IFTTT + Apilio applet templates: expanding list with links

Hello, I looked over the weekend and didn’t see any duplicate Google assistant applets. Can you provide the specific names?

Also, today I tried using the Google assistant to apilio applet at 3:35pm and it did not run for nearly two hours. Any idea why this could have happened? Thank you.

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Hi @DL38! I added them to the main list above, here they are as well:

Regarding the Google Assistant applet, I’m not currently aware of any issues. I would check the IFTTT logs to see if there were any errors happening at the time, and also check your logs with Google Assistant to make sure that the command was received :slight_smile:

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Thank you! Interestingly I can follow the links to your duplicate applets but I cannot find them when exploring applets in IFTTT. Any idea why?

For the delayed action, the logs show that the applet was “skipped” when I initiated it. I don’t know why that happened, but looks like it’s an IFTTT issue.

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IFTTT have said that they are working on the discoverability of ready-made applets, because it is very, very hard to find these today.

In fact, it was so hard to find them… that I had to put this list together! :sweat_smile:

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Hi @Anna! Actually I have 18 applets in IFTTT of those types:
If WirelessTag Temp updates then update the numeric variable in Apilio – 3
If IFTTT receives event from Apilio then turn Turn Sonoff 1-Channel Plug off – 5
If IFTTT receives event from Apilio then turn Turn Sonoff 1-Channel Plug on – 5
If IFTTT receives event from Apilio then update the numeric variable in Apilio – 2
If Maker Event “XXX”, then update the numeric variable in Apilio – 1
If Every day at 07:00 AM, then update the boolean variable to false in Apilio – 1
If Every day at 11:00 PM, then update the boolean variable to true in Apilio – 1

All of them interact with Apilio. It’s my home heating system. :slight_smile:

Hi @vkogan2005! Great, let’s do this! :slight_smile: I’ve created a few applets for you, these won’t count towards your 3-applet limit:

:arrow_forward: If WirelessTag Temp updates then update the numeric variable in Apilio – 3

:arrow_forward: If IFTTT receives event from Apilio then turn Turn Sonoff 1-Channel Plug off or on – 10

:arrow_forward: If IFTTT receives event from Apilio then update the numeric variable in Apilio – 2

:arrow_forward: If Maker Event “XXX”, then update the numeric variable in Apilio – 1

IFTTT does not allow anyone integrated with the platform to publish applets that combine webhooks with anything else :pensive: I’m afraid this one you will have to keep as a DIY applet.

:arrow_forward: If Every day at 07:00 AM, then update the boolean variable to false in Apilio – 1
:arrow_forward: If Every day at 11:00 PM, then update the boolean variable to true in Apilio – 1

I suspect you should be able to replace these with our new native time conditions. I wrote about them here in this article here in the Community, but if I can be of assistance, please open a thread with your example in the Help section, and we’ll see how we can eliminate those applets, so you can keep those time conditions natively in Apilio :slight_smile:

Thanks a lot, @Anna! Tonight I’ll try to change my setup to use newly created applets. :slight_smile:

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Unfortunately in these cases I can’t add Apilio Ingredients from Apilio Logicblocks to update the Numeric Variable with appropriate value. I’m using {{ApilioValue1}} to do this. Am I right?

Ok, I got it.
The problem is that if we set the value to be customisable by the user, IFTTT does not allow the use of ingredients.
So I created two new applets with the only difference that it is always the “ApilioValue1” that is coming from Apilio that is used as the ingredients of the set value:

Does this solve the issue?

Hi, Philipp! It works, thanks a lot)

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I have more than one Ring doorbell, one in the front and one in the back, and am wondering if you can create a second version of “If Ring detects motion, trigger logicblock” because I use them to turn on different lights in the house, depending on which Ring is triggered. I’m imagine others might want even more than two of these if it’s possible. Thank you!

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Hi @anshaffer! Welcome to the community :slight_smile: Here you go:

It can take up to 24h for IFTTT to enable the applet, so if it appears unavailable, try again a bit later :slight_smile: I hope this helps :wink:

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That sounds great! Thank you!

One more that I am not sure I’ve seen – but would like to see if possible, is a one “If time is XX, then change boolean variable to XXX”

Thank you for creating these!

Depending on your use case, you might be able to set this up in Apilio natively. Can you expand a little bit more, what are you using this variable for, why are you changing it on a schedule? Thanks!! :slight_smile:

Sure! I want to be able to have motion from our Ring doorbell turn on our smart lights and stay on continuously after sunset, and before 2 a.m. and before sunrise. Then if it’s after 2 a.m. and before sunrise, I want the lights to turn off if triggered by motion after 5 minutes.

The other piece of it as I think I figured out a workaround for the 2 a.m. part is that I’d like to turn off the smart lights at 2 a.m. if left on by accident or forgotten. We just got back from a weekend away, for example, and someone triggered the lights on Friday night, which were then on until we arrived home last night.

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I would love an app that checks day of week, time of day, is rain in forecast, what is condition of rain sensor, what is outside temp then depending on these conditions, a ifttt rainmachine program fires.

Are you missing specific IFTTT applet templates for that?
I guess the relevant ones are

  • Weather forecast -> Apilio String Variable
  • Outside temp (which sensor brand) -> Apilio Numeric Variable
  • Apilio -> Rainmachine

Day of week and time of day should be doable with Apilio built-in time conditions.

This is a great example so I’ve written a detailed post that explains how to set it up:

Let me know if I got all the details right, @anshaffer or if anything needs adjusting :smiley: Thanks!

Oh, interesting! Thank you!

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