Automatically tweet Internet outage alerts to your provider

First, we need to connect Fing and Twitter to IFTTT.

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  Create IFTTT account.

  Create IFTTT account if you don't have one.

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  Connect Fing to IFTTT.

  Give IFTTT access to your Fing account, using Fing credentials.

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  Connect Twitter to IFTTT.

  Give IFTTT access to your Twitter account, using Twitter credentials.

Next, we need to create a workflow automation scenario using graphical no-code web interface of IFTTT.

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  Set up a Trigger action for Fing

  Choose the following trigger: Internet Outage event happened (Trigger requires you only to have a free Fing Account, you don't need a Fingbox to use this!Trigger fires when there is an Internet outage event on your ISP impacting your location, both when it starts and it is resolved.).

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  Then set up an Action for Twitter

  Choose this action: Post a tweet (This Action will post a new tweet to your Twitter account. NOTE: Please adhere to Twitter’s Rules and Terms of Service.).

Finally, we need to test this automation and publish it.

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  Customize data flow

  Configure the data that is exchanged between Fing and Twitter.

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  Test the workflow and turn it on for production use

  Test your scenario and publish to production. Now you have an automatic workflow, that will Automatically tweet Internet outage alerts to your provider!