Search Posts with Wordpress.org API on New Email from Email API

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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a Email trigger and Wordpress.org 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 Search Posts action
1. Connect your Wordpress.org account
2. Optional- Configure Search Query
3. Optional- Select a Author
4. Optional- Select a Exclude Author
5. Optional- Select one or more Status
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#

Search Posts on Wordpress.org

Description:Searches for specific posts. [See the documentation](https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/reference/posts/#list-posts)

Version:0.0.4

Key:wordpress_org-search-posts

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Wordpress.org Overview#

The WordPress.org API offers a wide range of capabilities for content management, theme and plugin information, and community engagement. With Pipedream, you can harness this API to create automated workflows that react to events in WordPress, sync content across platforms, or even manage your site's appearance and functionality programmatically. Whether you're looking to streamline your publishing process, enhance user interaction, or keep everything in sync, the WordPress.org API on Pipedream offers a powerful toolset to craft custom solutions.

Action Code#

import wordpress from "../../wordpress_org.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "wordpress_org-search-posts",
  name: "Search Posts",
  description: "Searches for specific posts. [See the documentation](https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/reference/posts/#list-posts)",
  version: "0.0.4",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    wordpress,
    search: {
      propDefinition: [
        wordpress,
        "search",
      ],
    },
    author: {
      propDefinition: [
        wordpress,
        "author",
      ],
    },
    authorExclude: {
      propDefinition: [
        wordpress,
        "author",
      ],
      label: "Exclude Author",
      description: "Ensure result set excludes posts assigned to specific authors",
    },
    statuses: {
      propDefinition: [
        wordpress,
        "status",
      ],
      type: "string[]",
      description: "Limit result set to posts assigned one or more statuses. Defaults to `publish`",
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const params = {
      search: this.search,
      author: this.author,
      authorExclude: this.authorExclude,
      statuses: this.statuses,
    };
    const results = [];
    let next, page = 1;
    do {
      const posts = await this.wordpress.searchPosts(params, page);
      next = posts?._paging?.links?.next;
      delete posts._paging;
      results.push(...posts);
      page++;
    } while (next);

    $.export("$summary", `Found ${results?.length} post(s)`);

    return results;
  },
};

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
Wordpress.org	`wordpress`	`app`	This component uses the Wordpress.org app.
Search Query	`search`	`string`	Limit results to those matching a string
Author	`author`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Exclude Author	`authorExclude`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Status	`statuses`	`string[]`	Select a value from the drop down menu.