Ask HN: Is there a service that will submit an API request on my behalf?

[recharge]

For instance, I have an API call that remaps an Elastic IP to another EC2 instance in case there's a failure. I have the call saved on my mac, but in case I had a failure while I was out of the office, it would be nice if I could visit a webpage, send an email, tweet something, etc, and a service would send the API call on my behalf.

Seems simple enough, but I can't find anybody out there doing it.

[recharge]

Found a solution:

Set up the query on hurl.it, click on permalink, then copy the URL it gives you, for example:

http://www.hurl.it/hurls/5a5762bfd067fe6c500f79f10db3c2a3166...

Every time you visit that page, the query will be loaded, you can send the request and see the response immediately.

[elssar]

Check out [Zapier](http://zapier.com)

[manidoraisamy]

And IFTTT - http://ifttt.com/

[jeremi23]

You could host a script that does it on Google app engine ?

[manidoraisamy]

Non-http requests would be a problem with app engine