After the iOS 10 release, it’s finally possibile to play with Siri and HomeKit!
I installed Homebridge on my Raspberry PI and create some rules to play: control some LED bulbs, check temperature and so on…
But I wanted more! I need to extend to the full features IFTTT!
The good news is that Homebridge support IFTTT with a plugin.
IF you need to install it, go to https://github.com/ilcato/homebridge-ifttt/ and install it:
npm install -g homebridge-ifttt
After then we need to create the configuration, but first we need some preparation.
For make it work properly let’s create a rule on IFTTT.
- Enable the Maker Channel
- Create a rule:
- Choose an event name: for example “Speedy“
- Choose an action: for example send email
- the result should be something like this:
- If Maker Event “Speedy”, then send an email from user@domain
Now let’s go back to the config.json for the Homebridge and connect IFTTT adding the following code:
{ "platform": "IFTTT", "name": "IFTTT", "makerkey": "INSERT YOUR MAKER KEY", "accessories": [ { "name": "Speedy Mail", "buttons": [ { "caption": "Speedy Mail", "trigger": "Speedy" } ] } ] }
restart Homebridge and you can send email from HomeKit.
Hi , I am trying to understand if it would be possible to command your home through a android phone and iftt. So basically revert what you did and : say to android tell ifft to turn on the lights , ifft turn on the lights , then iftt commands homebridge to turn on the lights.
I guess you can do it, but let me verify it.