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I want IFTTT to send me an email when a new question appears on Quora that contains my chosen keyword. Quora doesn't have RSS feeds that would allow this so I went about the problem like this:a) I set up a Google Custom Search Engine for Quora.comb) I then went to Google Cloud and set up custom search API that uses the CSE I set up in (a) together with some test search parameters: it's of this form:https://www.googleapis.com/customsearch/v1?key=AIzaSyYYYH9XXX9EGRb5Tn4qF20U4tz9acpTgY&cx=12349d4bc25d93e6c&q=resume advice&dateRestrict=d2The API key and cx numbers are dummies for obvious reasons.(The search term is "resume advice" and it's intended to produce results 2 days old or newer)This seems to create a nice feed. But I'm out of my depth now and don't know how to go from this to something that IFTTT could deliver by email. Maybe it's something to do with webhooks but I really don't know what I'm talking about at this point... Any good ideas or suggestions?

Accepted Answer

Yes, you can use IFTTT to receive an email when a new question appears on Quora that contains your selected keyword. You can use the IFTTT applets for this, which are based on the Google search engine.

Here is a step-by-step guide to create such an applet:

go to IFTTT and click "Create new applet".
select "Google Assistant" service as the trigger and select "Say a specific phrase".
Type the phrase you want to use, for example, "Ask for Quora questions about resume advice".
select the service "Webhooks" as the action.
enter the URL of your Google Search API that you created in Google Cloud. You can use the {event} and {query} placeholders to dynamically insert the search term. Here is an example:
https://www.googleapis.com/customsearch/v1?key=XXX&cx=XXX&q={query}&dateRestrict=d2
Replace "XXX" with your API key and CSE number.
Select "GET" as the method and leave the "Content Type" and "Body" fields blank.
click "Create".
now enter your email address to be notified when a new question with your keyword is published on Quora.
test your applet by saying the phrase you entered in step 3.

The applet should now send an email to your specified address every time a new question is posted on Quora that contains your keyword. Please note that Google Custom Search Engine API may charge a fee if you exceed the limit for free queries.

Quora, IFTTT and Google API - totally out of my depth?

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