Help me http sensor IFTTT google calendar

David Lodin shared this question 10 years ago
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Hello.

Im new to IFTTT and been testing some integration with google calendar of mine.

A http sensor was created and gived me two adresses, one for activate the sensor and one to deactivate:

Short versions.

https://my.zipato.com/zipato-web/remoting/attribute/set........................state=true

https://my.zipato.com/zipato-web/remoting/attribute/set........................state=false


When i googled guides for this all of them told me i would get a http adress that ended with 1 or 0, but mine ends with true or false?


Anyway i connected my google calendar with the Maker at IFTTT. And when a calendar event starts IFTTT/Maker visits that web adress - the http sensor turns active and the rule trigger starts.


BUT i dont know how to fix the httpsensor/IFTTT so it deactivates when the google calendar event ends?

Replies (3)

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The "Google calendar" channel only offers the start event of a date in a connected calendar. So you have to define to dates for your holiday.


1.1. Start holiday: name = "Start"

1.2. End holiday: name= "End"


Use a virtual meter as virtual device as suggested in the Rule Example - IFTTT - Use DO to control actions in Zipabox

Rename two meter values in config of the virtual meter:

2.1. Start

2.2. End


Define two IFTTT receipes. One with channel this = "google calendar" and one with channel that = "Maker"

3.1. If event from search for 'Start' starts on [yourCalendarName], then make a web request (Link to URL from 2.1 appending 1)

3.2. If event from search for 'End' starts on [yourCalendarName], then make a web request (Link to URL from 2.2 appending 1)


Define two rules in Control Center (you need also a virtual switch for holiday, Name = Holiday):

4.1. When virtual meter Start !=0...Holiday Action On...Start = 0 (reset)

4.2. When virtual meter End !=0...Holiday Action Off...End = 0 (reset)


That's it :-)

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There is a mistake in the second rule. Again the attached screenshot with the corrected rule.

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