Act on Data

Use ThingSpeak™ apps to trigger an action or transform and visualize data

You can upload data from the web or send data from devices to a ThingSpeak IoT platform channel. Use these apps to transform and visualize data on ThingSpeak channels or trigger an action.

Use the Alerts API interface to schedule emails in response to ThingSpeak data.

Use the TalkBack API interface to control your TalkBack device queue.

Alerts API

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Use Alerts to Schedule and Track Email Alerts

`Send Alert`	Create email alert with HTTP POST
`Get Alert History`	Get alerts history with HTTP GET

TalkBack API

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Use TalkBack to Control Devices

`Add Command`	Add TalkBack command to TalkBack queue
`Get Command`	Get TalkBack command from TalkBack queue
`Get All Commands`	Get all TalkBack commands from TalkBack queue
`Get Last Command`	Get last executed TalkBack command from TalkBack queue
`Update Command`	Update command in TalkBack queue
`Execute Command`	Execute next TalkBack command in TalkBack queue
`Write Data and Execute TalkBack Command`	Update channel data with HTTP GET or POST and execute TalkBack command
`Delete Command`	Delete TalkBack command from TalkBack queue
`Delete All Commands`	Delete all TalkBack commands in TalkBack queue

Topics

Trigger Actions on your ThingSpeak Data

TimeControl App
Link other apps to the TimeControl app to perform or schedule repetitive actions.
React App
Trigger an action when the data in a channel meets specific conditions.
Alerts API
Trigger emails from ThingSpeak.
Monitor and Act on Channel Inactivity Using ThingSpeak Apps
Sense and trigger and action in response to a sensor failure that can cause channel inactivity.
Use Google Assistant to Turn a Light On and Off
This example shows how to use your voice to set a channel value on ThingSpeak™.
React to Channel Activity with Notification from IFTTT
This example shows how to use the React app to trigger an HTTP request to IFTTT in ThingHTTP.

Use ThingSpeak to Act on Other Websites

ThingHTTP App
Interface a device with web services and APIs.
ThingTweet App
Use your devices to tweet alerts and messages.

Analyze and Display Data

MATLAB Analysis App
Analyze the data in a channel.
MATLAB Visualizations App
Visualize the data in a channel.
Plugins App
Display custom visualizations of data in a channel with a plugin.
Channel Display Widgets
Choose among customizable visualizations of channel data.

Act on Your Devices with TalkBack

TalkBack App
Enable any device to act upon queued commands.
Queue Commands Using the TalkBack App From MATLAB
Use MATLAB^® functions to queue commands in the TalkBack app.
Control a Light with TalkBack on Arduino
This example shows how to fetch commands from a ThingSpeak™ TalkBack queue and use them to change the status of the onboard LED.
Channel Update and Light Control on Arduino
This example shows how to update your channel and fetch commands from a ThingSpeak™ TalkBack queue.
Control a Light with TalkBack on ESP8266
This example shows how to fetch commands from a ThingSpeak™ TalkBack queue, then use the commands to change the status of the onboard LED.
Channel Update and Light Control with ESP8266
This example shows how to update a channel and fetch commands from a ThingSpeak™ TalkBack queue.
Control a Light with TalkBack on ESP32
This example shows how to fetch commands from a ThingSpeak™ TalkBack queue and use them to change the status of the onboard LED.
Channel Update and Light Control with ESP32
This example shows how to update your channel and fetch commands from a ThingSpeak™ TalkBack queue.

Related Information

Featured Examples

Control a Light with TalkBack on Arduino

Fetch commands from a ThingSpeak™ TalkBack queue and use them to change the status of the onboard LED.

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Analyze Channel Data to Send Email Notification

Use the ThingSpeak alerts service to send notifications as email messages. Use the TimeControl app to trigger a MATLAB Analysis app at regular intervals. The MATLAB Analysis app analyzes the data to decide the appropriate email message to generate based on soil moisture data. Using the analytical power of MATLAB, you can generate filtered, targeted, and specific notifications of channel activity from ThingSpeak data.

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Channel Update and Light Control with ESP32

Update your channel and fetch commands from a ThingSpeak™ TalkBack queue. Use the commands to change the status of the onboard LED.

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Live RUL Estimation of a Servo Gear Train using ThingSpeak

Estimate the Remaining Useful Life (RUL) of a servo motor gear train through real-time streaming of servo motor data from an Arduino-based data acquisition system to ThingSpeak and from ThingSpeak to an RUL estimation engine running in MATLAB.