Reply To: Check to see door is open before closing with IFTTT and apilio.io

You will need to have IFTTT already set up with your OG.
Ray has a write up on this thread:

“Alexa, open my garage door” — Using IFTTT with OpenGarage

I also have an alternative method using Blynk:

IFTTT through Blynk

You will also need to sign up at apilio.io and input your IFTTT key:
http://www.apilio.io

The idea is to have OG send status changes through IFTTT to a variable stored on apilio.io. Whenever an open or close request is received through IFTTT, it is checked against this variable, and then sent back to IFTTT.