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Getting Started

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

  1. Configure the Post feed action
    1. Connect your Blink account
    2. Optional- Configure Allow comments
    3. Select a Category ID
    4. Optional- Configure Ribbon color
    5. Configure Sections
    6. Select one or more User IDs
    7. Optional- Configure External ID
    8. Optional- Configure Notification Title
    9. Optional- Configure Notification Text
  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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Post feed on Blink
Description:Send feed events to users. [See the documentation](https://developer.joinblink.com/reference/send-feed-event)
Version:0.0.1
Key:blink-post-feed

Code

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

export default {
  name: "Post feed",
  version: "0.0.1",
  key: "blink-post-feed",
  description: "Send feed events to users. [See the documentation](https://developer.joinblink.com/reference/send-feed-event)",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    app,
    allowComments: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Allow comments",
      description: "Allow users to comment on the feed event.",
      optional: true,
    },
    category: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "categoryId",
      ],
    },
    ribbonColor: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Ribbon color",
      description: "Color of the card. Hex code",
      optional: true,
    },
    sections: {
      type: "object",
      label: "Sections",
      description: "CardKit section objects. E.g. `[ { \"type\": \"header\", \"title\": \"Main API Service - Build Failed\" }, { \"type\": \"text\", \"value\": \"2/32 Tests Failed\" }, { \"type\": \"image\", \"image_url\": \"https://picsum.photos/200/300\" }, { \"type\": \"link\", \"title\": \"Blink\", \"url\": \"https://joinblink.com\" } ]`",
    },
    userIds: {
      type: "string[]",
      label: "User IDs",
      description: "IDs of the users who will receive this feed event",
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "userId",
      ],
    },
    externalId: {
      type: "string",
      label: "External ID",
      description: "A unique identifier for this event you can use to retrieve the event_id for the event using the Get Event Id By External Id endpoint.",
      optional: true,
    },
    notificationTitle: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Notification Title",
      description: "Title of push notification to be send to devices of recipients of this event.",
      optional: true,
    },
    notificationText: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Notification Text",
      description: "Body of push notification to be sent to devices of recipients of this event.",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const sections = typeof this.sections === "string"
      ?
      JSON.parse(this.sections)
      :
      this.sections;

    const response = await this.app.postFeed({
      $,
      data: {
        allow_comments: this.allowComments,
        category: this.category,
        body: {
          ribbon_color: this.ribbonColor,
          sections,
        },
        user_ids: this.userIds,
        external_id: this.externalId,
        notification_title: this.notificationTitle,
        notification_text: this.notificationText,
      },
    });

    if (response) {
      $.export("$summary", `Successfully sent post to feed with event ID \`${response.data.event_id}\``);
    }

    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
BlinkappappThis component uses the Blink app.
Allow commentsallowCommentsboolean

Allow users to comment on the feed event.

Category IDcategorystringSelect a value from the drop down menu.
Ribbon colorribbonColorstring

Color of the card. Hex code

Sectionssectionsobject

CardKit section objects. E.g. [ { "type": "header", "title": "Main API Service - Build Failed" }, { "type": "text", "value": "2/32 Tests Failed" }, { "type": "image", "image_url": "https://picsum.photos/200/300" }, { "type": "link", "title": "Blink", "url": "https://joinblink.com" } ]

User IDsuserIdsstring[]Select a value from the drop down menu.
External IDexternalIdstring

A unique identifier for this event you can use to retrieve the event_id for the event using the Get Event Id By External Id endpoint.

Notification TitlenotificationTitlestring

Title of push notification to be send to devices of recipients of this event.

Notification TextnotificationTextstring

Body of push notification to be sent to devices of recipients of this event.

Authentication

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

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