Hubitat™ IFTTT Documentation

JHoke · May 12, 2018, 8:34pm

Are there any plans to expose button controls? I would like an IFTTT event to press a virtual button on Hubitat

i.e.:
If Arlo Camera Detects Motion Then Push Hubitat Virtual Button Foo (which is used by Rule Machine to trigger things)

I tried a switch, but there is no good way to have it 'turn off' when motion stops... I think a button would work as I think I can treat as a momentary button

If i am over-engineering this, and there's a better way let me know as I need something (anything) to control lights from Arlo and Ring Camera Motion until such a time as Hubitat supports them directly

bravenel · May 12, 2018, 9:19pm

You can use a virtual momentary switch. Someone posted the code recently. All it is is a virtual switch that turns off on its own. So it's always available to be be turned on. RM can trigger of it being turned on, and ignore being turned off. So IFTTT turns on that switch from motion, RM catches that, and does whatever. Am I missing something?

JHoke · May 12, 2018, 10:12pm

Thats what I couldnt find ... assuming you mean

I think it will work - testing tonight to see if it turns on the lights when the cameras detect motion

bravenel · May 12, 2018, 10:14pm

Look at the ST Github repo for Momentary Button Tile. I think that's the one that works.

You'll be able to tell if in the code for ON it sends first and On event and then an Off event.

JHoke · May 12, 2018, 10:18pm

Oh... well it looks like Cobra's also should work

dev:2962018-05-12 18:16:50.844:debugSwitch Off Timer Version 1.0 - OFF
dev:2962018-05-12 18:16:40.831:debugTurning off in 10 seconds
dev:2962018-05-12 18:16:40.829:debugSwitch Off Timer Version 1.0 - ON

I can set it to zero for a true momentary switch as well

Thanks either way

stephack · May 13, 2018, 12:04am

He may have meant this.

I tried the momentary switch that worked with ST but it was inconsistent...probably because the on/off happened so quickly with local processing. At the advice of @ogiewon I added a 1 second delay and it's worked perfectly for me since.

aaron · August 31, 2018, 6:03pm

How would you have Rule Manager initiate a remote IFTTT? I leverage IFTTT integration with ST to initiate our Roomba based on WebCORE rules. Again attempting to reduce my reliance on ST based integrations (at least until WebCORE officially supports Hubitat with ST). Suggestions?

jrau272 · August 31, 2018, 7:12pm

I have rule machine turn on a virtual switch. Then program ifttt to start my roomba when that switch is turned on.

I also set that switch to automatically turn itself back off after a few seconds.

aaron · September 1, 2018, 12:51am

So how did you get IFTTT to work? I keep getting an error trying to connect hubitat and IFTTT together.

aaron · September 2, 2018, 5:09am

Ok so IFTTT finally connected. I created a simple virtual device to turn on and the ifttt would start our Roomba. Nothing is working. Attached are the errors in the logs.

kamransiddiqi1998 · October 18, 2018, 6:42pm

How do I set the trigger if door unlocks?

cjrad63 · November 19, 2018, 3:11pm

I just submitted an IFTTT request for Hubitat to add unlock and lock triggers for locks.

cjrad63 · November 20, 2018, 2:35pm

I created a Hubitat virtual switch that turns on when the lock is unlocked. The virtual switch will show up in IFTTT and you can use that as the trigger

SmartHomePrimer · November 20, 2018, 2:37pm

That's the simple way to do it.

Mikelk19 · February 6, 2019, 5:26pm

IS there any plan to allow the "add ingredient" to control the dim level of a dimmer? That way you can use google home to directly control and set the level of a dimmer. Right now you can only use this on the rate.

It would also be great if we could directly control a thermostat with IFTTT and use the same "add ingredient" to control the temperature.

giulianomx · July 10, 2019, 5:35pm

Guys/Gals, how can I control an IFTTT SmartLife Applet from a Hubitat Virtual Switch? Is it possible right now?

marktheknife · July 10, 2019, 8:08pm

If you have both services connected to IFTTT, have you tried creating an applet?

IF [hubitat virtual switch turns on] THEN [turn on smartlife device]

Or something like that.

giulianomx · July 10, 2019, 9:08pm

I have tried that already but I couldn't find an applet that allows me to read a Hubitat Virtual Switch state.

marktheknife · July 10, 2019, 9:41pm

Not quite sure what you mean. Create a new applet. When you select hubitat as the “THIS” service, you’ll have several options, including when a device (switch) turns on or off.

giulianomx · July 10, 2019, 9:48pm

hmm, I haven't seen that one, let me try it.