To help you get around, here’s the full table of contents for our help articles in this Community:
What is Apilio?
Is it your first time around here? Welcome! These are perfect to get you started:
Newbie videos
See how to use and setup Apilio with these step-by-step examples:
- Newbie video - Apilio in a nutshell
- Newbie video - How to setup a variable
- Newbie video - How to setup a condition
- Newbie video - How to setup a logiblock
- Newbie video - Creating a logicblock with a smart light strip and timing delays
Controlling times and delays with Apilio
Use time conditions to control when your logicblocks run, add delays or timeouts to your conditions for a better control of your devices, and easily add delays to your actions:
- Video on adding delays in mutiple-action IFTTT chains
- How to add a delay to an IFTTT action
- How delays work in Apilio in detail
- How to setup and use time conditions
- How to add an offset time to your Sunset or Sunrise
- How to setup time constraints for Conditions: delays and timeouts
- Advanced: Cron time conditions - Intro and how to set them up
Smart Conditions in Apilio
- How to use conditions in Apilio to create smarter routines
- How conditions applied to variables work in detail
- Complex condition linking
- XOR, NOR and NAND for complex conditions
- How to track who is at home: using location & WiFi to drive your logic
Connecting and using IFTTT for conditions in Apilio
Thanks to our native integration with IFTTT, you can connect to almost 700 brands of smart devices and services with Apilio. Learn how to setup different elements in Apilio and how to connect them with IFTTT:
- How to connect Apilio and IFTTT
- IFTTT + Apilio applet templates: expanding list with links (these don’t count towards your 3-applet limit with IFTTT)
- How to update a boolean variable via IFTTT
- How to update a numeric variable via IFTTT
- How to update a string variable via IFTTT
- How to evaluate logicblocks and trigger actions with IFTTT
- How to choose your variable, trigger and actions
Connecting and using Tuya (Smart Life)
Apilio integrates with Tuya so you can use Tuya actions to turn on/off devices and activate a scene natively from Apilio:
- How to connect your Smart Life account with Apilio
- How to create Smart Life Conditions in Apilio
- How to create Smart Life Actions in Apilio
- Smart Life (Tuya) product tracker: compatible products curated by the Community
- Using Tuya / Smart Life "Groups" and "Tap-to-Run" in Apilio as Tuya Actions
- Custom commands for Tuya / Smart Life actions
Connecting and using Philips Hue
Apilio integrates natively with Philips Hue so you can control your smart Hue lightbulbs from your logic in Apilio:
Using Webhooks and Apilio
- How to use webhooks to update variables and trigger logicblocks in Apilio
- How to renew your webhooks secret key in Apilio
Advanced Apilio
- IFTTT action – additional value parameters
- How to use the different execution modes: immediate, warn and suggest
- REST API Documentation
Other how-to articles
- How to extend your free Apilio subscription
- How to migrate your logicblocks to the new IFTTT integration
- How to re-use the same Event Name in different Logicblocks
- How to re-connect IFTTT with a formerly deactivated Apilio Account
Looking for some inspiration?
Have a look in the Use Cases section! And do share your projects and ideas with the Community to help us make Apilio better
