Python script to capture Amazon Dash button presses and trigger IFTTT maker events
- Setup an account in If This Then That (IFTTT): http://www.ifttt.com/
- Create a new recipe using the Maker Channel for the IF command: a. https://ifttt.com/maker
- Update the MAKER_KEY variable below.
- Connect your Amazon Dash Button to your network but skip the last step of the setup where they ask you which product you want the button to purchase.
- Run this program via
python dash-listen.py
. - Push the Amazon Dash Button and take note of its Mac Address.
- Overwrite the sample Mac Addresses with your Amazon Dash Button(s) Mac Address(es).
- Re-run
python dash-listen.py
. - Now you can configure IFTTT to do anything you want when you push the button.