Questions tagged [if-this-then-that]
If This Then That (IFTTT) is a web application that connects the APIs of multiple popular web applications to allow actions to be taken on a destination site when an event occurs on a source site.
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Can I set an IFTTT recipe to only run at a specific time?
I'm using a neat little IFTTT recipe that automatically responds to text messages I receive through Google Voice. This one, to be precise.
I only need it to run when I'm at work, so I've been turning ...
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How can I get a report of all Trello cards from certain list from several boards
I need to generate a daily report of all cards assigned to me that exist on a specific list in several boards. All my boards have the same structure so the naming of the lists is always the same.
The ...
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A daily "morning read" e-mail from Pocket
I use Pocket to save a list of articles I want to read, and my list has grown entirely too long. I'm trying to force myself to read an article a day to help clear out some of those articles; a great ...
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When sharing photos on Facebook, how does Facebook prioritize sharing methods? Certain methods don't show up in friends' feeds as often
What I mean is, if I add photos to an album via an external source such as iPhoto, Flickr, or IFTTT, it is rare that I'll receive any likes or comments. When I share a photo directly to Facebook from ...
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IFTTT if Feed item then Facebook Photo never run
I want to forward the RSS feed of a vBulletin Forum to Facebook. If the posting contains an image, it should be displayed within the facebook post.
So I used the Recipe:
if [New feed item from ...
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How to post from blogger to Twitter and FB with blog label as # tag in post content?
Currently I'm using IFTTT to perform the following:
If: Any new post on blog
Then: Create a link post on my Facebook fan page
Is it possible to include labels used in blogger with hash tag in my ...
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How can I get ifttt to do automatic retweets that are formatted correctly?
I am trying to set up a recipe in ifttt.com to retweet everything from account samplesourceuser to account sampletargetuser (I have control over both accounts, names have been redacted of course). The ...
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IFTTT - Grocery List Automation
Basically I'm trying to create a grocery list by sending a list of items to my Gmail. I'll create a rule that "stars" the Gmail based on the Subject Line "Groceries" then I want to take the body of ...
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Creating an RSS feed from multiple RSS feeds
I use Blogtrottr to receive RSS feed updates to my email inbox. However, it only allows me to create one email digest for one RSS feed.
What I am thus looking for is a way to create an RSS feed from ...
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Posting more than 2,000 lines from IFTTT to a Google Sheets
I have an IFTTT trigger set up whose action is to add a row to a Google Sheets. Once the spreadsheet reaches 2,000 rows, IFTTT creates a new document with the title: Document Title (1) instead of ...
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Open Link in Email with IFTTT
Using IFTTT, I saw many recipes for getting an alert if a keyword or sender sends an email to your inbox, but I was hoping there would be a way to open any link found in the target email in my browser ...
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Instant notification on Facebook message
I want to receive a mail whenever a new message on Facebook is received. Well, that works, but it delivers only after 30 minutes. So, is there a Facebook setting that would let me get the message ...
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If I post a question on Stack Overflow, then save it to Dropbox
I want to create a new recipe on IFTTT:
if I post a question on Stack Overflow, then save it to Dropbox.
How can I do this?
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How to automatically reblog your Tumblr liked posts
Is there a way to automatically reblog1 the posts you like on Tumblr?
I looked into IFTTT but couldn't find the right hooks.
1. On a different Tumblr, not the default one.
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WordPress blog to Blogger for auto post through IFTTT
I have connected my WordPress blog to Blogger for auto post through IFTTT. Now I want to connect my another WordPress blog to my Blogger blog for auto post. How can I add my second WordPress blog in ...
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Why does IFTTT dislike this RSS feed?
I'm trying to get IFTTT to send me an email from this minimal test feed I created:
http://iftttrss.99b273199898d3dbd62e8db4ad65cf7f.madis.db.bcinfo3.barrycarter.info/
IFTTT accepts the feed when I ...
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Is there a way to automatically extract information from emails (e.g. regex prices on gmail)?
Every month I get an email from my mobile carrier which tells me how much money my contract has cost me the last month, and I'd like to be able to form that into an iOS notification with IFTTT. The ...
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How to sync files from OneDrive to Dropbox?
The only way to sync photos on Lumia phone is via OneDrive, while I want to store them in Dropbox. The only plausible recipe on IFTTT is to sync Dropbox to OneDrive, not the other way around.
How to ...
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How to setup Shared Google Calendar Notifications upon Event Creation
I have a shared Google calendar that myself and one other person adds events to.
Currently I use IFTTT to get an email each time an event is added. However this catches every event and does not say ...
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How do you use the Date&Time trigger for specific times?
The "Every day at" trigger for Date&Time only has the following four options for minutes; :00, :15, :30, and :45. Is there a way to modify this trigger to be accurate to the minute. :37 for ...
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Is there a way to post an image post from my Tumblr blog to my Facebook wall?
Is there an automated way to post an image post from my Tumblr blog to my Facebook wall? I've been looking at using IFTTT, which I've used before in the past for automated tasks like this, but I ...
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How to autoshare scheduled YouTube uploads on Facebook
On my YouTube account, I use scheduling of uploads a lot. The problem is when I do this IFTTT won't "see" my uploads. The only thing that it looks for is when you upload something publicly, and not ...
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Use IFTTT to add file from RSS item's URL to Dropbox
I'm trying to setup a recipe to download a torrent file automatically to my Dropbox. Pretty much like this one but with another RSS source.
This recipe works fine if the entryUrl is a direct download ...
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How do I avoid IFTTT changing file names as part of a Gmail recipe (using FileUrl)?
I have a recipe to send files from a dropbox folder to my @kinde email address to be converted and delivered to my device. The problem is... the filename ends up "mangled". Say I copy a file, "Pacific ...
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Gmail merges IFTTT emails into conversations even with different subjects
I have a IFTTT recipe, which mails me on new posts on a certain subreddit. The subject looks like:
[IFTTT] {{Title}} via /r/{{Subreddit}}
In Gmail I have a filter that filters on from:(action@ifttt....
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Using two arguments / triggers in an IFTTT recipe
I'd like to use two arguments / triggers in an IFTTT recipe. What I want to do is :
IF time is 08:00 AND weather is <15°
THEN
Turn on WeMo switch (which I have connected to the heater in my ...
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IFTTT Twitter DM recipe not always firing
I have several IFTTT recipes that are supposed to send a DM - every time I add or read something in Pocket for instance.
I'm finding that the recipe fires every time but the DM doesn't always get ...
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IFTTT to send me a message using mobile messaging
Using IFTTT, I want to do something like
If it becomes 4:38
then send me "hello" to my phone using some mobile messaging service
The messaging app can be just anything, anything, unless it takes ...
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Highlight and comment in a web page and send them automatically to Evernote in a seamless way?
Right now, I am trying a service called diigo that allows me to highlight and comment any web page I come across. I also use an IFTTT recipe to send the highlighted URL's page to an Evernote notebook.
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How do I get the 'reminders' channel in IFTTT to work with Gmail?
I'm trying to use the reminders app to send a Gmail email through IFTTT.
I looked into the authorization IFTTT has for Gmail and it appears that it does not have the ability to send emails, so I ...
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Can I do two actions separated by a delay of 30 minutes?
I would like to use IFTTT to turn on an outside light when triggered and then, automatically after 30 minutes, turn off the light. The trigger would be an SMS message and the switch is a Belkin WeMo ...
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Could not activate LinkedIn channel in IFTTT [closed]
I am trying to activate a LinkedIn channel, but every time I get this message:
Could not activate channel.
But, I see IFTTT authorized in LinkedIn for the same. I am trying to create a recipe for a ...
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Is it possible download a mp3 file when new RSS feed is provided? [closed]
I want to download a mp3 file when a new podcast is provided from here.
I used this IFTTT receipt by changing feed URL. But I only get an HTML file in my Dropbox folder that links to the last ...
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URL manipulation in IFTTT
I have an IFTTT recipe that picks up {{EntryUrl}} from a trigger Feed | New feed item1 and then prints it to PDF through the action Dropbox | Add file from URL:
http://do.convertapi.com/Web2Pdf?...
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Linking IFTTT to my Facebook business page, rather than my personal page
I want to get IFTTT to automatically put whatever I post on my Facebook business page into my Google+ Business page, Twitter, Panoramio, Flicker etc. However, when I try to link IFTTT to my Facebook ...
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Create IFTTT recipe to post a Facebook status at a specific date/time
I want to create a recipe in IFTTT like:
Update Facebook status on a date or time. But I cannot find any way, instead there is STATUS trigger for publishing the status.
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Run Recipe on existing RSS entries
I've created a recipe to backup content published to an RSS feed, but it only runs on new items. I am hoping there is a way to get it to run on all the historical items to, so that I don't have to do ...
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How do I format text from Reddit on IFTTT?
Is there any way I could remove some words from the Reddit posts when trying to use IFTTT to post to Facebook?
As of now, I am trying to trigger the recipe for any new topics in a subreddit and then ...
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Does IFTTT work with Google Hangouts?
The IFTTT site has a GTalk channel.
Is that the same as Hangouts?
In the GMail web page, we only have Hangouts, not chat.
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Date and time format
I have lots of dates in the first column in the format output by IFTTT:
August 23, 2010 at 11:01PM
Is there a way to get them formatted in a way that I can then use for date and time calculations?
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Run custom script as part of IFTTT recipe
I've just stared using IFTTT and one of the things I want to do is
if
A NEW TUMBLR POST IS PUBLISHED
run
my-site.com/my-script.php
To do this it really needs to be able to ping the URL my-site.com/...
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Does IFTTT's Gmail to Dropbox recipe still work if I archive the email manually?
I have an IFTTT recipe which monitors my Gmail inbox and appends the subject line and body of the email to a file on my Dropbox. The problem is it seems to only check once every 10 - 20 minutes or so. ...
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GMail IFTTT Time Trigger/Suppressor
I am looking for a way to send me an SMS text messages when emails are sent to me from a specific sender with a specific subject during business hours. I do not want to receive these text messages off ...
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IFTTT: How to email me my Feedly feeds once a day?
Is there a way for IFTTT to send me an email that contains all my Feedly feeds (or a specific source) within a 24 hour period, instead of sending me an email on every article?
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Save new emails/feed items to Pocket automatically
The Situation
I've subscribed to some newsletters. These newsletters/issues come out on a weekly or daily basis. I'm able to receive most of these newsletters via Email and all via RSS. I want to save ...
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Forward tweets automatically to Google+ [duplicate]
is there a way to automatically forward tweets to Google+?
This IFTTT recipe seemed to work for a while. Well in Germany it does not work :) I tried it by myself. It's not possible for me to receive ...
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How do I keep a new line character in an IFTTT recipe
I am using IFTTT.com to watch my Flickr photostream and make a WordPress post. The IFTTT recipe uses:
{{FlickrUrl}}<br>
{{Description}}<br>
<a href="{{FlickrUrlShort}}">via Flickr&...
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Format date ingredient in IFTTT channel
I'm trying to create a recipe similar to this one where I record all of my Foursquare check-ins on a particular day to a single note for that day in Evernote.
Unfortunately, the {{CheckinDate}} ...
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Using IFTTT to trigger email notification to group of recipients
Can I set up IFTTT to send notification emails to a Google Contact group whenever an article is posted to a Blogger blog (private)?
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IFTTT... sometimes forgets to Trigger
I'm testing RSS to Facebook. I made 3 different recipe, to see how they appear on a Facebook page. During one day, I saw that when I upgraded my RSS (sometimes), one or more of the 3 recipes didn't ...
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