I just happened to see a very good & interesting site on internet which would help internet to work for us.
This is how it is designed & made to work,
we have seen some API programs which would let you post & share an article on multiple social media websites at one go. all you had to was to grant the permission to post it on your wall. you had a problem of searching for a particular application & api.
Now, IFTTT.com (If This Then That) with a new trend of creating a trigger (rule) which lets something happen (action). we just need to set up the environment the way we want with out writing a single line of code.
Prerequisites:
* Create an account on IFTTT.com
* Login --> create a recipe
* Create a Trigger --> click on "If this" link
Step 1: Choose an application ( I have chosen "Blogger") -> choose a blog if you have multiple blogs
Step 2: It would prompt you to grant the access to fetch the content --> do the needful
Step 3: Click Save --> New page --> click on the fist box type thing you see on the page
Now that, you have created a Trigger. Its your turn to create an action rule (what has to happen if something new occurs on Blogger)
Step 4: Homepage --> Click on "That" link which is present along side of "If This Then".
Note: Now, you may see "this" would be replaced with "Blogger" icon.
Step 5: Choose --> Salesforce Chatter
Step 6: it would prompt you to enter credentials to access Salesforce api to perform the action
Now that, you have created a trigger & an action accordingly.
you also have an option of creating template for "how should it look like in the destination application? (Chatter is our destination application here).
Step 7: Select the required options (Ex. Title, URL, Link, Content Etc.,) --> Click Create.
All Set, it would start working fine.
Now, as per the recipe created by following above 7 steps..
Go to your blogger account, Create a new post & publish it.
you can see that the link or the template you have created in the Step 7 would be reflected in your Salesforce Chatter Environment.
Note: make sure, you have your recipe turned on. There is an option to turn your recipe off if you feel its annoying anytime. you can revoke the access for any application you have linked here.
I am writing this article to check the functionality of the sample recipe I have created just a couple of minutes ago. I did get the result & was so happy to see it happen in real time.
Thanks IFTTT.com
Praveen Makam.
