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Background I use a decent amount of home automation products, some of them are the KASA branded smart plugs. KASA has an app, which works, but I like to control stuff from my PC without needing to break out the phone. IFTTT has some official integrations which work really well. The problem is that IFTTT needs to make money, so they are starting to heavily restrict how many active integrations you can have (currently it’s 2). I have more plugs than two, so I needed a new way to trigger these integrations. IFTTT also enabled webhook integrations, so I could effectively hit a URL which would toggle my KASA devices on/off. ...

June 23, 2023 · 4 min · 724 words · Me