Hey everyone! I am trying to integrate this time tracker with n8n. The time tracker (I’ll refer to it as STT) is an Android app, and it supports automated tracking via broadcasts:
For now I am trying to receive data from STT, and use it in n8n. From my current understanding, I need an app which will read the broadcast sent by STT, and make an HTTP request to n8n with all the necessary data. Can anyone recommend any apps to do that, or maybe another way to approach this?
- I know about Tasker and MacroDroid, but I would like an open-source solution. I’ve tried MacroDroid tho, and it seems that while it can receive a broadcast, and even match extra data to only trigger a macro on specific STT events, I can’t seem to pass the intent data to MacroDroid’s action directly (which I need, because I want to be able to support arbitrary STT activities within n8n)
- I have tried Automation, but I haven’t found a way to pass intent (broadcast) data into Automation’s action
- I have tried Easer and it seems to support the exact features I need (receiving a broadcast, then taking data from it and making an HTTP request with that) but there are a few bugs preventing me from getting it to work.. I don’t think I can get any help with that since the project is unmaintained since 2020 (yes, thats almost 6 years ago :>)
Hopefully there is a way to make this work without having to commit any functionality to STT itself, or making a custom app.. I don’t have any experience with that, so I would like an existing solution if possible. I think it would be helpful to have a way out of this, because this will allow for connecting a lot of Android apps to n8n