IFTTT Not Working as of 2-16-2019 @12pm PST

[jonschmon]

It's been 10 months since I originally reported that IFTTT integration was broken after months of stable operation: https://forums.homeseer.com/forum/ho...r-not-received. I believe I was one of the first to report this issue.

It's been 8 months since I posted above in this thread that this still wasn't working. Since then I've endured (oh the agony) the hardship of having to turn my Hue bulbs on and off separately instead of being to control them with my Homeseer switches and events.

I just tried it again today and IFTTT integration with Homeseer is still not working! This is totally unacceptable to still be broken after nearly a year -- even if it's IFTTT's fault, I would expect Homeseer to have a good enough relationship with them to get it fixed in a matter of hours, not years. And if it's something wrong with only a small group of accounts I would also expect Homeseer to prioritize fixing it for those accounts given how big a selling point IFTTT is for most home automation devices. Right now Homeseer definitely should not be claiming that it works with IFTTT as they proudly proclaim here: https://homeseer.com/ifttt-integration/. This is basically a lie.

Yes, I could fix this by buying a plugin from the Homeseer store to control my Philips Hue lights but at this point I'm not interested in paying Homeseer to work around this bug.

Yes, I can probably work around this using the Webhooks IFTTT plugin that jeff98363 describes above. I'll probably do that, but it's basically a hack -- Homeseer relying on Webhooks IFTTT integration instead of having its own integration fixed.

[sparkman]

It's been 10 months since I originally reported that IFTTT integration was broken after months of stable operation: https://forums.homeseer.com/forum/ho...r-not-received. I believe I was one of the first to report this issue.

It's been 8 months since I posted above in this thread that this still wasn't working. Since then I've endured (oh the agony) the hardship of having to turn my Hue bulbs on and off separately instead of being to control them with my Homeseer switches and events.

I just tried it again today and IFTTT integration with Homeseer is still not working! This is totally unacceptable to still be broken after nearly a year -- even if it's IFTTT's fault, I would expect Homeseer to have a good enough relationship with them to get it fixed in a matter of hours, not years. And if it's something wrong with only a small group of accounts I would also expect Homeseer to prioritize fixing it for those accounts given how big a selling point IFTTT is for most home automation devices. Right now Homeseer definitely should not be claiming that it works with IFTTT as they proudly proclaim here: https://homeseer.com/ifttt-integration/. This is basically a lie.

Yes, I could fix this by buying a plugin from the Homeseer store to control my Philips Hue lights but at this point I'm not interested in paying Homeseer to work around this bug.

Yes, I can probably work around this using the Webhooks IFTTT plugin that jeff98363 describes above. I'll probably do that, but it's basically a hack -- Homeseer relying on Webhooks IFTTT integration instead of having its own integration fixed.

Have you contacted HS support? IFTTT continues to work fine for me and many (most?) others. What specifically are you doing with IFTTT? Are you trying to trigger HS Events? If so, have you confirmed that you have a local account on your HS system with the same credentials as your MyHS account and that the account has access to events?

[jonschmon]

I previously exchanged several emails with Homeseer support back in December and January. They worked on it but did not fully resolve the issue. I have not attempted to engage support again. Perhaps I should have tried that first, but I'm feeling a bit impatient.

Besides, I see active postings in the forum that other users are still having problems or I would not have posted this. For example, see: https://forums.homeseer.com/forum/ho...mporarily-down.

I am trying to create a simple applet in IFTTT that turns on a Hue bulb when a Homeseer virtual device is turned on. I created a whole new IFTTT account to test this and still got errors. I think errors show up in the applet log that Homeseer is having problems, but I deleted the applet so I can't confirm that. However, I do see all my Homeseer devices in IFTTT so I would assume based on that that the integration is "working".

I have not confirmed that my local account has the same credentials as my MyHS account and that it has access to events. How do I confirm that? Would my devices show up in IFTTT even if this was not configured right?

Meanwhile, I was able to get this working with Webhooks.

[sparkman]

Check under Tools - Setup and then the Network tab. A user account should be there with the same username and password as your MyHS account. If not, create it.

[serky]

Jeff, thanks for taking the time to write this up. I just tried it and it works, although i had to change the script to this, which I found in another thread.

&hs.GetURL("https://maker.ifttt.com/trigger/EVENT/with/key/KEY","/",TRUE,80)

In this example, would the Webhooks Key be placed where the word KEY is leaving everything else as is?

Thank You

[SteveZ]

In this example, would the Webhooks Key be placed where the word KEY is leaving everything else as is?

Thank You

Yes, if I remember that is correct and your event id # in place of EVENT, to get your event id # you can use this http://<ip of homeseer>/JSON?request=getevents

I haven't used IFTTT in a really long time, it became unreliable and then they started charging money.

[serky]

Thanks Steve,

So this would be an example.

&hs.GetURL("https://maker.ifttt.com/trigger/IFTT_Pool/with/key/actual webhook key here","/",TRUE,80)

Thank You

Jason

[SteveZ]

Thanks Steve,

So this would be an example.

&hs.GetURL("https://maker.ifttt.com/trigger/IFTT_Pool/with/key/actual webhook key here","/",TRUE,80)

Thank You

Jason

Yes but your IFTT_Pool needs to be the event ID number, not the name. so it would look something like this

&hs.GetURL("https://maker.ifttt.com/trigger/123/with/key/actual webhook key here","/",TRUE,80)

where 123 is replace with the event ID number for your IFTT_Pool event

to get the event ID number use this link http://<ip of homeseer>/JSON?request=getevents

[serky]

Steve,



So this would be the language?
Here is what I got for the event ID. It would be 205?

Pool","id":205,"voice_command":"","voice_command_enabled":fa lse},{"Group":"Pool","Name":"IFFT Pool

&hs.GetURL("https://maker.ifttt.com/trigger/205/with/key/actual webhook key here","/",TRUE,80)



Thank You

[SteveZ]

Steve,



So this would be the language?
Here is what I got for the event ID. It would be 205?

Pool","id":205,"voice_command":"","voice_command_enabled":fa lse},{"Group":"Pool","Name":"IFFT Pool

&hs.GetURL("https://maker.ifttt.com/trigger/205/with/key/actual webhook key here","/",TRUE,80)



Thank You

I apologize, the event name would be you IFTTT event name like you originally had. sorry to make it more confusing I was going off memory and its been 2 years since I've used this.

[serky]

No worries. I just found out about Webhook uses today. My original routine does not work because I was triggering the event based on a Homeseer device turning on. I just found out you can get around this by using Webhooks. I will go back to the original way and let you know if it works when it runs. It is based turning on a button when armed night mode and the action expected is turning the pool off.

Jason

[serky]

I tried to run using IFTTT but no go. Here are the Homeseer and IFTTT settings. Do they seem correctly done? If Maker Event IFFT_Pool, then send IFTTTPool action to.pdf

[SteveZ]

I tried to run using IFTTT but no go. Here are the Homeseer and IFTTT settings. Do they seem correctly done? If Maker Event IFFT_Pool, then send IFTTTPool action to.pdf

I cant see the whole screenshot but from what I see it looks right. if you copy just the this part and put it in a browser url does it work?

https://maker.ifttt.com/trigger/IFTT...ith/key/actual webhook key here

replacing actual webhook key here with your actual key

[serky]

Yes, it did work the routine. I guess I will see when the House Night Button runs if it triggers that way or I know I have an issue with the programming.

Thanks so much for that tip to see if my script worked.

Jason

[SteveZ]

you can also use the run event button to force the event to run, another way to test