If This Then That (ifttt). Web services binding mashup

If you have ever used the Yahoo! Pipes , then imagine the methods of creating such mashaps, in which third-party services interact. For example, you can automatically save to Instapaper all articles that you have marked in Google Reader, or send a message by mail if it will rain tomorrow.

Yahoo! Pipes is a great service, and several articles on Habré are devoted to it, but it has a flaw: it is rather complicated to set up. The developers of ifttt.com (If This Then That) tried to make the interface as simple as possible.

Indeed, it turned out easier nowhere. You go to the page - and literally at random you make connections between web applications (channels) that need to interact.
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Currently only 35 “channels” are supported, but new ones are constantly being added. Each channel can be a data source (this) or a goal (that). After registering with the service, you bind the necessary channels to your account, which become active, the rest are grayed out.



To connect the channels with each other, you need to create a "task" (task), in it specify the desired trigger for the data source and the desired action for the target channel.



After that, you need to specify a name for the new task - and you can activate it at any time. Successful tasks can be put on the public display (recipes), as well as see popular tasks made by other users, add them to yourself with one click.



PS The site ifttt.com was once mentioned on Habré (in June), but then the registration was still by invite.

via How-To Geek