If This Then That

In this exercise, we will build a contactless virtual doorbell using If This Then That (IFTT). Go to https://ifttt.com/ and create an account.

After you have created an account go to create or https://ifttt.com/create.

Click on this

Then search for and click on Webhooks then click receive a web request.

Create and name you event "Doorbell"

You will be brought back to the section where you can click on that.

Click on That

Then search for and click on email then click on send me an email.

Change the subject line to Doorbell then click create.

Click Finish to end the task.

Click the user icon in the top right of the page and then click on my services.

Then click on webhooks then settings. Copy the URL, then place it into a new browser window.

Copy the URL, mine is shown below:

https://maker.ifttt.com/trigger/[app_name_goes_here]/with/key/dTJObOgVj3RHOCghZtMch

and paste this into a text editor. Replace:

[app_name_goes_here]

With:

doorbell

So for my example

https://maker.ifttt.com/trigger/doorbell/with/key/dTJObOgVj3RHOCghZtMch

You should notice that, you have received an email in your inbox, indicating that someone is at the door.