I’m looking for a way to make IFTTT work with external APIs by checking them regularly for updates. In Zapier, there’s a webhook feature that can poll an API endpoint and trigger actions when it finds new data. I need to know if IFTTT has something similar that can monitor an external API and run automations based on the response. Has anyone found a workaround or built-in feature in IFTTT that does this kind of API polling? I want to connect my custom service to IFTTT but it doesn’t seem to have direct API monitoring capabilities like other automation platforms.
nope, IFTTT dont really poll like zapier, ya kno? but i used webhook.site to catch my api calls and send em to the IFTTT webhooks. its a bit hacky but works fine if ur ok with that extra step.
IFTTT doesn’t do API polling - that’s a huge downside vs Zapier. But you can work around it with middleware like Pipedream or just run a cron job on a cheap VPS. I’ve got a Node.js script that checks my API every 10 minutes, processes whatever changed, then sends a webhook to IFTTT. You get way more control over timing and filtering this way. You need that middle layer doing the polling while IFTTT just catches the triggers. More work to set up than Zapier’s native webhooks, but rock solid once it’s running.
IFTTT can’t poll APIs directly like Zapier does with webhooks. But I found a workaround using RSS feeds and a basic cloud script. I wrote a simple Python script that checks my API every few minutes and creates an RSS feed from the results. Since IFTTT can watch RSS feeds, it triggers my automation whenever new data shows up. Not the prettiest solution, but it works great. If you need better API monitoring, check out Integromat or n8n - they’re more powerful but harder to set up than IFTTT.