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Practical Python Programming for IoT

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Product type Book
Published in Nov 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838982461
Pages 516 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Gary Smart Gary Smart

Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface Section 1: Programming with Python and the Raspberry Pi
Setting Up your Development Environment Getting Started with Python and IoT Networking with RESTful APIs and Web Sockets Using Flask Networking with MQTT, Python, and the Mosquitto MQTT Broker Section 2: Practical Electronics for Interacting with the Physical World
Connecting Your Raspberry Pi to the Physical World Electronics 101 for the Software Engineer Section 3: IoT Playground - Practical Examples to Interact with the Physical World
Turning Things On and Off Lights, Indicators, and Displaying Information Measuring Temperature, Humidity, and Light Levels Movement with Servos, Motors, and Steppers Measuring Distance and Detecting Movement Advanced IoT Programming Concepts - Threads, AsyncIO, and Event Loops IoT Visualization and Automation Platforms Tying It All Together - An IoT Christmas Tree Assessments Other Books You May Enjoy

Actioning your Raspberry Pi from an IFTTT Applet

The previous section taught us how to trigger an IFTTT Applet from our Raspberry Pi. In this section, we will learn how to action our Raspberry Pi from an IFTTT Applet.

For our example, we will create an IFTTT Applet that will trigger when an email is received. We'll use the subject of this email to control an LED that is connected to a GPIO pin.

We will be using an IFTTT Webhook service, as we did previously, only this time the Webhook service will be installed on the That side of our Applet and will request a URL that we specify. This basic idea is illustrated in the following diagram:

Figure 13.16 – Raspberry Pi assuming the That role in an IFTTT Applet

Let's look at two possible methods we can use with the IFTTT Webhook service to request a URL that can then be seen by our Raspberry Pi's Python code.

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