b/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/WiFiClient.cpp
index 828cbccf3..6af42318a 100644
--- a/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/WiFiClient.cpp
+++ b/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/WiFiClient.cpp
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ int WiFiClient::connect(const char* host, uint16_t port)
     return 0;
 }
 
+int WiFiClient::connect(const String host, uint16_t port)
+{
+    return connect(host.c_str(), port);
+}
+
 int WiFiClient::connect(IPAddress ip, uint16_t port)
 {
     ip_addr_t addr;
diff --git a/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/WiFiClient.h b/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/WiFiClient.h
index cb4f75c37..10204a705 100644
--- a/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/WiFiClient.h
+++ b/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/WiFiClient.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public:
   uint8_t status();
   virtual int connect(IPAddress ip, uint16_t port);
   virtual int connect(const char *host, uint16_t port);
+  virtual int connect(const String host, uint16_t port);
   virtual size_t write(uint8_t);
   virtual size_t write(const uint8_t *buf, size_t size);
   size_t write_P(PGM_P buf, size_t size);
diff --git a/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/WiFiClientSecure.cpp b/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/WiFiClientSecure.cpp
index cbe4631d8..b82d0a6ea 100644
--- a/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/WiFiClientSecure.cpp
+++ b/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/WiFiClientSecure.cpp
@@ -454,6 +454,11 @@ int WiFiClientSecure::connect(const char* name, uint16_t port)
     return _connectSSL(name);
 }
 
+int WiFiClientSecure::connect(const String host, uint16_t port)
+{
+    return connect(host.c_str(), port);
+}
+
 int WiFiClientSecure::_connectSSL(const char* hostName)
 {
     if (!_ssl) {
diff --git a/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/WiFiClientSecure.h b/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/WiFiClientSecure.h
index afffbdb4e..94d0e429f 100644
--- a/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/WiFiClientSecure.h
+++ b/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/WiFiClientSecure.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public:
   WiFiClientSecure& operator=(const WiFiClientSecure&);
 
   int connect(IPAddress ip, uint16_t port) override;
+  int connect(const String host, uint16_t port) override;
   int connect(const char* name, uint16_t port) override;
 
   bool verify(const char* fingerprint, const char* domain_name);