4 ms·

I've been using ifttt to: * Scour Craigslist for an apartment in San Francisco * Put indeed.com job searches for "UI Design San Francisco" into Evernote * Mo

by mcritz 15y ago

I've been using ifttt to: * Scour Craigslist for an apartment in San Francisco * Put indeed.com job searches for "UI Design San Francisco" into Evernote * Monitor airline fares for the cheapest time to buy a one-way ticket from BOS to SFO * Text me when the temperature in zip code 94103 rises above 68 to remind myself to get out and enjoy my new city. THANKS IFTTT! I couldn't have done it without you!

linden 15y ago
Thank you! How are you getting the airline fares? Feeds, I imagine, but from where? Lots of people asking how to do that.
- callmeed 15y ago
  These exist: http://rss.travelocity.com/ http://rss.travelocity.com/ http://www.orbitz.com/App/ViewRSSHelpPage http://www.orbitz.com/App/ViewRSSHelpPage
  - linden 15y ago
    Thanks!
deleted 15y ago
[deleted]
noinput 15y ago
funny, the first ifttt i created was to SMS me if the temp tomorrow will be above 90 (in Los Angeles) so i can stay inside.
taybenlor 15y ago
FYI adioso.com (YC W09) does airline price notifications :)
- jh3 15y ago
  Once adioso covers more airlines it will be useful.
- deleted 15y ago
  [deleted]
tcarnell 15y ago
...yes you could - you can actually perform exactly those tasks using http://femtoo.com http://femtoo.com. Although IFTTT is great, Femtoo has the advantage that you can track changes and be notified, or fire events when content of ANY web page, not just those listed. Femtoo also supports Notifo notifications (direct to your mobile) and optionally a URL callback, so you can even create your own event handlers. For example, I have a Femtoo tracker that is monitoring the latest BBC news headline, whenever it changes, Femtoo calls the LiveDirectory.org API to update the BBC profile here: http://livedirectory.org/profile/bbc http://livedirectory.org/profile/bbc - as LiveDirectory.org is a pub/sub system, subscribers to the LiveDirectory BBC profile will recieve a webhook style callback.
- tcarnell 15y ago
  Additionally, Femtoo stores every value of every change in content so you can see history data about flight prices with pretty graphs etc...oooohhh!
  - ericdykstra 15y ago
    ifttt has the advantage of a beautiful design, being free, and not spamming their service on hacker news.
atroche 15y ago
For tracking changes in flight costs, you should probably check out http://adioso.com http://adioso.com (YC-funded).
- mcritz 15y ago
  That’s really hot! Thanks for the link. I’m forwarding it to my girlfriend.

by mcritz 15y ago

linden 15y ago

Thank you! How are you getting the airline fares? Feeds, I imagine, but from where? Lots of people asking how to do that.

callmeed 15y ago
These exist: http://rss.travelocity.com/ http://rss.travelocity.com/ http://www.orbitz.com/App/ViewRSSHelpPage http://www.orbitz.com/App/ViewRSSHelpPage
- linden 15y ago
  Thanks!

deleted 15y ago

[deleted]

noinput 15y ago

funny, the first ifttt i created was to SMS me if the temp tomorrow will be above 90 (in Los Angeles) so i can stay inside.

taybenlor 15y ago

FYI adioso.com (YC W09) does airline price notifications :)

jh3 15y ago
Once adioso covers more airlines it will be useful.
deleted 15y ago
[deleted]

tcarnell 15y ago

...yes you could - you can actually perform exactly those tasks using http://femtoo.com http://femtoo.com. Although IFTTT is great, Femtoo has the advantage that you can track changes and be notified, or fire events when content of ANY web page, not just those listed. Femtoo also supports Notifo notifications (direct to your mobile) and optionally a URL callback, so you can even create your own event handlers. For example, I have a Femtoo tracker that is monitoring the latest BBC news headline, whenever it changes, Femtoo calls the LiveDirectory.org API to update the BBC profile here: http://livedirectory.org/profile/bbc http://livedirectory.org/profile/bbc - as LiveDirectory.org is a pub/sub system, subscribers to the LiveDirectory BBC profile will recieve a webhook style callback.

tcarnell 15y ago
Additionally, Femtoo stores every value of every change in content so you can see history data about flight prices with pretty graphs etc...oooohhh!
- ericdykstra 15y ago
  ifttt has the advantage of a beautiful design, being free, and not spamming their service on hacker news.

atroche 15y ago

For tracking changes in flight costs, you should probably check out http://adioso.com http://adioso.com (YC-funded).

mcritz 15y ago
That’s really hot! Thanks for the link. I’m forwarding it to my girlfriend.