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Ask HN: Is there a service that will submit an API request on my behalf?
For instance, I have an API call that remaps an Elastic IP to another EC2 instance in case there's a failure. I have the call saved on my mac, but in case I had a failure while I was out of the office, it would be nice if I could visit a webpage, send an email, tweet something, etc, and a service would send the API call on my behalf.
Seems simple enough, but I can't find anybody out there doing it.
- elssar 14y agoCheck out [Zapier](http://zapier.com http://zapier.com)
- manidoraisamy 14y agoAnd IFTTT - http://ifttt.com/ http://ifttt.com/
- elssar 14y agoIFTTT does not offer webhooks, so I believe it is out of the running for this usecase
- recharge 14y agoBoth great services, but I'd need a greater level of customization to get it to work. Would this be something enough people would use to justify it as a weekend project?
- elssar 14y agoMaybe utility mill - http://utilitymill.com/ http://utilitymill.com/ is what you need, if you're up for writing some Python code
- jeremi23 14y agoYou could host a script that does it on Google app engine ?
- manidoraisamy 14y agoNon-http requests would be a problem with app engine
- recharge 14y agoFound a solution: Set up the query on hurl.it, click on permalink, then copy the URL it gives you, for example: http://www.hurl.it/hurls/5a5762bfd067fe6c500f79f10db3c2a3166fe846/090e750e6190dce2a7687c84453f524b3179d6fe http://www.hurl.it/hurls/5a5762bfd067fe6c500f79f10db3c2a3166... Every time you visit that page, the query will be loaded, you can send the request and see the response immediately.