Add Generic OTA for NonSSH boards

[me-no-dev]

This follows arduino/Arduino#4107
I have done the mods required, but have also removed some of your code (the one that sends a request to your server) and have needed to structure the code here and there to be able to read it (spaces and tabs are a nightmare).
My Fork is here: https://github.com/me-no-dev/arduino-eclipse-plugin
Feel free to pull what you need if you are interested in supporting this feature.

[jantje]

Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
I'm sorry to have to tell you that I am not tempted to pull your code. Let me explain why.
Due to your different taste of spaces and tabs there is lots of non-functional change I will need to undo.
Due to the fact you removed functionality I will need to undo.
Due to the fact I don't even know what this is about.
Due to the fact I'm currently rewriting the plugin.
There is lots of unnecessary work involved which -at this point in time- I'm not willing to take on.
I hope you understand
Best regards
Jantje

[me-no-dev]

sure no problem for me :)
and by the way it's not taste for spaces or tabs, but rather the resulting look when they are mixed together. I had really hard time following the logic with what I was seeing (i guess different IDE).
I would not mind to do a branch that is only changes specific, but I also do not agree with you not giving an option to not send tracking requests (as anonymous as they are). I hope you can understand that point of view :)

[jantje]

With #439 being fixed and having a sponsor I looked at the ESP8266 and ATO.
I understand how it worked with the ATO menu item. Is the 2.2.x solution hardcoded?

[me-no-dev]

nothing is hardcoded :) the command for upload comes from here
port, password and other settings come from mDNS TXT properties
here is most of the important changes (plus some unrelated).

[jantje]

Thanks for the input.
I see that you switch to another command based on the fact the upload port comes from the network.

tools.esptool.cmd=esptool
tools.esptool.cmd.windows=esptool.exe
tools.esptool.path={runtime.platform.path}/tools/esptool
tools.esptool.network_cmd=python
tools.esptool.network_cmd.windows=python.exe

would it not be better to switch the tool based upon the fact it is a network upload?
I'm thinking of the following in boards.txt

nodemcuv2.upload.tool=esptool
nodemcuv2.upload.network.tool=python

And in platform.txt

tools.esptool.cmd=esptool
tools.esptool.cmd.windows=esptool.exe
tools.esptool.path={runtime.platform.path}/tools/esptool
tools.python.cmd=python
tools.python.cmd.windows=python.exe

tools.esptool.upload.protocol=esp
tools.esptool.upload.params.verbose=-vv
tools.esptool.upload.params.quiet=
tools.esptool.upload.pattern="{path}/{cmd}" {upload.verbose} -cd {upload.resetmethod} -cb {upload.speed} -cp "{serial.port}" -ca 0x00000 -cf "{build.path}/{build.project_name}.bin"

tools.python.upload.pattern="{cmd}" "{runtime.platform.path}/tools/espota.py" -i "{serial.port}" -p "{network.port}" "--auth={network.password}" -f "{build.path}/{build.project_name}.bin"

[me-no-dev]

all changes are in sync with the ArduinoIDE and it is checking for network_pattern. if not available it will run the regular upload pattern (the one used for serial devices).
So network_pattern is not actually required, but used when needed.

[me-no-dev]

Thinking about it I could have gone either way... I guess this is what first came to mind

[me-no-dev]

btw I can help develop the other two tools used in conjunction with ESP8266/ESP32.
https://github.com/esp8266/arduino-esp8266fs-plugin
https://github.com/me-no-dev/EspExceptionDecoder