Fake a wordpress application and forward IFTTT request to an external application

1. Sign up for IFTTT

• http://ifttt.com/join

2. Download reddit_to_twitter application

• git clone https://github.com/zgallup/reddit_to_twitter.git
• cd reddit_to_twitter
• heroku create

3. Add app to twitter profile

• https://dev.twitter.com/apps
• Create New App
  • name: reddit_to_twitter
  • desc: whatever you want
  • website: heroku_URL_for_reddit_to_twitter_application i.e. https://pacific-eyrie-9417.herokuapp.com/
  • callback url: leave blank
• Save application
• Select application
  • Change Permissons to Read and Write
  • Update reddit_to_twitter application with your twitter secret keys

4. Push reddit_to_twitter to Heroku

• git add .
• git commit -m 'adding my twitter keys'
• git push heroku master

5. Download ifttt application

• git clone https://github.com/zgallup/ifttt.git
• cd ifttt
• change url to the heroku url for reddit_to_twitter_application in app.js Line #27
• heroku create
• git push heroku master

6. Open IFTTT profile

• Go to Channels
• select WordPress
• Edit channel
  • Blog URL: heroku_URL_for_ifttt_application
  • username: your_first_name
  • password: whatever_you_want (this isn't important it just needs to not be blank)
• Activate Channel

7. Add IFTTT Recipe

• Go to My Recipes
• Create a Recipe
• Choose Reddit
  • Any new post in a subreddit
  • ruby
• Click 'That'
  • select WordPress
  • Create a post
    • Title: whatever_you_want # THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL TWEET
    • Body: whatever_you_want
    • Categories: ifttt_application_heroku_url
  • Create Recipe

8. Manually Trigger IFTTT

• Select "check" in your My Recipes Page of IFTTT