Automating boring stuff with smart devices and IFTTT

by Samat Gaiazov

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Automating boring stuff with smart devices and IFTTT Samat Gaiazov

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Some boring stuff • Turning lights on in your room after sunset • Turning lights oﬀ when your leave your home • Checking if it’s raining or it will rain today • Opening Hodor app to click the button • And more…

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What can IFTTT offer you IF THIS THEN THAT

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What can IFTTT offer you IF THIS THEN THAT TRIGGER ACTION

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Triggers Time Every hour at… Every day at… Every week at… Every month at…

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Triggers Time Start your morning routine Turn on music with your wake up Remind about something Remind to drink a glass of water hourly

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Triggers Weather When it is raining outside… If it is sunset/sunrise… Temperature drops below…

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Triggers Weather Trigger when it is raining/will be raining to take an umbrella Turn on/Change temperature of room lights after sunset Turn on heating if temperature below…

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Triggers Assistants Google Assistant or Amazon Alexa Trigger anything with your voice Just have to specify the trigger phrase

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Triggers Twitter Email Finance Instagram GPS Geofencing Many smart devices — basically any available for purchase smart sensor

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What can IFTTT offer you IF THIS THEN THAT TRIGGER ACTION

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Actions Webhooks Basically any REST request with Body a Content-Type Header

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Actions Webhooks Open the main door with Hodor request Control any devices/services which doesn’t have native IFTTT integration

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Actions Notiﬁcations Receive a notiﬁcation on your device

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Actions Notiﬁcations When there is rainy or too cold outside When Nest security detected something in your home When there is a new speciﬁc Instagram/ FB/RSS post

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Actions Your smart devices Home lights with Phillips HUE, Yeelight, IKEA Tradfri Home temperature with Smart Thermostats (Nest, tado) Any Smart Devices (there is even a Smart Kettle available)

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Actions Your smart devices Turn on/off lights, change lights colours Adjust home temperature Anything else, depends on how smart is your home

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Actions Post to Twitter Send Email Stop/Play music Start robot vacuum cleaner Turn on home security

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So, what can I do? Examples Yeelight LED A++ LED for 25 years Connected to WiFi About 19Eur

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So, what can I do? Turn on the lights after sunset Change color temperature after sunset/sunrise Turn off the lights when I leave the house

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So, what can I do? If I click the widget then send request to Hodor

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So, what can I do? If I say “Hodor open the door” to Google Assistant then send request to Hodor

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So, what else can I do?

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So, what else can I do?

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So, what else can I do?

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Now it up to you to combine triggers with actions and create your own applets Questions? Thank you for your attention! https://ifttt.com