Mar 18

Bug: How to Crash the Workato Recipe in Seconds

This is for educational purposes. Nothing else. This is to show you how to crash the recipe within seconds. — This is for educational purposes. Nothing else. This is to show you how to crash the recipe within seconds. Create the test recipe and add the step to add the variable. Create any variable.

Workato

2 min read

Bug: How to Crash the Workato Recipe in Seconds

This is for educational purposes. Nothing else. This is to show you how to crash the recipe within seconds.

Create the test recipe and add the step to add the variable.

Create any variable.

Mar 15

Build Custom Web App to Search Fields in Workato Recipe

Workato is a great integration platform but I see it lacks the field searching at the detail/granular level. — Workato is a great integration platform but I see it lacks the field searching at the detail/granular level. Problem Statement Your support team needs to search which recipe has the spreadsheet ID X and sheet name Y as shown in the screenshot below. They need to enhance the recipe. Unfortunately the developer…

Workato

2 min read

Mar 10

Convert XML to HTML with Workato

In this tutorial, I am going to walk through how to convert the XML file into an HTML file with Workato. — In this tutorial, I am going to walk through how to convert the XML file into an HTML file with Workato. I have a business requirement where they need to convert the XML file into a PDF file. I am unable to find an easy way with Workato to convert…

Workato

3 min read

Mar 7

Extract PDF Table with Workato

This is a simple trick to extract the data from the table in the PDF file with Workato and NodeJS. — This is a simple trick to extract the data from the table in the PDF file with Workato and NodeJS. What is Workato It is a low-code no-code integration platform to automate the business workflow across cloud and on-premises apps. For more details you can refer to this link https://docs.workato.com/getting-started/what-is-workato.html#what-is-workato

Workato

3 min read

Jan 31

Control Yeelight Lightstrip Plus with Home Assistant

A quick guide to control the Yeelight Lightstrip Plus with Home Assistant. — A quick guide to control the Yeelight Lightstrip Plus with Home Assistant. Yeelight App Download the Yeelight app (I am using version 3.3.13) and enable the LAN Control. You might be aware there is no LAN control menu on the newer version of the app.

Home Assistant

2 min read

Jan 16

Integrating Eufy Doorbell Camera with Home Assistant

I have the Eufy Security Doorbell Camera T8200 that I have integrated with Home Assistant. Let me walkthrough the setup here. It is quite… — I have the Eufy Security Doorbell Camera T8200 that I have integrated with Home Assistant. Let me walkthrough the setup here. It is quite easy and fast to setup. The steps are based on the https://github.com/fuatakgun/eufy_security. I am using HA version 2021.12.8 with OS version 7.0.

Eufy

4 min read

Oct 20, 2021

Build WhatsApp Bot That Always Call You Back Whenever You Text It

In this tutorial, I am going to share a simple trick to build a WhatsApp Bot which always call you back whenever you text it. — In this tutorial, I am going to share a simple trick to build a WhatsApp Bot which always call you back whenever you text it.

Whats App

3 min read

Sep 30, 2021

Call Me with Home Assistant, Zoom and Telegram Bot

Using Home Assistant to launch the Zoom meeting and send the meeting Url to predefined contacts via a Telegram bot. — Using Home Assistant to launch the Zoom meeting and send the meeting Url to predefined contacts via a Telegram bot. It is a very useful and fast way to initiate a Zoom meeting with just a click of a button and share the meeting link automatically especially for the elderly…

Zoom

5 min read

Sep 19, 2021

Launch Zoom Meeting Automatically from Telegram Bot

In this tutorial, I will show you how you can write a code to launch the Zoom meeting automatically from Telegram Bot. It is very useful… — In this tutorial, I will show you how you can write a code to launch the Zoom meeting automatically from Telegram Bot. It is very useful, at least for my case, to communicate with my elderly parents who don’t know how to operate Zoom, create a meeting, etc. In this…

Zoom

5 min read

Sep 15, 2021

Stop Music when Zoom Meeting is On

I created this simple integration to stop any music playing on Google Home device if the Zoom meeting is on. — I created this simple integration to stop any music playing on Google Home device if the Zoom meeting is on. MQTT in Home Assistant Enable and start the MQTT Mosquito Broker. Please refer to my tutorial here on how to configure it. Go to File Editor and search for config/configuration.yaml, insert the following lines…

Home Assistant

4 min read