IFTTT Notifications

Deploy status notifications via IFTTT webhooks

Overview

Send mobile push notifications on deploy success/failure using IFTTT webhooks.

Setup

1. Create an IFTTT applet with the Webhooks trigger
2. Set the event name (e.g., deploy_notify)
3. Connect to the Notifications action
4. Copy the webhook URL and store it as IFTTT_PROD_NOTIFY in GitHub repo secrets

Notification Job

Add as the final job that runs if: always():

  notify:
    name: Deploy Notification
    needs: [build-site, deploy]
    if: always()
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 5

    steps:
      - name: Notify via IFTTT
        if: env.IFTTT_PROD_NOTIFY != ''
        env:
          IFTTT_PROD_NOTIFY: ${{ secrets.IFTTT_PROD_NOTIFY }}
          RAW_COMMIT_MSG: ${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}
          BUILD_RESULT: ${{ needs.build-site.result }}
          DEPLOY_RESULT: ${{ needs.deploy.result }}
        run: |
          if [ "$DEPLOY_RESULT" = "success" ]; then
            STATUS="my-site deploy succeeded!"
          elif [ "$BUILD_RESULT" = "failure" ]; then
            STATUS="my-site deploy failed (build)"
          elif [ "$DEPLOY_RESULT" = "failure" ]; then
            STATUS="my-site deploy failed (deploy)"
          else
            STATUS="my-site deploy cancelled"
          fi

          COMMIT_MSG=$(echo "$RAW_COMMIT_MSG" | head -1 | sed 's/"/\\"/g')
          SHORT_SHA=$(echo "${{ github.sha }}" | cut -c1-7)
          RUN_URL="${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}"

          curl -sSf --max-time 10 -X POST "$IFTTT_PROD_NOTIFY" \
            -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
            -d "{
              \"value1\": \"${STATUS}\",
              \"value2\": \"${SHORT_SHA} ${COMMIT_MSG}\",
              \"value3\": \"${RUN_URL}\"
            }" || echo "::warning::IFTTT notification failed"

Key Details

• if: always(): The notification job runs regardless of whether previous jobs succeeded or failed
• if: env.IFTTT_PROD_NOTIFY != '': The step is skipped if the secret is not set (useful for forks)
• --max-time 10: Timeout the curl request to avoid hanging the workflow
• || echo "::warning::": Log a warning instead of failing the job if IFTTT is unreachable
• Three values: IFTTT webhooks support value1, value2, value3 — used for status, commit info, and run URL