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Russ

The Zapier integration allows you to trigger your commands via 1000+ third-party web services like Facebook, Gmail, or YouTube. It also includes a scheduler, so you could schedule your commands to run at certain times.

Think of it like IFTTT but with more options, like you can have multiple actions, not just one.

Requirements:

Zapier account - free or paid
TRIGGERcmd account - free or paid

This video shows how it works. Now that the TRIGGERcmd Zapier integration is in beta, you no longer have to use the Invite-only link like the video shows.

Russ

@dougcolt, unfortunately no - you'll have to re-create those SmartThings virtual switches. The issue is, behind the scenes, the SmartThings integration uses ID's (big long numbers) for the commands, not their names to identify them. When you create a new command on a new computer, it gets a new ID.

Russ

@david-hess, did you know there's also a "Trigger Command" skill? I created that for this reason.

Amazon (Alexa), Google (Assistant), and Microsoft (Cortana) don't let you pick just anything - I know Computer isn't an option for instance. I haven't tried PC yet, but I doubt they'd allow it.

Russ

This page demonstrates the code in action:
https://www.w3schools.com/code/tryit.asp?filename=FUUM39NOG124

This is the code for your HTML page:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h3>A demonstration of how to put a TRIGGERcmd bookmark button on a web page</h3>
<p>Click to run Calculator on Russ's computer:</p>

<button type="button" id="myBtn" onclick="myFunction()">Try it</button>

<p id="demo"></p>
<script>
function myFunction() {

	const request = async () => {
   	const response = await fetch(
          // You can replace this Bookmark URL with your own:
          'https://www.triggercmd.com/trigger/bookmark?token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJib29rbWFya3VzZXJfaWQiOiI1OGJiM2E3N2YyZjgzMTUzMjI0NzM1YjYiLCJjb21wdXRlcl9pZCI6IjViNGI5OGE1YTBlMTNhMDAxYmVlZWQ5MiIsImNvbW1hbmRfaWQiOiI1YjRiOThhNmEwZTEzYTAwMWJlZWVkOTMiLCJleHBpcmVzSW5TZWNvbmRzIjoiIiwiaWF0IjoxNTM1ODI2NzUzfQ.Bm5q9_6DMcv3yH09yOtCu8i-NqIK8T9Inhn8NJc8kDM'
          , { method: 'POST'}
        );
        
        const body = await response.json();    
        console.log(body);
	}

	request();
}

</script>

</body>
</html>

To get a Bookmark URL for your own command, just click the red Bookmark button next to your command, and copy the URL from your browser's address bar.

Russ

If you run this command, you'll run calculator on my Windows box:

curl -X POST -k https://www.triggercmd.com/trigger/bookmark?token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJib29rbWFya3VzZXJfaWQiOiI1OGJiM2E3N2YyZjgzMTUzMjI0NzM1YjYiLCJjb21wdXRlcl9pZCI6IjViNGI5OGE1YTBlMTNhMDAxYmVlZWQ5MiIsImNvbW1hbmRfaWQiOiI1YjRiOThhNmEwZTEzYTAwMWJlZWVkOTMiLCJleHBpcmVzSW5TZWNvbmRzIjoiIiwiaWF0IjoxNTM1ODE4MjQ3fQ.Avl0G0ybAyEUOy9jS86XYWD-i_hlcsw5xK7xp0QIJN8

You'll get a json response like this:

{"computername":"DevWindows","commandname":"Calculator","message":"Trigger sent.  Returning json response.","expireson":null,"expires":""}

This uses the normal Bookmark feature but uses a POST instead of the normal GET that a browser would use if you simply clicked the https://www.triggercmd.com/trigger/bookmark?token=eyJhb... link.

You can use this feature to put a button on a web page that runs your command like this:
https://www.w3schools.com/code/tryit.asp?filename=FUUM39NOG124

Russ

@nick-beau,

At this point if you want to run commands by speaking French, I recommend using Alexa.

Google acknowledges their problem, but they don't seem to know how to fix it, so I don't have an ETA on French language Google Assistant support.

Russ

@pedro-gense, I found on this page you can have SendKeys basically hold shift and type letters with a + like this:

objSendKey.SendKeys("+(joecolantonio)")

That would type JOECOLANTONIO in upper case.

Russ

@tuxer, for IFTTT, you'll need to use the Webhooks service to use TRIGGERcmd with IFTTT. This article explains the process: https://www.triggercmd.com/forum/topic/31/how-to-use-ifttt-with-triggercmd

Your default computer setting is in your profile. You can click your name in the upper-right, then click Profile to get there:

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Then you'll see the default computer setting:

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Russ

@tuxer, Awesome. Thanks for testing, and for reporting the problem.

Russ

@joseph-fisher, I refunded your money so you can re-subscribe and get the benefits. You'll have to stay subscribed and somehow set a reminder to cancel (or not) in just under a year.

Russ

@Tuxer, I published a new version of the .deb that fixes that problem. Please try it when you get a chance.

Russ

@tuxer, when it's working properly, your commands.json edits show up on the website immediately, so something's wrong.

I installed Ubuntu 18 last night. I'm having issues with the GUI too and I'm working on it now.

In the meantime, you could get it working without the GUI with this command:

node /usr/share/triggercmdagent/resources/app/src/agent.js --console

Or with the GUI with these commands:

sudo npm install -g electron
electron /usr/share/triggercmdagent/resources/app/src/main.js

Ubuntu 18 Workaround

Russ

@Alain-Coderre, I finally got my TRIGGERcmd Alexa skill approved for French, in case that helps.

Google just keeps giving me the same apology for the delay (same as I'm giving you basically), so I'm still on hold with getting Google Assistant to work with any other languages. Sorry about this. I could probably get it working if I just started from scratch, so I'm thinking about making a separate Google Assistant action for French. I hate to do that, but at this point I don't know what else to do.

Russ

@dan5150, wonder if you might have multiple TRIGGERcmd accounts, and your Alexa account is tied to the other TRIGGERcmd account?

Just brainstorming here.

If so, you could try unlinking and re-linking to your account.

EDIT: We figured it out - Dan had "shut down /s /t 30" as his command but he needed "shutdown /s /t 30". Notice the shutdown command shouldn't have a space it in. There's a shut down command in the Example commands BTW.

Russ

@dan5150. I tried using "shut down" and Alexa heard me ok and ran my command.

Are you able to run any commands via Alexa, like Calculator?
Also, can you run commands from the website by clicking the green Trigger button?

Russ

@tuxer, I think the reason it's removing your changes from commands.json is there's some invalid json in the change you made. A common problem is forgetting that the last entry should not have a comma after it.

A good way to check your json syntax is to test it with an online checker like this one: https://jsonlint.com

I want to fix the missing icon problem. I'll have to install an Ubuntu 18 VM first. I don't think I've tested v18 yet.
Thanks for reporting the problem. I'll have some time tomorrow to hopefully fix it.

Russ

@dan5150, Alexa might be hearing "shutdown" rather than "shut down". So you might need to make the Voice field "shutdown" instead. I'll test it myself.

Russ

@dan5150, I don't know why you prefer to use the text editor, but if you do, you'll need an entry like this:

 {
  "trigger": "Shut down",
  "command": "shutdown /s /t 10",
  "ground": "foreground",
  "voice": "Shut down",
  "voiceReply": "Shutting down now",
  "allowParams": "false"
 }

With that you can say, "Alexa, ask TRIGGERcmd to run shut down"

EDIT: I had /f at first, but it's actually /s to do a shutdown.

Russ

@dan5150, this command would force a shutdown in 10 seconds:

shutdown /f /t 10