
Tap Next, give your new shortcut a name (this is what you’ll use to tell Siri to run), and save it. Tap Show More in the new action you added and confirm Method is set to ' GET'. Search for and add a 'Get contents of URL' item. Tap + to add a fourth and final action. Your shortcut should look like this (with your own values in the text and URL fields). Copy the entire URL you see on your IFTTT Webhooks screen and paste it into the URL area in the new shortcut. Enter the Event Name you set up earlier in IFTTT. Copy the private key from your IFTTT Webhooks screen and paste it into the Text area in the new shortcut. On your iOS device, open the Shortcuts app. Keep this documentation page handy - you’ll need to copy items from it in the next few steps. On the Webhooks documentation page, in the field, enter the Event Name you set in step 3 above. Don’t share this secret key with anyone or they’ll be able to use it to run your Applets. Click (or tap on mobile) the Documentation button to view your private key and the URL you can use with this service. While still on IFTTT, click (or tap on mobile) on the Webhooks icon to view the Service detail page. When prompted, edit the Applet title if you want to customize it. For this example, I’ll select Yeelight's 'Toggle lights on/off'. Add the Then portion of your applet - this is the action service - authenticate if necessary, and select any required settings. For this example, I’ll use turn_off_lights. You’ll use this information in a few minutes to set up the Siri portion of your setup. Head to and add Webhooks' 'Receive a web request' as the If This trigger.
We’ll cover those advanced use cases in a separate article. It can use any action you choose, and if you’re subscribed to IFTTT Pro, you can trigger multiple actions and also include queries and conditional logic with filter code. Your applet will use Webhooks as the trigger. Siri can be used on your iOS or iPadOS device, HomePod, or Apple Watch to kick off an Apple Shortcut that triggers an IFTTT Applet.
Siri is the voice-activated assistant from Apple. You can use voice commands to run actions for any service on IFTTT. Voice commands are becoming more common as a method of interacting with devices and apps.