Process new items from an RSS feed on a schedule
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steps.
trigger
Cron Scheduler
Deploy to configure a custom schedule
This workflow runs on Pipedream's servers and is triggered on a custom schedule.
steps.
rss
auth
to use OAuth tokens and API keys in code via the
auths objectparams
RSS URL
Enter the URL for the RSS feed.
string ·params.rss_url
ID Field Name
Enter the field name that contains the unique ID for each RSS item. The field name can vary for each feed. Common field names include id and guid.
string ·params.id_field_name
code
Write any Node.jscodeand use anynpm package. You can alsoexport datafor use in later steps via
return or this.key = 'value', pass input data to your code viaparams, and maintain state across executions with$checkpoint.async (event, steps, params) => {1
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const Parser = require('rss-parser')
const parser = new Parser()
const feed = await parser.parseURL(params.rss_url)
// assumes only care about remembering last fetch instead of all previous
const checkpoint = this.$checkpoint || {}
const nextCheckpoint = {}
this.newItems = []
for (const item of feed.items || []) {
const id = item[params.id_field_name]
nextCheckpoint[id] = true
if (!checkpoint[id]) this.newItems.push(item)
}
// checkpoint the items so we don't export them on the next workflow execution
this.$checkpoint = nextCheckpoint
// end the workflow execution if no new items were detected
if (!this.newItems.length) $end('No new items found')steps.
process_new_items
auth
to use OAuth tokens and API keys in code via the
auths objectcode
Write any Node.jscodeand use anynpm package. You can alsoexport datafor use in later steps via
return or this.key = 'value', pass input data to your code viaparams, and maintain state across executions with$checkpoint.async (event, steps) => {1
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// we're just console logging the title here
// you can write any node code to handle the feed
steps.rss.newItems.forEach(function(item) {
console.log(item.title);
})