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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Purchase Created trigger
1. Connect your DPD account
2. Configure timer
3. Optional- Select a Storefront ID
4. Optional- Select a Product ID
5. Optional- Select a Customer ID
6. Optional- Select a Subscriber ID
7. Optional- Select a Status
Configure the [Text] Convert HTML to Markdown action
1. Connect your Formatting account
2. Configure Input
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 Purchase Created on DPD

Description:Emit new event when a purchase is made. [See the documentation](https://getdpd.com/docs/api/purchases.html#list-purchases)

Version:0.0.1

Key:dpd2-new-purchase-created

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DPD Overview#

The DPD API provides a gateway to manage and automate digital product sales. By integrating with Pipedream, you can craft serverless workflows that interact with your DPD account, harnessing the ability to automate tasks like creating products, updating customer details, or reacting to new sales in real-time. With Pipedream's ability to connect to a multitude of services, the DPD API can be part of a larger ecosystem, streamlining your e-commerce operations or enriching your customer data across platforms.

Trigger Code#

import dpd2 from "../../dpd2.app.mjs";
import { DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL } from "@pipedream/platform";
import sampleEmit from "./test-event.mjs";

export default {
  key: "dpd2-new-purchase-created",
  name: "New Purchase Created",
  description: "Emit new event when a purchase is made. [See the documentation](https://getdpd.com/docs/api/purchases.html#list-purchases)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    dpd2,
    timer: {
      type: "$.interface.timer",
      default: {
        intervalSeconds: DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL,
      },
    },
    db: "$.service.db",
    storefrontId: {
      propDefinition: [
        dpd2,
        "storefrontId",
      ],
    },
    productId: {
      propDefinition: [
        dpd2,
        "productId",
        (c) => ({
          storefrontId: c.storefrontId,
        }),
      ],
    },
    customerId: {
      propDefinition: [
        dpd2,
        "customerId",
      ],
    },
    subscriberId: {
      propDefinition: [
        dpd2,
        "subscriberId",
        (c) => ({
          storefrontId: c.storefrontId,
        }),
      ],
    },
    status: {
      propDefinition: [
        dpd2,
        "status",
      ],
    },
  },
  hooks: {
    async deploy() {
      await this.processEvent(25);
    },
  },
  methods: {
    _getLastCreated() {
      return this.db.get("lastCreated");
    },
    _setLastCreated(lastCreated) {
      this.db.set("lastCreated", lastCreated);
    },
    emitEvent(purchase) {
      const meta = this.generateMeta(purchase);
      this.$emit(purchase, meta);
    },
    generateMeta(purchase) {
      return {
        id: purchase.id,
        summary: `New Purchase: ${purchase.id}`,
        ts: purchase.created_at,
      };
    },
    async processEvent(max) {
      const lastCreated = this._getLastCreated();
      let purchases = await this.dpd2.listPurchases({
        params: {
          date_min: lastCreated,
          status: this.status,
          product_id: this.productId,
          storefrontId: this.storefrontId,
          customer_id: this.customerId,
          subscriber_id: this.subscriberId,
        },
      });
      if (!purchases?.length) {
        return;
      }
      this._setLastCreated(purchases[purchases.length - 1].created_at);
      if (max) {
        purchases = purchases.slice(max * -1);
      }
      purchases.forEach((purchase) => this.emitEvent(purchase));
    },
  },
  async run() {
    await this.processEvent();
  },
  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
DPD	`dpd2`	`app`	This component uses the DPD app.
	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
Storefront ID	`storefrontId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Product ID	`productId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Customer ID	`customerId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Subscriber ID	`subscriberId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Status	`status`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`{ "value": "ACT", "label": "Active" }{ "value": "PND", "label": "Pending" }{ "value": "RFD", "label": "Refunded" }{ "value": "ERR", "label": "Error" }{ "value": "CAN", "label": "Canceled" }{ "value": "HLD", "label": "Held" }`

Trigger Authentication#

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

To retrieve your API Credentials,

Navigate to your DPD account and sign in
Click on the User menu on the top right
Go to "Profile" > "DPD API Credentials"

About DPD#

DPD is an all-in-one shopping cart and digital fulfillment service to sell downloads. Serving thousands of stores, DPD processes and delivers millions worth of downloads each year.

Action#

[Text] Convert HTML to Markdown on Formatting

Description:Convert valid HTML to Markdown text

Version:0.0.6

Key:formatting-convert-html-to-markdown

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Action Code#

import { defineAction } from "@pipedream/types";
import { parseHTML } from "linkedom";
import showdown from "showdown";
import app from "../../app/formatting.app.mjs";
export default defineAction({
    name: "[Text] Convert HTML to Markdown",
    description: "Convert valid HTML to Markdown text",
    key: "formatting-convert-html-to-markdown",
    version: "0.0.6",
    type: "action",
    props: {
        app,
        input: {
            label: "Input",
            description: "HTML string to be converted to Markdown",
            type: "string",
        },
    },
    async run({ $ }) {
        const { input } = this;
        const converter = new showdown.Converter();
        const dom = parseHTML("");
        const result = converter.makeMarkdown(input, dom.window.document);
        $.export("$summary", "Successfully converted to Markdown");
        return result;
    },
});