Ask HN: Is there a service that will submit an API request on my behalf?

2 pointsby recharge13 anni fa8 comments

For instance, I have an API call that remaps an Elastic IP to another EC2 instance in case there's a failure. I have the call saved on my mac, but in case I had a failure while I was out of the office, it would be nice if I could visit a webpage, send an email, tweet something, etc, and a service would send the API call on my behalf.

Seems simple enough, but I can't find anybody out there doing it.

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recharge13 anni fa

Found a solution:

Set up the query on hurl.it, click on permalink, then copy the URL it gives you, for example:

http://www.hurl.it/hurls/5a5762bfd067fe6c500f79f10db3c2a3166...

Every time you visit that page, the query will be loaded, you can send the request and see the response immediately.

elssar13 anni fa

Check out [Zapier](http://zapier.com)

manidoraisamy13 anni fa

And IFTTT - http://ifttt.com/

elssar13 anni fa

IFTTT does not offer webhooks, so I believe it is out of the running for this usecase

recharge13 anni fa

Both great services, but I'd need a greater level of customization to get it to work.

Would this be something enough people would use to justify it as a weekend project?

elssar13 anni fa

Maybe utility mill - http://utilitymill.com/ is what you need, if you're up for writing some Python code

jeremi2313 anni fa

You could host a script that does it on Google app engine ?

manidoraisamy13 anni fa

Non-http requests would be a problem with app engine