In the last chapter, you described an Applet and Chat built it. Classic works the other way around: you start from the services and choose the Trigger and Action yourself. Let’s use it to build the playlist Applet that solves Leila’s problem.
The first time you use YouTube and Spotify, IFTTT asks you to connect each one. Chapter 4 explains what those screens ask you to agree to.
- On the Create page, select the Classic tab.
- Select If This, search YouTube, and choose New liked video. This is your Trigger, the event that starts the Applet.
- Select Then That, search Spotify, and choose Add track to a playlist. This is your Action, what happens as a result.
- On the Complete action screen, start with Playlist name. It comes pre-filled with “New liked video,” so change it to something you’ll recognize, like “YouTube likes.” The playlist has to be one you own. If IFTTT can’t find one with that name, it creates a new private playlist.
- Next, look at Search query. It comes pre-filled with “Liked on YouTube:” followed by the Title and Url ingredients, which are pieces of information from the video you liked. The screen recommends the song title for the best match, so delete the extra text and the Url, and leave only Title. Leave Artist name blank, and leave Turn on AI Action assist? switched off. Then select Create action.
- Select Continue, rename the Applet if you like, and select Finish.
If the song doesn’t show up, the video’s title probably didn’t match a track on Spotify. Try another video.
By Friday, Leila’s playlist holds a few songs she would have forgotten, and yours will do the same. You’ve now built the same kind of Applet two ways, once in Chat and once in Classic. Next, the parts every Applet shares.