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Trakt New watched movie. Day One Create Journal Entry.

Add a Day One journal entry when you watch a new movie on Trakt

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How this automation works

Automatically log the movies you watch into your Day One journal. This Applet runs whenever you mark a movie as watched in Trakt and creates a new journal entry with the movie title and details. Perfect for film lovers who want to keep a personal viewing diary or track their movie history over time.

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Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires every time you mark a movie as watched in Trakt.tv.
MovieId MovieTitle WatchedAt
Then
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Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will create a new Journal entry in the Journal you specify.
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7 triggers, queries, and actions

New watched episode

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires every time you watched or marked as watching a new episode of a show.

New watched movie

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires every time you mark a movie as watched in Trakt.tv.

Get extended information about your show

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query searches for more information about your show: genres, trailer, year and much more.

List my most watched movies

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query will search for your most-watched movies.

List recommended movies

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns movie recommendations. It ignores movies in your collections.

List recommended shows

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns show recommendations. It ignores shows in your collections.

Create Journal Entry

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will create a new Journal entry in the Journal you specify.

Create Journal Entry

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will create a new Journal entry in the Journal you specify.

Get extended information about your show

Pro plus icon
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query searches for more information about your show: genres, trailer, year and much more.

List my most watched movies

Pro plus icon
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query will search for your most-watched movies.

List recommended movies

Pro plus icon
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns movie recommendations. It ignores movies in your collections.

List recommended shows

Pro plus icon
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns show recommendations. It ignores shows in your collections.

New watched episode

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires every time you watched or marked as watching a new episode of a show.

New watched movie

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires every time you mark a movie as watched in Trakt.tv.

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