An automated workflow using ifttt
Connects Instagram + Email
Send a Copy of Your Instagrams to Your Email
About this workflow template
This automation scenario allows you to connect Instagram and Email
It can be build using Ifttt, a no-code workflow automation tool. Ifttt allows you to create automated bots using a simple drag-and-drop interface for non-technical users. This is a ready-made scenario, but it can be customized by adding more apps, actions, filters or branches.
Categories
Instagram and Email can also be integrated using automation tools other than ifttt:
Diagram
How it works?
When this trigger fires in Instagram
Any new photo by you in Instagram
This Trigger fires every time you share any new photo on Instagram.
Then this action happens in Email
Send me an email in Email
This Action will send you an HTML based email. Images and links are supported.
How to set up this workflow
This guide contains information on how to set up an automatic workflow that allows to Send a Copy of Your Instagrams to Your Email.
Part I
Configure Applications
First, we need to connect Instagram and Email to IFTTT.
Create IFTTT account.
Create IFTTT account if you don't have one.
Connect Instagram to IFTTT.
Give IFTTT access to your Instagram account, using Instagram credentials.
Connect Email to IFTTT.
Give IFTTT access to your Email account, using Email credentials.
Part II
Build an integration workflow
Next, we need to create a workflow automation scenario using graphical no-code web interface of IFTTT.
Set up a Trigger action for Instagram
Choose the following trigger: Any new photo by you (This Trigger fires every time you share any new photo on Instagram.).
Then set up an Action for Email
Choose this action: Send me an email (This Action will send you an HTML based email. Images and links are supported.).
Part III
Test and Publish
Finally, we need to test this automation and publish it.
Customize data flow
Configure the data that is exchanged between Instagram and Email.
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 Send a Copy of Your Instagrams to Your Email!
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triggerbyintegromatNew video by you with specific hashtag
This Trigger fires every time you share a video on Instagram with the hashtag you specify.
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Send me an email
This Action will send you an HTML based email. Images and links are supported.
actionbyiftttSend outbound email
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actionbyzapierSend an email
Sends a new email.
actionbyintegromatautomateioSend yourself an email
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actionbypipedreamCreate a draft
Creates and adds a new draft to a selected folder.
actionbyintegromatCopy an email
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Apps you need
A social network for sharing your life via photos, short videos, and stories
IFTTT helps to create applications connections with a simple statement: if this then that. For example: "Tweet your Instagrams as native photos on Twitter". You define a task by a trigger and an action.
