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2 ready-made ESPN News and Slack Applets
Turn one on, or build your own. ESPN News can start an automation with "New post on ESPN in "College Basketball" ", and IFTTT can then run "Post to channel" on Slack.
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12 triggers, queries, and actions
New post on ESPN in "College Basketball"
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 whenever there is a new post on ESPN in "College Basketball"
New post on ESPN in "College Football"
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 whenever there is a new post on ESPN in "College Football"
New post on ESPN in "ESPNU"
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 whenever there is a new post on ESPN in "ESPNU"
New post on ESPN in "MLB"
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 whenever there is a new post on ESPN in "MLB"
New post on ESPN in "Motorsports"
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 whenever there is a new post on ESPN in "Motorsports"
New post on ESPN in "NBA"
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 whenever there is a new post on ESPN in "NBA"
New post on ESPN in "NFL"
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 whenever there is a new post on ESPN in "NFL"
New post on ESPN in "NHL"
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 whenever there is a new post on ESPN in "NHL"
New post on ESPN in "Poker News"
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 whenever there is a new post on ESPN in "Poker News"
New post on ESPN in "Soccer"
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 whenever there is a new post on ESPN in "Soccer"
New post on ESPN News in "Top Headlines"
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 whenever there is a new post on ESPN News in "Top Headlines"
Post to channel
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 post a message to the channel you choose in Slack.
New post on ESPN in "College Basketball"
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 whenever there is a new post on ESPN in "College Basketball"
New post on ESPN in "College Football"
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 whenever there is a new post on ESPN in "College Football"
New post on ESPN in "ESPNU"
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 whenever there is a new post on ESPN in "ESPNU"
New post on ESPN in "MLB"
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 whenever there is a new post on ESPN in "MLB"
New post on ESPN in "Motorsports"
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 whenever there is a new post on ESPN in "Motorsports"
New post on ESPN in "NBA"
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 whenever there is a new post on ESPN in "NBA"
New post on ESPN in "NFL"
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 whenever there is a new post on ESPN in "NFL"
New post on ESPN in "NHL"
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 whenever there is a new post on ESPN in "NHL"
New post on ESPN in "Poker News"
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 whenever there is a new post on ESPN in "Poker News"
New post on ESPN in "Soccer"
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 whenever there is a new post on ESPN in "Soccer"
New post on ESPN News in "Top Headlines"
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 whenever there is a new post on ESPN News in "Top Headlines"
Post to channel
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 post a message to the channel you choose in Slack.
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If
Select a trigger the automation will use
New post on ESPN in "College Basketball"
New post on ESPN in "College Football"
New post on ESPN in "ESPNU"
New post on ESPN in "MLB"
New post on ESPN in "Motorsports"
New post on ESPN in "NBA"
New post on ESPN in "NFL"
New post on ESPN in "NHL"
New post on ESPN in "Poker News"
New post on ESPN in "Soccer"
New post on ESPN News in "Top Headlines"
Then
Select an action the automation will perform
Post to channel
You can add delays, queries, and more actions in the next step!
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About ESPN News
ESPN and IFTTT let you stay on top of sports news by triggering automations whenever there's a new story in your favorite leagues and sports.
About Slack
Slack and IFTTT let you automatically post updates to channels, so your team stays in the loop without you playing messenger.