IFTTT support

[Lasse_Pedersen]

Zapier is more advanced (and user friendly) and more towards business systems/community. IFTTT is geared more towards private consumers and also, the integrations slant more towards home automation, internet of things and so on.
Both of them cover all the typical systems though. But Zapier has more triggers and actions.

Also, a VERY IMPORTANT advantage of Zapier and an example of “more advanced” is that it is able to forward source URLS for systems like GMail and Evernote - contrary to IFTTT.
This means that if forwarding a GMail (e.g. by tagging it), one can insert a back-link in the text/comment as well. Same goes for Evernote.
This makes a HUGE DIFFERENCE in these cases where users want to connect systems and workflows. Like Matt_Groth also mentioning he wanted to forward mails from Inbox(GMail) and want to refer to them later.

Also, I believe this backlink feature makes such an integration more likely to replace or take the pressure off the demand for other integrations, such as the one for Evernote already listed.
Since users would be able to mark a note there and have it show up in DL with a URL in the text/comment if so desired. Not as advanced as a “hard link” but it goes a LONG way.

And of course, at the same time it opens up connections with 750+ other systems and webservices in one go.

My vote is for Zapier because of the backlink feature mentioned, to tie in my Gmail for project correspondence, my Evernote and my Gdrive/Dropbox for linked project support- and reference material.

But FOR SURE I will also cheer for an IFTTT solution is that is the choice. It will still be a major advantage. Even the email receipt would be a great advantage (but IFTTT or Zapier would make it up for export / email sending as well. Not only receipt).
It is the lack of all this in WorkFlowy that caused me to look for alternatives and thus find DynaList. WF seems stagnant but DL is alive and moving and this gives me hope for it to show up here.

About Zapier, the premium version is paid, but the free version is also workable for limited amounts of traffic. (Plus, you can set up several dummy accounts to spread out the load. This is very easy, especially now that some browsers like Chrome also support several browser profiles open concurrently. I have a couple of separate profiles with separate Gmail addresses that I just open and use for this kind of “system management”. Each Zapier account can connect to any other system accounts, also other Gmails).

[ruud]

I don’t know how similar their interfaces are but Dynalist is already planning an API. So there will be endpoints for common actions already. Then it’s a question of writing an interface for IFTTT and/or Zapier.

[Tom_Callaghan]

Erica - If you are already working on an “Email to Dynalist” feature, then IFTTT and Zapier could easily be set up to use that. Sending an email based on any criteria you specify in IFTTT or Zapier is one of my main use cases for them. So, essentially, once you set up the “Email to Dynalist” feature, you have enabled IFTTT and Zapier users to do their thing.

[Kerim]

I would very much like to be able to do the following:

• Every time I add a new todo in my “todo” list in Dynalist, have IFTTT copy that to do to 2Do, then delete that item from Dynalist.
• Every time I tag a webpage on pinboard with #dynalist, have that item added to an “inbox” list on Dynalist (formatted in Markdown)

I can think of other use cases as well, but those would probably be the two I would like to have most right now if Dynalist supported IFTTT. (I already use IFTTT for many similar tasks, such as importing from iOS Reminders to 2Do, and saving favorited Tweets to Pinboard, etc.)

[Sander]

I agree with Lasse_Pedersen that Zapier is more towards business systems. I am already using Zapier for my business and a Dynalist / Zapier integration would be very welcome.

If Dynalist would add a Zapier integration, then I would upgrade to Dynalist Pro. (If these integrations were in the Dynalist pro package.)

Where can I vote for a Dynalist / Zapier integration since the Dynalist roadmap Trello board is not actively used anymore?

[Philipp]

And don’t forget this

Let's get Dynalist added on IFTTT!

It would be awesome to get Dynalist integrated with other services via IFTTT. So maybe if enough people suggest Dynalist as new service they will add it soon! ifttt.com -> Services -> Suggest a new service to IFTTT (bottom of the page).

[Erica]

Hi, the roadmap is still used to keep track of the vote counts. Trello is just not a good place for discussion.

[Schultzter]

I wonder if there’s a golden standard in this field. Is so, is it IFTTT or Zapier, or some other service?

I don’t think there’s a golden standard - every one needs something different - but for every service I’ve tried I’ve always come back to IFTTT.

Besides Zapier there’s Integromat (really cool, but free tier is limited) and Microsoft Flow (part of Office 365, if you can find it).

[ruud]

Just going by mentions online, IFTTT is twice as popular as Zapier:

Zapier’s strength is that it can work with services that do not explicitly have an IFTTT-like API.

I use IFTTT all the time and miss Dynalist as a service, being at the trigger or action level.

[Morgan_Newall]

But Zapier has more triggers and actions.

Also, a VERY IMPORTANT advantage of Zapier and an example of “more advanced” is that it is able to forward source URLS for systems like GMail and Evernote - contrary to IFTTT.

Was going to say the same. Many times I’ve tried to do something with IFTTT that it doesn’t support, Zapier supports a lot more, with a lot more actions.

[Jan_Hink]

If I’m not mistaken, both Zapier, IFTTT and Integromat support some sort of Webhooks and calling directly a REST API of any webservice. Exposing the Dynalist’s APIs would be enough.

[Alan]

Hi, the roadmap is still used to keep track of the vote counts. Trello is just not a good place for discussion.

Do people know this? How does anybody even discover the roadmap unless coming across a forum post like this

[pottster]

Time for a bit of dogfooding maybe

[Erica]

I think so, it’s in the footer section along with the forum:

[Alan]

Oh you mean at http://www.dynalist.io, which for me just shows me my list.

[Kenneth_Aar]

No Alan, here:

[Kenneth_Aar]

I’ve gotten IFTTT and Zapier to work. No such luck with integromat as of yet…

Docmentation: https://apidocs.dynalist.io/

Get your Token here: https://dynalist.io/developer

Dynalist IFTTT setup

URL: https://dynalist.io/api/v1/inbox/add
Methode: POST
Content Type (optional): Application/json
{"token":"SECRET-TOKEN-GOES-HERE","content":"{{Subject}}","note":"{{Body}}"}

[Alan]

Yes, which page and link is VERY hard to find once you’ve logged in.

[Kenneth_Aar]

Agreed, you actually have to log out…

@Erica Could you please fix this? E.G. put it at the bottom of the help pages would be logical.

[Erica]

Sure, I added to our list, will fix as soon as we can.