/ifttt-blink1-maker-server

Server written in Node.js for connecting the Blink(1) with the Maker IFTTT channel

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ifttt-blink1-maker-server

Server written in Node.js for connecting the Blink(1) with the Maker IFTTT channel.

There is an official IFTTT channel for the Blink(1), but it's client is Windows only. This is an alternative that can run on any system.

Configuration and setup

The server runs locally at 127.0.0.1 on port 8080 by default, although this can be changed by editing the hostname and port in simplerequestserver.js.

The way I have connected this to IFTTT is through the free ngrok service, which allows you to expose a local server to the Internet through a secure tunnel. This means that you can use the public link ngrok gives you in an IFTTT Maker recipe.

Dependencies

This is project requires Node.js, which can be downloaded from here.

Run

Run using node simplerequestserver.js