How to send Blue Iris Motion alerts into IFTTT and then Smartthings
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2025 6:04 pm
Setup BlueIris Alerts
Login to the BlueIris Admin interface
Right click on a camera and select Settings.
Click ‘On Alert’
Click on the +
Select Web request to MQTT
Fill out the Description like this:
Description: Dining Room motion send webhoook IFTTT
Set the https:// line to
Click OK
Click OK
Clock ‘on reset’
Click on the +
Select Web request of MQTT
Set the Description and https:/ line
Setup IFTTT Rules
Login to IFTTT and click on Create in the top right
Click on Add
Type in ‘Webhooks’ for the service
Click on ‘Receive a web request’
For the Event Name, type in:
0345430937812.camera.kitchen
Note: 0345430937812 is a random long number
Click ‘Create Trigger”
Click on ‘Add’ by then That
How to send the Event to Smartthings
Type in smartthing
Click on ‘Switch on’
Smarthings Account = My Home
Click on the drop down by ‘Which Device’
Chose ‘Motion Sensor Camera Kitchen”
Click ‘Create Action’
Click ‘Continue’
Inside the box ‘Applet’ title, name the title:
Camera Kitchen Motion
Repeat the above steps and this time create a Webhook called
0345430937812.camera.kitchen_clear
Click ‘Create the Trigger’.
For the service, type in smartthing
Then select ‘Switch Off’
Select ‘Motion Sensor Camera Kitchem’
Click ‘Create Action’
Click Continue
For AppLet Title, type in:
Webhook Camera Kitchen Motion Clear
Click My Applets to back up
Login to the BlueIris Admin interface
Right click on a camera and select Settings.
Click ‘On Alert’
Click on the +
Select Web request to MQTT
Fill out the Description like this:
Description: Dining Room motion send webhoook IFTTT
Set the https:// line to
Click OK
Click OK
Clock ‘on reset’
Click on the +
Select Web request of MQTT
Set the Description and https:/ line
Setup IFTTT Rules
Login to IFTTT and click on Create in the top right
Click on Add
Type in ‘Webhooks’ for the service
Click on ‘Receive a web request’
For the Event Name, type in:
0345430937812.camera.kitchen
Note: 0345430937812 is a random long number
Click ‘Create Trigger”
Click on ‘Add’ by then That
How to send the Event to Smartthings
Type in smartthing
Click on ‘Switch on’
Smarthings Account = My Home
Click on the drop down by ‘Which Device’
Chose ‘Motion Sensor Camera Kitchen”
Click ‘Create Action’
Click ‘Continue’
Inside the box ‘Applet’ title, name the title:
Camera Kitchen Motion
Repeat the above steps and this time create a Webhook called
0345430937812.camera.kitchen_clear
Click ‘Create the Trigger’.
For the service, type in smartthing
Then select ‘Switch Off’
Select ‘Motion Sensor Camera Kitchem’
Click ‘Create Action’
Click Continue
For AppLet Title, type in:
Webhook Camera Kitchen Motion Clear
Click My Applets to back up