April 15, 2025
How I Automated Alerts For Google Search Keywords
This story will allow you to create custom alerts/feeds for virtually any google search term/query/keyword you want and retrieve that data into Tines to then be able to automate the manipulation and/or control of where/how it is sent/output.
Read MoreI Made A Decision Maker App (Mind Maker) Without Any Code
I created a fun, self-contained Tines automation app called “Mind Maker” to help you make everyday decisions—like choosing where to eat or what to do. It works out of the box with simple inputs or can use optional AI (if enabled) for smarter responses…
Read MoreHow I Automated YouTube RSS Subscription Feeds to Discord
This is a great story that allows you to make/create your own custom/curated YouTube subscription feed based off of various channels. This feed is created in XML/RSS format, so should be compatible with any RSS feed tools, but also perfect for customization in Tines. As a bonus, you can send these curated posts to social media channels via APIs/Webhooks.
Read MoreI Automated Splunk Alerts With Tines In 1 & 5 Minutes – Here’s What Happened
I gave myself one minute to automate a Splunk Linux server alert using Tines. Then added 4 minutes to that (to give a total of 5 minutes) to see if it was even possible to setup a relevant alert notification that fast. I don’t know about you, but 5 minutes is not a lot of time to automate a Splunk alert, let alone one minute… I’ve got no idea how much I’m going to get done in 1 minute, so let’s find out, shall we?
Read MoreHow to Use Tines Webhook Action As A Trigger Source [Self Contained Example]
This is a simple 1 action setup that will allow you to receive data into Tines via HTTP Requests and/or Webhook payloads. Once in Tines you will then be able to use the full suite of Tines actions/tools to use/manipulate the data as you want.
Read MoreHow to Use Tines Event Transform Explode Mode for JSON Arrays
This Tines story will show how I mainly use the Tines Event Transform action set with Explode mode. This is great if you want to create unique events in Tines per item retrieved from something like an array object.
Read MoreClean Up Tines Automation Event Data with Event Transform Actions
This Tines story will setup a Tines Event Transform action and demonstrate how to standardize and clean up data from preceding actions in a Tines automation story using the Event Transform action set to Message mode. This continues demonstrating how I mainly use the Event Transform Action in Tines automation stories from the previous post Tines – Payload Formatting.
Read MoreProper Tines Payload Formatting to Fix Automation Issues
This demonstration will detail some of the basics of plain code vs builder view in Tines payloads, as well as showing how important using the proper formatting can be for determining how the data gets processed.
Read MoreTines – Automation Overview
The now very elaborate and complex Tines Automation project started out as a simple project using IFTTT’s applet service. The original applet service was simply integrating smart home control with 3rd party services and APIs. The next iteration led to integrating an Arduino (Do-it-yourself programmable microcontroller) with IoT devices (mainly GPS tracking services as well […]
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