Garadget supports REST API which means it can be controlled with the specially formed web requests.
Here’s the example on how to use that capability in IFTTT recipe.
Gather info
First you’ll need to find:
device ID - a string that uniquely identifies each Garadget unit.
authentication token - a secret string your app receives to use instead of the username/password after you successfully log in.
The simplest way is to login into the web interface and use the document inspector to pick at the background requests it sends:
In Google Chrome click anywhere in blank space of the page and select “Inspect” from the context menu
Now let’s create recipe starting with IF part of your choosing. There are numerous choices including the geofencing, messeging system etc. I used trigger by email with the subject - not a good idea from the security standpoint, but this is something that I can easily test.
In THEN part select Maker Channel → Make a web request.
That’s it. My kids jumped up and down when I demonstrated opening garage via email to them.
Next, I’ll look into using door status as the event trigger (IF) part. This will require custom scripting.
Gary,
When you have a moment please post the details of your setup. Several people asked about Echo (Alexa) integration.
I’m on pre-order for their revision 2 myself.
On the “IF THIS” part I selected the Amazon Alexa channel
Next say what you want as your trigger phrase
For the “THAT part”, I selected the Make channel and entered the information you gave me (of course, entering my own device and access token and the action to take [open or close])
Then, save it.
I’m about to make another one to open the door when I get within a block of my home. After you do the first one, it’s a piece of cake! I have no intention of publishing it unless there is a way to leave out the device and access token.
Icing on the cake. I just made a IFTTT recipe to automatically close the door at 9PM in case I forget to do it before going to bed. If it’s already down, nothing happens. Pretty cool! Only limited by one’s imagination.
You can make the door open automatically when you get in the vicinity (iOS, Android).
With Automatic module in the car; you can make recipe to automatically open the door when the engine starts while car is in garage and close the door when engine is turned off there.
I’ve already made the vicinity recipe. I’ll have to check out the Automatic module. Like I said, after you make the first one, everything else is a piece of cake.
I was able to get mine working. Now when I drive up to the garage, it automatically opens! I followed the above instructions and made sure I removed the _ from the code and now it works. Just make sure both aps are open in the background
The underscores in URL were part of failed formatting attempt. The board uses them to add italicization to the text, but evidently it only works when applied to separate words. Anyway, I’m glad to contribute to the fitness of Garadget users any way I can. Fixed the post.
I can use IFTTT to open/close garage door now. Thanks for the information from this forum. Does anyone have idea how to use Amazon Echo (Alexa) to query the status of garage door?