Watching RSS Feeds for Keywords in Pipedream / / No Comments Back in the day, I used to run a website called rssWatcher. (If you want, you can read the original launch announcement from 2004.) The idea was simple. You would sign up, then create a list of RSS feeds and corresponding keywords. The service would check this on a schedule and let you know when a match was found. I built this in ColdFusion and I honestly don’t remember when I shut it down, but it was in my mind recently and thought I’d take a stab at building a simple version of this on my favorite service, Pipedream. Here’s how I did it. Raymond Camden… more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: Feeds, Keywords, Pipedream, Watching
Hosting an Alexa Skill on Pipedream / / No Comments I’ve been a big fan of the Amazon Alexa developer experience for a few years now. I haven’t done any active skill (what they call apps) in a while, but I thought I’d take a quick look at what’s required to host a skill on Pipedream. While this won’t be a "How to build an Alexa skill" post, I will share a bit of background information about the process, because honestly it’s pretty dang cool. Raymond Camden… more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: Alexa, hosting, Pipedream, skill
Testing out the new Pipedream to Get Trance Releases / / No Comments Readers of my blog will know I’m a huge Pipedream fan. I’ve been blogging about them since I discovered them and find a way to use them for so many things now it’s my natural "first stop" when I want to build a new service. Raymond Camden… more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: Pipedream, Releases, Testing, Trance