# Open an iOS app with Homey Http request

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/open-an-ios-app-with-homey-http-request/19666>\
**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Created:** [October 23, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/open-an-ios-app-with-homey-http-request/19666 "2019-10-23T14:06:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Marcel\_Ubels](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/marcel_ubels/32/18860_2.png) [@Marcel\_Ubels](https://community.homey.app/u/Marcel_Ubels)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/open-an-ios-app-with-homey-http-request/19666/1 "2019-10-23T14:06:51Z")

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Is is possible to let homey with a flow sending a http request to open an app on my iphone? If that’s possible do you have to aknowledge opening the app or is it possible to ignore that.

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**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/open-an-ios-app-with-homey-http-request/19666/2 "2019-10-23T14:09:52Z")

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I don’t think that’s possible, based on the fact that it would require your iPhone to be “always on” and also that there’s an inherent security risk being able to do that.

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**Author:** ![Marcel\_Ubels](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/marcel_ubels/32/18860_2.png) [@Marcel\_Ubels](https://community.homey.app/u/Marcel_Ubels)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/open-an-ios-app-with-homey-http-request/19666/3 "2019-10-23T14:15:13Z")

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I was already afraid for that. Would be nice there is a way to send from homey a notice on which somethings happens on my iphone.

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**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 2:24pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/open-an-ios-app-with-homey-http-request/19666/4 "2019-10-23T14:24:07Z")

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Perhaps there’s a possibility to build something like that using Shortcuts and Homekit.

With Shortcuts, you can create automations based on Homekit events, for instance if a certain device got turned on. As an action, you can _probably_ (I’m unable to test this because my Home hub is outdated) open a specific app.

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**Author:** ![Marcel\_Ubels](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/marcel_ubels/32/18860_2.png) [@Marcel\_Ubels](https://community.homey.app/u/Marcel_Ubels)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/open-an-ios-app-with-homey-http-request/19666/5 "2019-10-23T14:30:18Z")

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I will dive into that, maybe it’s a way