/cohost-notification-server

Deliver cohost notifications to an IFTTT Webhook.

Primary LanguageJavaScriptMIT LicenseMIT

cohost-notification-server

Deliver cohost notifications to an IFTTT Webhook.

This repo is not affiliated with cohost.

Setup

  1. Clone the repo & install the dependencies

    git clone git@github.com:mogery/cohost-notification-server.git
cd cohost-notification-server
npm i

  2. Create your IFTTT Applet like so:

    Your applet should have two parts: a Webhook "Receive a web request" trigger, and a Notifications "Send a rich notification from the IFTTT app" action. In the Webhook trigger, the event name should be "cohost_notification" (without the quotes). In the Notifications action, the title should be the Value1 ingredient, the message should be the Value2 ingredient, and the link URL should be the Value3 ingredient.

  3. Get your IFTTT Webhook. You can find the link by clicking on the Documentation button on this site. The correct link will be under the "To trigger an Event with 3 JSON values" heading. When you have the link, you should replace {event} with cohost_notification.

  4. Create a .env file in the root directory of the repo. Inside you should set 3 values. COHOST_EMAIL should be set to the e-mail address of your cohost account. COHOST_PASSWORD should be your cohost password. IFTTT_WEBHOOK should be the Webhook link that you just got. Make sure that you replaced {event} with cohost_notification.

    Here's an example .env file (fill it out with your own info though):

    COHOST_EMAIL=eggbug@cohost.org
COHOST_PASSWORD=hunter2
IFTTT_WEBHOOK=https://maker.ifttt.com/trigger/cohost_notification/with/key/randomstringofcharacters

Usage

node index.js

It will crash if cohost goes down, so you should probably pair it with forever:

forever index.js