[Text] Replace Text with Formatting API

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Getting Started#

Create a workflow to [Text] Replace Text with the Formatting API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the [Text] Replace Text action
1. Connect your Formatting account
2. Configure Input
3. Configure Find Text/Pattern
4. Optional- Configure Replace Text
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.

[Text] Replace Text on Formatting

Description:Replace all instances of any character, word or phrase in the text with another character, word or phrase.

Version:0.0.6

Key:formatting-replace-text

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Code#

import { defineAction } from "@pipedream/types";
import buildRegExp from "../../common/text/buildRegExp.mjs";
import app from "../../app/formatting.app.mjs";
const MAX_REPLACES = 10000;
export default defineAction({
    name: "[Text] Replace Text",
    description: "Replace all instances of any character, word or phrase in the text with another character, word or phrase.",
    key: "formatting-replace-text",
    version: "0.0.6",
    annotations: {
        destructiveHint: true,
        openWorldHint: false,
        readOnlyHint: false,
    },
    type: "action",
    props: {
        app,
        input: {
            label: "Input",
            description: "Text you would like to find and replace values within.",
            type: "string",
        },
        findText: {
            label: "Find Text/Pattern",
            description: "The text you would like to search for and replace. This can also be a string representing a [Regular Expression](https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_regexp.asp)",
            type: "string",
        },
        replaceText: {
            label: "Replace Text",
            description: "Leave blank to delete the found text",
            type: "string",
            optional: true,
        },
    },
    async run({ $ }) {
        const { input, findText, replaceText, } = this;
        const isRegExp = findText.startsWith("/");
        const expression = isRegExp
            ? buildRegExp(findText, [
                "g",
            ])
            : findText;
        const replaceValue = replaceText ?? "";
        // replaceAll would be optimal, but it is not supported in Node 14.x
        let result = input.replace(expression, replaceValue);
        if (!isRegExp) {
            let counter = 0;
            while (result.match(expression)) {
                result = result.replace(expression, replaceValue);
                if (++counter > MAX_REPLACES) {
                    throw new Error(`Over ${MAX_REPLACES} replace operations reached - please check your inputs and, if this is expected, search with a regular expression instead of text`);
                }
            }
        }
        const matchText = isRegExp
            ? [
                ...input.matchAll(expression),
            ].length
            : input.includes(findText) && "text";
        $.export("$summary", matchText
            ? `Successfully replaced ${matchText} matches`
            : "No matches found. Input was not modified");
        return result;
    },
});

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
Formatting	`app`	`app`	This component uses the Formatting app.
Input	`input`	`string`	Text you would like to find and replace values within.
Find Text/Pattern	`findText`	`string`	The text you would like to search for and replace. This can also be a string representing a Regular Expression
Replace Text	`replaceText`	`string`	Leave blank to delete the found text