Ask HN: Best way to trigger a webhook every time I swipe my AMEX?

#1

Post by secondbreakfast » Thu, Jun 17, 2021, 11:59 PM UTC

I just played around a little with Plaid and Replit, and it seems insanely complex to get transactions from my AMEX account to trigger something like a Zapier web hook.

I want to log each AMEX transaction in a Google Sheet.

Has anybody set this up before? Easiest way?

Re: Ask HN: Best way to trigger a webhook every time I swipe my AMEX?

#2

Post by IgorPartola » Fri, Jun 18, 2021, 12:12 AM UTC

Amex has a large purchase notification email you can set up. Have it go to a mailbox with a limit of like $0.01 if it will let you and trigger events based on when the email arrives.

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#3

Post by PaulHoule » Fri, Jun 18, 2021, 12:12 AM UTC

You can get email notifications for transactions, posting those to a web hook shouldn’t be hard.

Re: Ask HN: Best way to trigger a webhook every time I swipe my AMEX?

#4

Post by vinceguidry » Fri, Jun 18, 2021, 12:12 AM UTC

Tiller may meet your needs.

https://www.tillerhq.com/

Re: Ask HN: Best way to trigger a webhook every time I swipe my AMEX?

#5

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jun 18, 2021, 12:13 AM UTC

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#6

Post by secondbreakfast » Fri, Jun 18, 2021, 12:15 AM UTC

vinceguidry wrote: post #4

Tiller may meet your needs. https://www.tillerhq.com/

Yes this looks great.

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#7

Post by cweagans » Fri, Jun 18, 2021, 12:16 AM UTC

https://github.com/kevinschaich/mintable may be of interest.

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#8

Post by secondbreakfast » Fri, Jun 18, 2021, 12:16 AM UTC

IgorPartola wrote: post #2

Amex has a large purchase notification email you can set up. Have it go to a mailbox with a limit of like $0.01 if it will let you and trigger events based on when the email arrives.

Smart idea. I want a little more structured data though, around merchant name and transaction amount.

Re: Ask HN: Best way to trigger a webhook every time I swipe my AMEX?

#9

Post by ev1 » Fri, Jun 18, 2021, 12:19 AM UTC

secondbreakfast wrote: post #8

IgorPartola wrote: post #2

Amex has a large purchase notification email you can set up. Have it go to a mailbox with a limit of like $0.01 if it will let you and trigger events based on when the email arrives.

Smart idea. I want a little more structured data though, around merchant name and transaction amount.

The email contains card last digits, card type, merchant name, and transaction amount.

Re: Ask HN: Best way to trigger a webhook every time I swipe my AMEX?

#10

Post by rpier001 » Fri, Jun 18, 2021, 12:23 AM UTC

secondbreakfast wrote: post #8

IgorPartola wrote: post #2

Amex has a large purchase notification email you can set up. Have it go to a mailbox with a limit of like $0.01 if it will let you and trigger events based on when the email arrives.

Smart idea. I want a little more structured data though, around merchant name and transaction amount.

I expect the emails themselves are just formatted strings. You could use an email parser to get the structure back out. You or someone else mentioned Zapier webhooks, so https://parser.zapier.com/ might be extra relevant.