Actions were previously called Triggers. Screenshots may show trigger terminology yet.

Scheduled vs. Reactive Actions

While you can build just about any kind of IoT device or project with the feeds and dashboards we’ve demonstrated, we can add a little more logic and integration using actions and services.

Actions are a way to do something when a certain situation occurs. There’s two kinds of actions supported at this time: Scheduled and Reactive.

 

Scheduled Actions

Scheduled actions are the simplest. They’re a little like the Feed Notifications we mentioned earlier. You can simply have a feed value emailed to yourself on a set schedule. For example, here’s an example email from a scheduled action for my temperature feed.

Reactive Actions

Reactive Actions are much more advanced, and can integrate basic logic. At a basic level, they check if a feed value is somehow comparable to a value or to even another feed. If so, you’ll be able to send an email notification, post a webhook or even publish a message to another feed. For example, you can set up a reactive trigger to notify you when the temperature falls below a certain value. When paired with Feed Notification you can easily keep track of the health of your feed and also when something’s gone wrong.

 

This guide was first published on Mar 14, 2019. It was last updated on Mar 19, 2024.

This page (Actions) was last updated on Mar 08, 2024.

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