Update Flipbook with FlippingBook API

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Getting Started#

Create a workflow to Update Flipbook with the FlippingBook API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the Update Flipbook action
1. Connect your FlippingBook account
2. Select a Flipbook ID
3. Configure info
4. Optional- Configure File URL
5. Optional- Configure File Path
6. Optional- Configure Filename
7. Optional- Configure Name
8. Optional- Configure Description
Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

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Details#

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is 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.

Update Flipbook on FlippingBook

Description:Edits an existing flipbook by replacing it with a new input PDF file. [See the documentation](https://apidocs.flippingbook.com/#update-the-metadata-for-one-publication-possibly-attaching-a-new-source-file)

Version:0.0.1

Key:flippingbook-update-flipbook

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Code#

import flippingbook from "../../flippingbook.app.mjs";
import { ConfigurationError } from "@pipedream/platform";
import fs from "fs";

export default {
  key: "flippingbook-update-flipbook",
  name: "Update Flipbook",
  description: "Edits an existing flipbook by replacing it with a new input PDF file. [See the documentation](https://apidocs.flippingbook.com/#update-the-metadata-for-one-publication-possibly-attaching-a-new-source-file)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    flippingbook,
    flipbookId: {
      propDefinition: [
        flippingbook,
        "flipbookId",
      ],
    },
    info: {
      propDefinition: [
        flippingbook,
        "info",
      ],
    },
    fileUrl: {
      propDefinition: [
        flippingbook,
        "fileUrl",
      ],
    },
    filePath: {
      propDefinition: [
        flippingbook,
        "filePath",
      ],
    },
    filename: {
      propDefinition: [
        flippingbook,
        "filename",
      ],
    },
    name: {
      propDefinition: [
        flippingbook,
        "name",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    description: {
      propDefinition: [
        flippingbook,
        "description",
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    if ((!this.fileUrl && !this.filePath) || (this.fileUrl && this.filePath)) {
      throw new ConfigurationError("Please provide exactly one of File URL or File Path");
    }
    const data = {
      filename: this.filename,
      name: this.name,
      description: this.description,
    };
    if (this.fileUrl) {
      data.url = this.fileUrl;
    } else {
      const content = fs.readFileSync(this.filePath.includes("tmp/")
        ? this.filePath
        : `/tmp/${this.filePath}`);
      data.data = content.toString("base64");
    }

    const response = await this.flippingbook.updateFlipbook({
      $,
      flipbookId: this.flipbookId,
      data,
    });

    if (!response.error) {
      $.export("$summary", `Successfully updated flipbook with ID: ${this.flipbookId}`);
    }
    return response;
  },
};

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
FlippingBook	`flippingbook`	`app`	This component uses the FlippingBook app.
Flipbook ID	`flipbookId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
File URL	`fileUrl`	`string`	The URL of the .pdf file that will be used to create the source for the publication. The URL must be publicly accessible for at least for several minutes.
File Path	`filePath`	`string`	The path to a .pdf file in the `/tmp` directory be used to create the source for the publication. See the documentation on working with files
Filename	`filename`	`string`	The name of your PDF file
Name	`name`	`string`	Name of the publication
Description	`description`	`string`	Publication description