pIpe
ifttt is awesome for popular channels like Twitter, Facebook, Email etc. But if you want to customize channels to use any json or xml feed it isn't of much help.
pIpe is ifttt for websites/webservices linked to webservices/smartphones/laptops with advanced filters.
It is the ultimate in web automation. See Hacker News Gtalk Alert for example
To install:
gem install pipe
Add to Gemfile:
gem 'pipe'
Source
Source can be:
- Any json feed
- Any xml/rss feed
- Any website with changes detected from html
Sink
Events can be notified to:
- Any webservice
- Desktop notifications like Growl
- iPhone / Android
- Email, Instant Message, Text Message
- Twitter, Google Calendar, Todo lists etc
Filter
pIpe has advanced filters and is not limited to one input and output.
Contribute
pIpe is still a work in progress. To contribute fork and check out unfinished Sources, Sinks, Inputs, Outputs