Integrating Homebridge and Siri with IFTTT

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.

1. Enable the Maker Channel
2. 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.