Get Email Template with Amazon SES API on New List Contact from Emailoctopus API

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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New List Contact trigger
1. Connect your Emailoctopus account
2. Configure timer
3. Select a List
Configure the Get Email Template action
1. Connect your Amazon SES account
2. Select a AWS Region
3. Select a Template Name
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 List Contact on Emailoctopus

Description:Emit new event each time a contact is added to a list.

Version:0.0.4

Key:emailoctopus-new-list-contact

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Emailoctopus Overview#

EmailOctopus is a cost-effective email marketing tool that lets you send emails and manage subscribers with ease. Using the EmailOctopus API on Pipedream, you can automate subscriber management, trigger email campaigns based on various actions, or synchronize your marketing efforts across different platforms. The API's capabilities facilitate a wide range of marketing workflows, from auto-updating mailing lists to sending targeted emails when specific conditions are met.

Trigger Code#

import common from "../common/common.mjs";

export default {
  name: "New List Contact",
  key: "emailoctopus-new-list-contact",
  description: "Emit new event each time a contact is added to a list.",
  version: "0.0.4",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  ...common,
  props: {
    ...common.props,
    listId: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.app,
        "listId",
      ],
    },
  },
  methods: {
    ...common.methods,
    getResourceFn() {
      return this.app.getContacts;
    },
    getResourceFnParams() {
      return {
        listId: this.listId,
      };
    },
    async getItem(item) {
      return await this.app.getContact({
        listId: this.listId,
        contactId: item.id,
      });
    },
    getMeta(item) {
      return {
        id: new Date().getTime(),
        summary: `New contact added - ${item.fields.FirstName} ${item.fields.LastName} (${item.email_address})`,
        ts: new Date(item.created_at).getTime(),
      };
    },
  },
};

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
Emailoctopus	`app`	`app`	This component uses the Emailoctopus app.
	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
List	`listId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.

Trigger Authentication#

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

You can get your API Key in the Emailoctopus's API page.

About Emailoctopus#

EmailOctopus offers email marketing for next to nothing. The platform provides a simple and intuitive user interface which allows marketers to create their own rich HTML emails, and deliver them to subscribers inboxes with only a few clicks.

Action#

Get Email Template on Amazon SES

Description:Get an email template. [See the docs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSJavaScriptSDK/v3/latest/clients/client-sesv2/classes/getemailtemplatecommand.html)

Version:0.0.1

Key:amazon_ses-get-email-template

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Amazon SES Overview#

Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) is a powerful cloud-based email sending service designed to help digital marketers and application developers send marketing, notification, and transactional emails. With the SES API, you can reliably send emails at scale, manage sender reputations, view email sending statistics, and maintain a high deliverability rate. Leveraging Pipedream's capabilities, you can integrate SES seamlessly into serverless workflows, automate email responses based on triggers from other apps, and analyze the effectiveness of your email campaigns by connecting to data analytics platforms.

Action Code#

import base from "../common/base.mjs";

export default {
  key: "amazon_ses-get-email-template",
  name: "Get Email Template",
  description: "Get an email template. [See the docs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSJavaScriptSDK/v3/latest/clients/client-sesv2/classes/getemailtemplatecommand.html)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    ...base.props,
    TemplateName: {
      propDefinition: [
        base.props.amazonSes,
        "TemplateName",
        (c) => ({
          region: c.region,
        }),
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const params = {
      TemplateName: this.TemplateName,
    };
    const response = await this.amazonSes.getEmailTemplate(this.region, params);
    $.export("$summary", "Successfully retrieved email template");
    return response;
  },
};

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
Amazon SES	`amazonSes`	`app`	This component uses the Amazon SES app.
AWS Region	`region`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Template Name	`TemplateName`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.

Action Authentication#

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

Follow the AWS Instructions for creating an IAM user with an associated access and secret key, with the minimum IAM permissions necessary to send email or hit the desired SES APIs from Pipedream.

Enter the access and secret key below.