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Re: Open Source at IFTTT

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Post by chipgap98 »

williamjackson wrote: post #6
chipgap98 wrote: post #4

I want their Channel Platform to come out so badly. Being able to hook any service into IFTTT would be incredibly powerful/useful

If you haven't looked recently, they now have incoming and outgoing web requests: https://ifttt.com/maker

I had not seen that. Thanks!

Re: Open Source at IFTTT

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Post by jnbiche »

williamjackson wrote: post #6
chipgap98 wrote: post #4

I want their Channel Platform to come out so badly. Being able to hook any service into IFTTT would be incredibly powerful/useful

If you haven't looked recently, they now have incoming and outgoing web requests: https://ifttt.com/maker

But no authentication? Makes it somewhat useless. How many services allow unauthenticated requests?

Re: Open Source at IFTTT

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Post by bananaoomarang »

pistoriusp wrote: post #3

I really wish I had the ability to: 1. Call out any remote API. 2. Schedule a task to run at a certain time of day. Basically, I want cron with workflow and recipes.

It is currently possible to use IFTTT's maker channel with https://webtask.io/. We also have a 'cron' feature on the cli which I think does what you're looking for: https://www.npmjs.com/package/wt-cli

Disclaimer: currently works at Auth0

Re: Open Source at IFTTT

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Post by _Marak_ »

pistoriusp wrote: post #3

I really wish I had the ability to: 1. Call out any remote API. 2. Schedule a task to run at a certain time of day. Basically, I want cron with workflow and recipes.

My service @ http://hook.io does this.

We also have cron support: http://hook.io/cron

It's also entirely open-source http://github.com/bigcompany/hook.io

Re: Open Source at IFTTT

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Post by SmallBets »

reilly3000 wrote: post #2

I am in love with IFTTT's Do apps. The UX is purely phenomenon and has become part of my daily life. I hope they keep up these types of projects!

I have been meaning to dive in. What are some recipes/use cases that worked out best for you?

Re: Open Source at IFTTT

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Post by reilly3000 »

SmallBets wrote: post #18
reilly3000 wrote: post #2

I am in love with IFTTT's Do apps. The UX is purely phenomenon and has become part of my daily life. I hope they keep up these types of projects!

I have been meaning to dive in. What are some recipes/use cases that worked out best for you?

Making an Evernote note is great with do. I don't have to launch the app and risk switching context. Same with Todoist, Salesforce chatter, and more. The idea of one way UX (not just react-style unidirectional dataflow) where the user has a view for just data entry or retrieval is a powerful one.
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