Create Item with Xero Accounting API on New Message (Instant) from Discord API

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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a Discord trigger and Xero Accounting action. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Select this integration
Configure the New Message (Instant) trigger
1. Connect your Discord account
2. Configure Channels
3. Configure discordApphook
Configure the Create Item action
1. Connect your Xero Accounting account
2. Configure tenant_id
3. Configure code
4. Optional- Configure inventory_asset_account_code
5. Optional- Configure name
6. Optional- Configure is_sold
7. Optional- Configure is_purchased
8. Optional- Configure description
9. Optional- Configure purchase_description
10. Optional- Configure purchase_details
11. Optional- Configure sales_details
12. Optional- Select a unitdp
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

Details#

This integration uses pre-built, source-available components from Pipedream's GitHub repo. These components are 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.

Trigger#

New Message (Instant) on Discord

Description:Emit new event for each message posted to one or more channels in a Discord server

Version:1.0.3

Key:discord-new-message

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Discord Overview#

The Discord API interacts seamlessly with Pipedream, empowering you to craft customized automations and workflows for your Discord server. With this powerful integration, you can automate tasks like message posting, user management, and notifications, based on a myriad of triggers and actions from different apps. These automations can enhance the Discord experience for community moderators and members, by synchronizing with external tools, organizing community engagement, and streamlining notifications.

Trigger Code#

import discord from "../../discord.app.mjs";
import sampleEmit from "./test-event.mjs";

export default {
  type: "source",
  key: "discord-new-message",
  name: "New Message (Instant)",
  description: "Emit new event for each message posted to one or more channels in a Discord server",
  version: "1.0.3",

  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    discord,
    channels: {
      type: "$.discord.channel[]",
      appProp: "discord",
      label: "Channels",
      description: "Select the channel(s) you'd like to be notified for",
    },
    // eslint-disable-next-line pipedream/props-label,pipedream/props-description
    discordApphook: {
      type: "$.interface.apphook",
      appProp: "discord",
      async eventNames() {
        return this.channels || [];
      },
    },
  },
  async run(event) {
    if (event.guildID != this.discord.$auth.guild_id) {
      return;
    }
    this.$emit(event, {
      id: event.id,
    });
  },
  sampleEmit,
};

Trigger 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
Discord	`discord`	`app`	This component uses the Discord app.
Channels	`channels`	`$.discord.channel[]`	Select the channel(s) you'd like to be notified for
	`discordApphook`	`$.interface.apphook`

Trigger Authentication#

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

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

botemailidentifyguilds

About Discord#

Use this app to create a Discord source that emits messages from your guild to a Pipedream workflow.

Action#

Create Item on Xero Accounting

Description:Creates a new item.

Version:0.1.1

Key:xero_accounting_api-create-item

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Xero Accounting Overview#

The Xero Accounting API offers a powerful gateway to access and manipulate financial data within Xero. Leveraging Pipedream's capabilities, developers can build custom workflows that streamline accounting processes, sync financial data with external systems, and trigger actions based on financial events. This API allows for the automation of tasks such as invoicing, bank reconciliation, bill payments, and reporting, which can lead to significant time savings and enhanced data accuracy.

Action Code#

// legacy_hash_id: a_a4ivOG
import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform";

export default {
  key: "xero_accounting_api-create-item",
  name: "Create Item",
  description: "Creates a new item.",
  version: "0.1.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    xero_accounting_api: {
      type: "app",
      app: "xero_accounting_api",
    },
    tenant_id: {
      type: "string",
      description: "Id of the organization tenant to use on the Xero Accounting API. See [Get Tenant Connections](https://pipedream.com/@sergio/xero-accounting-api-get-tenant-connections-p_OKCzOgn/edit) for a workflow example on how to pull this data.",
    },
    code: {
      type: "string",
      description: "User defined item code (max length = 30)",
    },
    inventory_asset_account_code: {
      type: "string",
      description: "The inventory asset [account](https://developer.xero.com/documentation/api/accounts/) for the item. The account must be of type INVENTORY. The COGSAccountCode in PurchaseDetails is also required to create a tracked item",
      optional: true,
    },
    name: {
      type: "string",
      description: "The name of the item (max length = 50)",
      optional: true,
    },
    is_sold: {
      type: "boolean",
      description: "Boolean value, defaults to true. When IsSold is true the item will be available on sales transactions in the Xero UI. If IsSold is updated to false then Description and SalesDetails values will be nulled.",
      optional: true,
    },
    is_purchased: {
      type: "boolean",
      description: "Boolean value, defaults to true. When IsPurchased is true the item is available for purchase transactions in the Xero UI. If IsPurchased is updated to false then PurchaseDescription and PurchaseDetails values will be nulled.",
      optional: true,
    },
    description: {
      type: "string",
      description: "The sales description of the item (max length = 4000)",
      optional: true,
    },
    purchase_description: {
      type: "string",
      description: "The purchase description of the item (max length = 4000)",
      optional: true,
    },
    purchase_details: {
      type: "string",
      description: "See Purchases & Sales. The [PurchaseDetails](https://developer.xero.com/documentation/api/items#PurchasesSales) element can contain a number of individual sub-elements.",
      optional: true,
    },
    sales_details: {
      type: "string",
      description: "See Purchases & Sales. The [SalesDetails](https://developer.xero.com/documentation/api/items#PurchasesSales) element can contain a number of individual sub-elements.",
      optional: true,
    },
    unitdp: {
      type: "string",
      description: "By default UnitPrice is returned to two decimal places.",
      optional: true,
      options: [
        "2",
        "4",
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
  //See the API docs: https://developer.xero.com/documentation/api/items#POST

    if (!this.tenant_id || !this.code) {
      throw new Error("Must provide tenant_id, and code parameters.");
    }

    return await axios($, {
      method: "put",
      url: "https://api.xero.com/api.xro/2.0/Items",
      headers: {
        "Authorization": `Bearer ${this.xero_accounting_api.$auth.oauth_access_token}`,
        "Accept": "application/json",
        "xero-tenant-id": this.tenant_id,
      },
      data: {
        Code: this.code,
        InventoryAssetAccountCode: this.inventory_asset_account_code,
        Name: this.name,
        IsSold: this.is_sold,
        IsPurchased: this.is_purchased,
        Description: this.description,
        PurchaseDescription: this.purchase_description,
        PurchaseDetails: this.purchase_details,
        SalesDetails: this.sales_details,
      },
      params: {
        unitdp: this.unitdp,
      },
    });
  },
};

Action Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Xero Accounting	`xero_accounting_api`	`app`	This component uses the Xero Accounting app.
tenant_id	`tenant_id`	`string`	Id of the organization tenant to use on the Xero Accounting API. See Get Tenant Connections for a workflow example on how to pull this data.
code	`code`	`string`	User defined item code (max length = 30)
inventory_asset_account_code	`inventory_asset_account_code`	`string`	The inventory asset account for the item. The account must be of type INVENTORY. The COGSAccountCode in PurchaseDetails is also required to create a tracked item
name	`name`	`string`	The name of the item (max length = 50)
is_sold	`is_sold`	`boolean`	Boolean value, defaults to true. When IsSold is true the item will be available on sales transactions in the Xero UI. If IsSold is updated to false then Description and SalesDetails values will be nulled.
is_purchased	`is_purchased`	`boolean`	Boolean value, defaults to true. When IsPurchased is true the item is available for purchase transactions in the Xero UI. If IsPurchased is updated to false then PurchaseDescription and PurchaseDetails values will be nulled.
description	`description`	`string`	The sales description of the item (max length = 4000)
purchase_description	`purchase_description`	`string`	The purchase description of the item (max length = 4000)
purchase_details	`purchase_details`	`string`	See Purchases & Sales. The PurchaseDetails element can contain a number of individual sub-elements.
sales_details	`sales_details`	`string`	See Purchases & Sales. The SalesDetails element can contain a number of individual sub-elements.
unitdp	`unitdp`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`24`

Action Authentication#

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

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

offline_accessopenidprofileemailaccounting.transactionsaccounting.reports.readaccounting.settingsaccounting.settings.readaccounting.contactsaccounting.attachmentsaccounting.journals.read

Create Item with Xero Accounting API on New Message (Instant) from Discord API

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