I have found numerous articles and projects sending sensor data "To" IFTTT using Webhooks. What I haven't found was doing this in the opposite direction.
For example, I want to trigger a function on an Arduino or ESP module "From" IFTTT using Webhooks.
I did find how to associate the Webhooks URL to a "Thing".
It appears to be going from the Hardware module "To" IFTTT.
Once you associate the URL with the event and key to a Thing, what method is used to detect the incoming URL message "From" IFTTT ?
Then what do you need to do in the sketch to react to the incoming URL ?
I have tried Boolean and integer without success. I would like to find documentation that describes this with an example if possible.
For my project, I would use IFTTT and webhooks to send a message to flash an LED on the Arduino or ESP module over wifi.
If someone has a similar project as an example, that would be appreciated also. If there is something better than Webhooks, I am interested.
Note: I did find some similar questions on the forum but there were no responses or solutions. I hope someone has done this and is willing to share their knowledge.
Your support would be greatly appreciated.
IFTTT can write to a Google sheet, therefore you could write a Windows/Linux program that monitors the spreadsheet for changes then send a message to the Arduino over WiFi.
You could also do a similar thing with dropbox using a text file as the messaging middleware.