Create or Update Customer with Customer.io API on New Email from Email API

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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Email trigger
1. Connect your Email account
Configure the Create or Update Customer action
1. Connect your Customer.io account
2. Configure Customer ID
3. Configure Email
4. Optional- Configure Created At
5. Optional- Configure Attributes
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 Email on Email

Description:Get a unique address where you can send emails to trigger your workflow.

Version:0.0.1

Key:email-new-email

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Trigger Code#

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

export default {
  name: "New Email",
  version: "0.0.1",
  key: "email-new-email",
  description: "Get a unique address where you can send emails to trigger your workflow.",
  props: {
    email,
  },
  type: "source",
  methods: {},
  async run() {},
};

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
Email	`email`	`app`	This component uses the Email app.

Trigger Authentication#

The Email API does not require authentication.

About Email#

Trigger workflows on new emails, and send emails to yourself as part of a Pipedream workflow.

Action#

Create or Update Customer on Customer.io

Description:Creates or update a customer. [See the docs here](https://customer.io/docs/api/#apitrackcustomerscustomers_update)

Version:0.2.0

Key:customer_io-create-or-update-customer

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Customer.io Overview#

Customer.io is a versatile automation tool that allows you to harness the power of email, SMS, and push notifications to create personalized customer experiences. With its comprehensive API, Customer.io enables you to track customer interactions, segment audiences, and trigger targeted communications based on user behavior and data. By leveraging Pipedream, you can easily connect Customer.io to various other services and APIs to automate complex workflows, synthesize data, and respond to events in real-time.

Action Code#

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

export default {
  key: "customer_io-create-or-update-customer",
  name: "Create or Update Customer",
  description: "Creates or update a customer. [See the docs here](https://customer.io/docs/api/#apitrackcustomerscustomers_update)",
  version: "0.2.0",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    app,
    customerId: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "customerId",
      ],
    },
    email: {
      label: "Email",
      type: "string",
      description: "The unique identifier for the customer.",
    },
    created_at: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Created At",
      description: "The UNIX timestamp from when the user was created in your system.",
      optional: true,
    },
    attributes: {
      type: "object",
      label: "Attributes",
      description: "Custom attributes to define the customer.",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    await this.app.createOrUpdateCustomer(this.customerId, {
      email: this.email,
      created_at: this.created_at,
      ...this.attributes,
    }, $);
    $.export("$summary", "Successfully created/updated customer");
  },
};

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
Customer.io	`app`	`app`	This component uses the Customer.io app.
Customer ID	`customerId`	`string`	The unique identifier for the customer.
Email	`email`	`string`	The unique identifier for the customer.
Created At	`created_at`	`string`	The UNIX timestamp from when the user was created in your system.
Attributes	`attributes`	`object`	Custom attributes to define the customer.