Awair and IFTTT

Connecting your Awair account to IFTTT gives you all sorts of cool and useful ways to control your environment. You can set alerts for your air quality, keep a log of your readings, control other devices such as humidifiers, fans, purifiers, and much more! Combining Awair’s triggers, and other devices and apps gives you a whole new level of control over the air you breathe.

Applets

We already have an IFTTT channel with applets that are ready for use. You can use these pre-made applets to do things like create a Google spreadsheet that logs rising dust levels, to help you track your dust levels over a long period of time. You can set your WeMo switch to automatically turn on a humidifier when Awair notices a drop in humidity, get colorful notifications from your Philips Hue bulb when carbon dioxide levels rise, or a simple email when VOC levels rise and more! The pre-made applets are a great starting point, there’s much more you can do by creating your own.

Awair Triggers

Awair is set to trigger IFTTT applets, making Awair the “this” part of the basic formula: If This Then That. The air quality readings that Awair picks up can be used to trigger actions. Triggers include high and low temperatures, high and low humidity, high and low carbon dioxide, high and low VOCs and high and low dust levels. Each trigger is customizable, allowing you to select a threshold that corresponds to Awair’s index levels. For example, you can create a trigger that fires when Awair’s VOC index reaches level 3, sending you a push notification so you can open a window.

Setup

To use IFTTT with Awair you will need to give IFTTT permission to connect to your Awair account. You’ll need to do this separately for the Awair and Glow services, but you will use the same Awair account login credentials for both.

Setting up pre-made Applets

1. Log in or sign up at IFTTT.
2. Click on “Search” at the top of the screen and search for Awair.
3. Select the Applet you would like to use.
4. Click the switch to turn on the applet.
5. IFTTT will ask for your permission to access your Awair account. Click “OK.”
6. If prompted, enter your Awair email and password and click “Sign in.”
7. Configure the Applet using the drop-down menus and hit “Save.”

Setting up an Awair Trigger

1. Log in or sign up at IFTTT.
2. Click on your name in the upper right corner and select New Applet.
3. Click +this.
4. Enter Awair into the search bar and click on the box that says “Awair."
5. If prompted to connect Awair and IFTTT, click on “connect” and enter your Awair email and password.
6. Select the trigger you want to use.
7. Use the drop-down menus to configure the Trigger, then click on “Create trigger.”

After setting up an Awair Trigger, click on "+that" and search applications you want to set as an Action on the search bar and finish creating your IFTTT applets.

A few ideas to get you started

Integrating IFTTT with Awair opens up a host of possibilities for environmental monitoring and control. The applets we’ve created already are just the start! Here are a few ideas to get you going:

• If the humidity drops too low in your bedroom, then your WeMo humidifier turns on.
• Keeping your room at the proper humidity can help you sleep comfortably and help prevent things like asthma and allergy attacks. An applet like this can keep you comfortable while you sleep.
• If the dust levels in the living room get too high, then you and other members of your household all get an email.

This can be a great way to discuss and understand different cleaning and ventilation habits.