Triggering IFTTT Applets using Webhooks instead of the OpenHab service

[Jens_M (Jens Meyer)]

Hi,

I used to trigger my IRobot Roomba via IFTTT and the OpenHab IFTTT service.
Sadly the IFTTT service does not work since several weeks, as @digitaldan explains here: https://community.openhab.org/t/myopenhab-not-reachable/76974/84

Now I had some time to search for an alternative, and thanks to the IFTTT Webhooks Service I found a solution.

1. Activate the Webhook service in your IFTTT account and create a new IFTTT applet where the Webhook is the trigger
2. In an openhab rule just add a sendHttpGetRequest which sends a HTTP request to the webhook and triggers the applet

Here a short example how my IRobot (his name is “Saugi” )is trigerred within a rule:

rule "roomba_activate_bytime"
when 
    Time cron "	0 0 11 ? * MON-FRI *" or
    Time cron "	0 0 12 ? * MON-FRI *" or
    Time cron "	0 0 13 ? * MON-FRI *" or
    Time cron "	0 0 14 ? * MON-FRI *" 
then 
    logInfo("Rule Roomba By Time","Rule Roomba started")
    //Check if no Cellphone is connected to the Wifi and if the robot has already bin started
    if((JensiPhone.state == CLOSED) && 
    (JaninasSamsung.state == CLOSED) &&    
    (status_roomba_automode.state == ON) &&
    (status_roomba_start.state == OFF)){    
        logInfo("Rule Roomba By Time", "Saugi activated")
        status_roomba_start.postUpdate(ON)
        var response = sendHttpGetRequest("https://maker.ifttt.com/trigger/Saugi/with/key/xxxxxxxxxxxxx")        
        logInfo("Rule Roomba By Time", response)
    }
    else {
        logInfo("Rule Roomba By Time", "Saugi not activated")
    }
end