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Getting Started

Create a workflow to Publish Message with the Ably API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

  1. Configure the Publish Message action
    1. Connect your Ably account
    2. Configure Channel Name
    3. Configure Event Name
    4. Configure Message Data
  2. Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
  3. Deploy the workflow
  4. Send a test event to validate your setup
  5. Turn on the trigger

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Details

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

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Publish Message on Ably
Description:Publish a message in a channel. [See docs here](https://ably.com/docs/realtime/messages#message-publish)
Version:0.0.1
Key:ably-publish-message

Code

import ably from "../../ably.app.mjs";

export default {
  name: "Publish Message",
  version: "0.0.1",
  key: "ably-publish-message",
  description: "Publish a message in a channel. [See docs here](https://ably.com/docs/realtime/messages#message-publish)",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    ably,
    channelName: {
      propDefinition: [
        ably,
        "channelName",
      ],
      description: "The name of channel that will be published",
    },
    eventName: {
      propDefinition: [
        ably,
        "eventName",
      ],
      description: "The event name that will be published",
    },
    messageData: {
      propDefinition: [
        ably,
        "messageData",
      ],
      description: "The data of the message that will be published",
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const response = await this.ably.publishMessage({
      $,
      channelName: this.channelName,
      data: {
        name: this.eventName,
        data: this.messageData,
      },
    });

    if (response.messageId) {
      $.export("$summary", `Successfully published message with ID ${response.messageId}`);
    }

    return response;
  },
};

Configuration

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.
LabelPropTypeDescription
AblyablyappThis component uses the Ably app.
Channel NamechannelNamestring

The name of channel that will be published

Event NameeventNamestring

The event name that will be published

Message DatamessageDatastring

The data of the message that will be published

Authentication

Ably uses API keys for authentication. When you connect your Ably account, Pipedream securely stores the keys so you can easily authenticate to Ably APIs in both code and no-code steps.

The full application key string can obtained through the dashboard and split at the colon.
api_key_initial is the initial segment of the api key before the colon used as the user name
api_key_remaining is the remaining string (without the leading colon) used as the password.

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