You saw these same screens in Chapter 2. This chapter reads one of them, using Spotify as an example, and shows you how to edit and update your connected services in IFTTT.ai.
Spotify’s permission screen opens with “Allow Spotify to connect to: IFTTT” and shows the account you’re signed in as, with a Not you? link in case it’s the wrong one. Below that, it lists what IFTTT will be able to do, in three groups:
- View your Spotify account data, such as your subscription, account country, name, username, and public playlists.
- View your activity on Spotify, such as what you’ve recently played, what’s saved in Your Library, and your top artists.
- Take actions in Spotify on your behalf, such as adding and removing items in Your Library and creating, editing, and following playlists.
The list covers everything IFTTT will be able to do with your Spotify account, not just what one Applet does. The Applet from Chapter 2 adds tracks to a playlist, which falls under “Create, edit, and follow playlists.” Select Agree to connect, or Cancel to back out.
Sometimes a Trigger needs a permission your existing connection doesn’t have. When that happens, IFTTT asks you to approve it, and the permission screen lists what’s being requested.
To disconnect a service:
- Select your profile icon in the top right, then select My services.
- Select the service.
- Open its Settings.
- Select Remove service.
Any Applets that use a disconnected service are archived. If you reconnect the service later, you can restore them from Archive, which is also in the profile menu. Before you remove one, you can go to View service’s Applets to see which of your Applets use the service.