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IOS app trigger python script
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I have this idea. Not sure that it is possible, but I 'll ask anyway.
I have the Ring doorbell and Iphone app that pushes notification on my IPhone when somebody pushed the ring button at my door. I also have a separate IP security camera at my door.
I wander if it is possible to "intersept" the notification from the Ring app and trigger a python script that would make the security camera to snap a picture.
I don't think I can use appex library because Ring app does not have share option.Any ideas if this could be done?
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Most likely this is not possible. There are only two ways to run a script in Pythonista: either manually (run button, console, etc.) or using the
pythonista3://
URL scheme (by clicking on a link, with a home screen shortcut, etc.). It's not possible to set up any other "background triggers" for Pythonista scripts.If you could make your doorbell app open a Pythonista URL when the bell is rung, then you could use that. But I'm not sure if iOS allows apps to do that sort of thing in the background - opening a Pythonista URL would run Pythonista as the foreground app, and I'd be surprised if iOS allows a background app to trigger that.
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It does seem that you can do IFTTT stuff with Ring... https://ifttt.com/ring
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IFTTT is a great idea, I think I can work with this
Thank you