IFTTT
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Head on over to https://ifttt.com/ and create an account.
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Go to the "applets" page.
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Click "New applet".
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Click the blue + button for IF THIS.
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Search for "Assistant".
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"Say a phrase with a Text Ingredient".
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What do you want to say:
- Depends on the command you want to use. I use "Tell Plex to
$", "I want to watch $ ", and "I want to download $" for playback, control, and fetch commands respectively. - You can mostly use whatever you want, but some triggers are reserved - these should work.
- Put the $ sign where the thing you're sending to Flex TV goes: "Tell plex to $"
- Language parsing has been updated to use API.ai for all commands, so no need for separate URL's for separate commands.
- Depends on the command you want to use. I use "Tell Plex to
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Save it.
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Click the "then that" button.
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Search for "Webhooks".
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Pick "Make a web request", the only option.
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Open the Flex TV UI, click the button under "Click to copy IFTTT URL:". The URL should be copied to your clipboard, and look something like this:
http://{YOUR_SERVER_ADDRESS}/FlexTV/api.php?say&apiToken=asdfaksdfjasae670a877d1a1e5931f5cbf326c&command={{TextField}}
12a. If you want to create multiple shortcuts for different actions (play, fetch), you can append that word to the "&command" parameter, and use it as the trigger in your recipe. So, for "play", you would make it 'when I say' - 'play $', and then the URL param would be &command=play+{{TextField}} to download, you could use command=download+{{TextField}}, etc.
- Click "Create Action", test it out.
