This applet can be used as nodejs micro service which runs permanently (cronjob) on a zeit.co instance as cloud service. It has the ability to trigger a certain action created with IFTTT to do anything you want.
Install now: https://zeit.co
Install dependencies.
npm i
Rename sample.env to .env.
Enter endpoint data to .env file, e.g.: https://ifttt.com/services/gmail/applets/13371337/check.
APPIDDEV is for testing purpose, APPIDPROD should contain the app id of your productive application.
Go to your applet on IFTTT and trigger it by the Check Now button.
Watch for the request in the network tab of your browsers developer tools.
Copy it as curl and enter the header informations into your ifttt.header.json file.
The secret parts of your application (token, referer, cookie) are stored in your .env file.
Trigger app for productive:
npm run start
Trigger app for development:
npm run dev
Deploy to zeit.co
now --dotenv environment/.env --public
now scale [ID_GIVEN] 1
curl [ID_GIVEN]
The scale step is required to disable the autoscaling which causes the cloud instance to shut down if its not used for some time.
Check Logs
now logs [ID_GIVEN]
List now instance
now ls
Restart the Job
curl [ID_GIVEN] -H 'action: RESTART'
Receive Information about the Job
curl [ID_GIVEN] -H 'action: INFO'
now logs [ID_GIVEN]