## Suppress increase in memory consumption
Custom Web page processing consumes a lot of memory. AutoConnect will take a whole string of the JSON document for the custom Web pages into memory. The required buffer size for the JSON document of example sketch *mqttRSSI* reaches approximately 3000 bytes. And actually, it needs twice the heap area. Especially this constraint will be a problem with the ESP8266 which has a heap size poor.
AutoConnect can handle custom Web pages without using JSON. In that case, since the ArduinoJson library will not be bound, the sketch size will also be reduced.
## Writing the custom Web pages without JSON
To handle a custom Web page without using JSON, follow the steps below.
1. Create or define [AutoConnectAux](apiaux.md) for each page.
2. Create or define [AutoConnectElement(s)](acelements.md).
3. Add [AutoConnectElement(s)](acelements.md) to AutoConnectAux.
4. Create more AutoConnectAux containing [AutoConnectElement(s)](acelements.md), if necessary.
5. Register the request handlers for the custom Web pages.
6. [Join](api.md#join) prepared AutoConnectAux(s) to AutoConnect.
7. Invoke [AutoConnect::begin()](api.md#begin).
In addition to the above procedure, to completely cut off for binding with the ArduinoJson library, turn off the ArduinoJson use indicator which is declared by the [AutoConnect definitions](api.md#defined-macros). Its declaration is in **AutoConnectDefs.h** file.[^1]
[^1]:Detaching the ArduinoJson library reduces the sketch size by approximately 10K bytes.
```cpp
// Comment out the AUTOCONNECT_USE_JSON macro to detach the ArduinoJson.
#define AUTOCONNECT_USE_JSON
```
!!! caution "JSON processing will be disabled"
Commenting out the **AUTOCONNECT_USE_JSON** macro invalidates all functions related to JSON processing. If the sketch is using the JSON function, it will result in a compile error.
## Implementation example without ArduinoJson
The code excluding JSON processing from the mqttRSSI sketch attached to the library is as follows. (It is a part of code. Refer to mqttRSSI_NA.ino for the whole sketch.)
The JSON document for mqttRSSI
```json
[
{
"title": "MQTT Setting",
"uri": "/mqtt_setting",
"menu": true,
"element": [
{
"name": "header",
"type": "ACText",
"value": "MQTT broker settings
",
"style": "text-align:center;color:#2f4f4f;padding:10px;"
},
{
"name": "caption",
"type": "ACText",
"value": "Publishing the WiFi signal strength to MQTT channel. RSSI value of ESP8266 to the channel created on ThingSpeak",
"style": "font-family:serif;color:#4682b4;"
},
{
"name": "mqttserver",
"type": "ACInput",
"value": "",
"label": "Server",
"pattern": "^(([a-zA-Z0-9]|[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9\\-]*[a-zA-Z0-9])\\.)*([A-Za-z0-9]|[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9\\-]*[A-Za-z0-9])$",
"placeholder": "MQTT broker server"
},
{
"name": "channelid",
"type": "ACInput",
"label": "Channel ID",
"pattern": "^[0-9]{6}$"
},
{
"name": "userkey",
"type": "ACInput",
"label": "User Key"
},
{
"name": "apikey",
"type": "ACInput",
"label": "API Key"
},
{
"name": "newline",
"type": "ACElement",
"value": "
"
},
{
"name": "uniqueid",
"type": "ACCheckbox",
"value": "unique",
"label": "Use APID unique",
"checked": false
},
{
"name": "period",
"type": "ACRadio",
"value": [
"30 sec.",
"60 sec.",
"180 sec."
],
"label": "Update period",
"arrange": "vertical",
"checked": 1
},
{
"name": "newline",
"type": "ACElement",
"value": "
"
},
{
"name": "hostname",
"type": "ACInput",
"value": "",
"label": "ESP host name",
"pattern": "^([a-zA-Z0-9]([a-zA-Z0-9-])*[a-zA-Z0-9]){1,32}$"
},
{
"name": "save",
"type": "ACSubmit",
"value": "Save&Start",
"uri": "/mqtt_save"
},
{
"name": "discard",
"type": "ACSubmit",
"value": "Discard",
"uri": "/"
}
]
},
{
"title": "MQTT Setting",
"uri": "/mqtt_save",
"menu": false,
"element": [
{
"name": "caption",
"type": "ACText",
"value": "Parameters saved as:
",
"style": "text-align:center;color:#2f4f4f;padding:10px;"
},
{
"name": "parameters",
"type": "ACText"
},
{
"name": "clear",
"type": "ACSubmit",
"value": "Clear channel",
"uri": "/mqtt_clear"
}
]
}
]
```
Exclude the JSON and replace to the AutoConnectElements natively
```cpp
// In the declaration,
// Declare AutoConnectElements for the page asf /mqtt_setting
ACText(header, "MQTT broker settings
", "text-align:center;color:#2f4f4f;padding:10px;");
ACText(caption, "Publishing the WiFi signal strength to MQTT channel. RSSI value of ESP8266 to the channel created on ThingSpeak", "font-family:serif;color:#4682b4;");
ACInput(mqttserver, "", "Server", "^(([a-zA-Z0-9]|[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9\\-]*[a-zA-Z0-9])\\.)*([A-Za-z0-9]|[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9\\-]*[A-Za-z0-9])$", "MQTT broker server");
ACInput(channelid, "", "Channel ID", "^[0-9]{6}$");
ACInput(userkey, "", "User Key");
ACInput(apikey, "", "API Key");
ACElement(newline, "
");
ACCheckbox(uniqueid, "unique", "Use APID unique");
ACRadio(period, { "30 sec.", "60 sec.", "180 sec." }, "Update period", AC_Vertical, 1);
ACSubmit(save, "Start", "mqtt_save");
ACSubmit(discard, "Discard", "/");
// Declare the custom Web page as /mqtt_setting and contains the AutoConnectElements
AutoConnectAux mqtt_setting("/mqtt_setting", "MQTT Setting", true, {
header,
caption,
mqttserver,
channelid,
userkey,
apikey,
newline,
uniqueid,
period,
newline,
save,
discard
});
// Declare AutoConnectElements for the page as /mqtt_save
ACText(caption2, "Parameters available as:
", "text-align:center;color:#2f4f4f;padding:10px;");
ACText(parameters);
ACSubmit(clear, "Clear channel", "/mqtt_clear");
// Declare the custom Web page as /mqtt_save and contains the AutoConnectElements
AutoConnectAux mqtt_save("/mqtt_save", "MQTT Setting", false, {
caption2,
parameters,
clear
});
// In the setup(),
// Join the custom Web pages and performs begin
portal.join({ mqtt_setting, mqtt_save });
portal.begin();
```