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Getting Started#

Trigger a workflow on New Contact Added with Constant Contact API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the New Contact Added trigger
1. Connect your Constant Contact account
2. Configure Polling interval
Add steps to connect to 2,400+ APIs using code and no-code building blocks
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
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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.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

New Contact Added on Constant Contact

Description:Emit new event when a new contact is created.

Version:0.0.2

Key:constant_contact-new-contact-added

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Code#

import { DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL } from "@pipedream/platform";
import constantContact from "../../constant_contact.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "constant_contact-new-contact-added",
  name: "New Contact Added",
  description: "Emit new event when a new contact is created.",
  type: "source",
  version: "0.0.2",
  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    constantContact,
    db: "$.service.db",
    timer: {
      label: "Polling interval",
      description: "Pipedream will poll the Constant Contact on this schedule",
      type: "$.interface.timer",
      default: {
        intervalSeconds: DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL,
      },
    },
  },
  methods: {
    _getLastDate() {
      return this.db.get("lastDate");
    },
    _setLastDate(lastDate) {
      this.db.set("lastDate", lastDate);
    },
    async startEvent(maxResults) {
      const lastDate = this._getLastDate();
      const responseArray = [];

      const items = this.constantContact.paginate({
        fn: this.constantContact.listContacts,
        field: "contacts",
        params: {
          created_after: lastDate,
          sort: "contacts.created_at.desc",
          limit: 500,
        },
        maxResults,
      });

      for await (const item of items) {
        responseArray.push(item);
      }

      if (!responseArray.length) {
        console.log("No new contacts found");
        return;
      }

      this._setLastDate(responseArray[0].created_at);

      for (const responseItem of responseArray.reverse()) {
        this.$emit(
          responseItem,
          {
            id: responseItem.contact_id,
            summary: `A new contact with id "${responseItem.contact_id}" was created!`,
            ts: responseItem.created_at,
          },
        );
      }
    },
  },
  hooks: {
    async deploy() {
      await this.startEvent(25);
    },
  },
  async run() {
    await this.startEvent();
  },
};

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.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Constant Contact	`constantContact`	`app`	This component uses the Constant Contact app.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
Polling interval	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`	Pipedream will poll the Constant Contact on this schedule

Authentication#

Constant Contact uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your Constant Contact account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into Constant Contact and grant Pipedream permission to connect to your account. Pipedream securely stores and automatically refreshes the OAuth tokens so you can easily authenticate any Constant Contact API.

Pipedream requests the following authorization scopes when you connect your account:

account_readaccount_updatecontact_datacampaign_dataoffline_access