VizAlerts trigger for IFTTT

[jdrummey]

Enable VizAlerts to be used as a trigger for IFTTT. This would likely be a new type of action.

[mcoles]

How would we authenticate with IFTTT? As an admin, I'd want to map subscribers to accounts (or sub-accounts?) in IFTTT so that users could build their own recipes and then call them. That way it's still secured, permissionwise, and I wouldn't have to do much of anything. :)

[mcoles]

https://www.interworks.com/blog/mhughes/2015/06/25/supercharge-your-tableau-dashboard-actions-using-ifttt

Interworks' post uses a simple GET / POST from a URL action in a Tableau Dashboard to trigger an IFTTT through the "Maker Channel". Looks like that just uses a secret key in the URL. That's simple enough and any VizAlert author could get that working. It's really nothing more than sending an HTTP call, so it doesn't even need to be as specific as IFTTT...we could just make a generic HTTP call action, and call it good. Just gotta make sure people know that their "secret key" won't be much of a secret to the admin, and that it might be sent in emails and whatnot.