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> But now I want to write an "HN Alerts" service that notifies you whenever someone writes a comment with a certain keyword. You should absolutely do this.
by moot 13y ago
> But now I want to write an "HN Alerts" service that notifies you whenever someone writes a comment with a certain keyword.
You should absolutely do this.
- sillysaurus2 13y agoOk. Would you email me (sillysaurus2 at gmail) so that I can have you beta test it? It's pretty straightforward, but I'd feel better if you look at it before I publicly launch it. (I know how busy you are, so I'll always be brief.)
- rzendacott 13y agoThere's actually a useful Zapier script that already does this [0]. I remember reading about it on Mike Knoop's (Zapier cofounder) blog [1]. I haven't tried it out but you should be able to hook it up to any of the alert services that Zapier integrates with. (Which is a lot!) [0] https://zapier.com/zapbook/webhook/rss/8249/hacker-news-mention-to-rss/ https://zapier.com/zapbook/webhook/rss/8249/hacker-news-ment... [1] http://mikeknoop.com/my-zaps/ http://mikeknoop.com/my-zaps/
- mikeknoop 13y agoAnd in case there was any doubt, it's one of my favorite Zaps :) It uses the awesome HNSearch API to poll for new mentions of phrases and triggers a Zap whenever it finds one. (I have it send me an SMS). Here's a better, more direct Zap Template: http://zpr.io/gsjS http://zpr.io/gsjS