Integrate with IFTTT

IFTTT (www.ifttt.com) is a service that lets you connect events with actions via simple If-Then rules. Each such rule is called a recipe.

You can create a bot in your AppSheet app that will trigger the If event of an IFTTT recipe. The event can also carry some data from your app that can be passed along to some other service via the IFTTT recipe.

Here is a simple IFTTT recipe to show this integration. The recipe receives a message from an AppSheet bot, and then sends it by email to the owner of the IFTTT account.

To set up an integration with IFTTT:

1. Create and sign in to your IFTTT account.

2. Open the following URL: https://ifttt.com/recipes/426317-integrate-your-appsheet-app
   This will copy the recipe into your account.

3. Add the Maker source to your account. Provide an event name (for example, MyTrialEvent). Click Add to add the recipe to your account. Go to https://ifttt.com/maker to obtain your key. It will be similar to the following: dMJSI4dCVowUxpVFrqjG8d

4. Call a webhook from a bot in your AppSheet app. Configure the webhook action as follows.

   • Set the URL: https://maker.ifttt.com/trigger/{eventName}/with/key/{IFTTTkey} For example, https://maker.ifttt.com/trigger/MyTrialEvent/with/key/dMJSI4dCVowUxpVFrqjG8d

   • Leave the HTTP Headers blank.

   • In the Body field, enter {"value1":"hello", "value2":"there", "value3":"<_APPNAME>"}. You can use any data from the updated record and the rest of the app data using AppSheet expressions.

5. Run the app deployment check and mark the app as Deployable, otherwise the bot won't actually execute the actions.

6. Make an update to the app so that the bot fires. Verify from the audit history log that the bot succeeded. Go to your IFTTT recipe page and verify from the recipe log that the recipe was triggered. A short while later, your IFTTT recipe will send an email to your account.