Name: E-mail and SMS via IFTTT
Rating: 4 (25 reviews)
Author: r.485

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This app allows you to send quick e-mails or text messages from your watch using IFTTT webhooks. 
No companion app is required, but you need an IFTTT account and it may take some time to configure.
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Instructions:
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PART I: Configure your IFTTT account
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• If you do not have an IFTTT account, create it on http://ifttt.com
• If you haven't activated Webhooks on your IFTTT account, do it on https://ifttt.com/services/maker_webhooks/settings
• Once you've done this, you will get a secret key. This is actually the last part of the URL that you will use to trigget Webhook events. Such a URL looks like https://maker.ifttt.com/trigger/{event_name}/with/key/{key}?value1=a&value2=b&value3=c . We will talk about "event_name" and the "values" later.
• Now you can create IFTTT applets ("recipes") that are triggered by Webhooks. For example, you can create something like "if WEBHOOK then EMAIL"
• When creating the applet for this widget, choose "Webhooks" as trigget ("if") and your preferred mail or SMS service ("that")
• Choose any "event_name" that you like. You will have to enter it on the widget settings (see Part II).
• Then you should use "ingredients" for the recipient ("value1"),  for the subject ("value2") and for the body ("value3")
• Gmail is not available on IFTTT anymore. When it was, I created this example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upH_Z-P30Vk . Hopefully it can help you creating a similar thing for other IFTTT-compatible mail services.
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PART II: Configure the app settings
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• Enter your IFTTT Webhook key in the widget settings via the Garmin Connect Mobile app on your phone or on Garmin Express on your computer. It is similar than what you have to do for watch faces (e.g. http://actiface.blogspot.com/2018/03/connect-iq-application-settings.html)
• You can also set your favorite contact addresses and some quick responses.
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PART III: Using the widget
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• Press START to activate the widget and press it AGAIN to open the menu. It will allow you to select the recipient (new contact or one of your favorites) , the subject (new text or quick response) and the body (*append* a new text or a quick response)
• You can edit the IFTTT key and event name directly on the watch, but maybe you will not find all the necessary characters. So we recommend that you do it as described in Part II.
• It is not possible to precisely detect if everything went ok. We cannot verify, for example, if you made a mistake when setting your IFTTT key, or if the mail service is not available. Therefore no confirmation is displayed.  
• Even when everything works well, it can take a minute or two before the message is effectively sent. It depends on IFTTT and on the connected service (e.g. Email).
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Privacy policy

r.485 apps do NOT collect or sell any personal information. Some r.485 apps, however, offer interfaces on which you can request data from third-party services (e.g. IFTTT). These services may be able to access and collect some of your information on the moment you make a request. r.485 has no influence on this data collection process and will not be responsible for any privacy issues related to you and the third-party services. For more information: https://r-485-privacy-policy.blogspot.be