IFTTT is a free web-based service that allows users to create chains of simple conditional statements, called "applets", which are triggered based on changes to other web services such as Gmail, Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest. IFTTT is an abbreviation of "If This Then That".
An example "applet" might consist of sending an e-mail message if the IFTTT user tweets using a certain hashtag. Or, if the user is tagged by someone on Facebook, then that photo will be added to the user's cloud-based photo archive.
IFTTT was created by Linden Tibbets, Jesse Tane, Scott Tong and Alexander Tibbets in San Francisco, California. IFTTT was launched in September 7, 2011.
In addition to the Web-based application, IFTTT for iPhone was launched on July 10, 2013 and contained three channels: iOS Photos, Reminders and Contacts. An iPad version with iOS notification support was later introduced on April 3, 2014. Later that month, on April 24, 2014, IFTTT released an Android version of the app.
On February 19, 2015, IFTTT renamed their original application to IF and released a new suite of apps called Do. The Do apps allow users to create customizable shortcut applications and actions. Linden Tibbets also announced that IFTTT users are now "cooking" about 20 million "recipes" each day. All of the functionalities of the Do suite of apps have since been integrated into a redesigned IFTTT app.
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History
On December 14, 2010, Linden Tibbets, the co-founder of IFTTT, posted a blog post titled "ifttt the beginning..." on the IFTTT website, announcing that the new project was called "IFTTT". The first applications performed by IFTTT were designed and developed by Tibbets and Jesse Tane, co-founder of IFTTT. On September 7, 2011, Tibbets announced on the official website that IFTTT was open.
By April 30, 2012, one million tasks had been created.
On July 10, 2013 IFTTT for iPhone was released.
In June 2012, the service entered the Internet of Things space by integrating with Belkin WeMo devices, allowing Recipes to interact with the physical world.
On April 3, 2014, IFTTT for iPad and iPod touch was released. In addition, developers also introduced a new channel called iOS Notifications Channel.
On April 24, 2014, A version for Android was released.
As an Internet of Things (IoT) business, by the end of 2014, IFTTT was valued at approximately $170 million.
On February 19, 2015, IFTTT launched three new applications. Do Button triggers an action when you press it. Do Camera automatically uploads the image to the service of your choice (Facebook, Twitter, Dropbox, etc.). Do Notes do the same as Do Camera, except with notes instead of images. As of November 2016, the four apps have been combined into one. By December 2016, the company announced a partnership with JotForm to integrate an "Applet" to create actions in other applications.
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Features
Overview
IFTTT employs the following concepts.
- Services (formerly known as channels) are the "basic building blocks of IFTTT", they mainly describe a series of data from a certain web service such as YouTube or eBay. It can also describe some actions controlled with certain APIs like SMS. Sometimes, it can represent information in terms of weather or stocks. There are particular triggers and actions in each channel.
- Triggers are the "this" part of an applet. They are the items that "trigger" the action. For example, from an RSS feed, you can receive a notification based on a keyword or phrase.
- Actions are the "that" part of an applet. They are the output that results from the input of the trigger.
- Applets (formerly known as recipes) are the predicates made from Triggers and Actions. For example, if you like any picture in Instagram (trigger), the photo will be sent to your Dropbox account (action).
- Ingredients are basic data made available from a trigger. For example, the data that are available from the email trigger include subject, body, attachment, received date, and the sender's address.
Usage examples
- IFTTT can automate web-application tasks, such as posting the same content on several social networks.
- Marketing professionals can use IFTTT to track mentions of companies in real-time in RSS feeds.
Reception
IFTTT has received positive reception from Forbes, Time, Wired, The New York Times, and Reader's Digest.
Microsoft, another software developer, has developed a comparable product: Microsoft Flow.
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