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Getting Started#

Create a workflow to Get record (or create one if not found) with the Data Stores API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the Get record (or create one if not found) action
1. Connect your Data Stores account
2. Configure Data Store
3. Select a Key
4. Optional- Select a Create a new record if the key is not found?
Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
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.

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.

Get record (or create one if not found) on Data Stores

Description:Get a single record in your [Pipedream Data Store](https://pipedream.com/data-stores/) or create one if it doesn't exist.

Version:0.0.10

Key:data_stores-get-record-or-create

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Code#

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

export default {
  key: "data_stores-get-record-or-create",
  name: "Get record (or create one if not found)",
  description: "Get a single record in your [Pipedream Data Store](https://pipedream.com/data-stores/) or create one if it doesn't exist.",
  version: "0.0.10",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    app,
    dataStore: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "dataStore",
      ],
    },
    key: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "key",
        ({ dataStore }) => ({
          dataStore,
        }),
      ],
      description: "Select the key for the data you'd like to retrieve, or enter one manually.",
    },
    addRecordIfNotFound: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "addRecordIfNotFound",
      ],
    },
  },
  async additionalProps() {
    const props = {};
    if (this.app.shouldAddRecord(this.addRecordIfNotFound)) {
      props.value = app.propDefinitions.value;
    }
    return props;
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const record = await this.dataStore.get(this.key);

    if (record !== undefined) {
      $.export("$summary", `Found data for the key, \`${this.key}\`.`);
      return record;
    }

    if (!this.app.shouldAddRecord(this.addRecordIfNotFound)) {
      $.export("$summary", `No data found for key, \`${this.key}\`.`);
      return;
    }

    const parsedValue = this.app.parseValue(this.value);
    await this.dataStore.set(this.key, parsedValue);
    $.export("$summary", `Successfully added a new record with the key, \`${this.key}\`.`);
    return parsedValue;
  },
};

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
Data Stores	`app`	`app`	This component uses the Data Stores app.
Data Store	`dataStore`	`data_store`	Select an existing Data Store or create a new one.
Key	`key`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Create a new record if the key is not found?	`addRecordIfNotFound`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`YesNo`