Formatting

Pre-built actions to make formatting and manipulating data within your workflows easier.

Integrate the Formatting API with the Node API

Setup the Formatting API trigger to run a workflow which integrates with the Node API. Pipedream's integration platform allows you to integrate Formatting and Node remarkably fast. Free for developers.

[Data] Convert JSON to String with the Formatting API

Convert an object to a JSON format string

 
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Run Node Code with the Node API

Write custom Node.js code and use any of the 400k+ npm packages available. Refer to the Pipedream Node docs to learn more.

 
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[Data] Parse JSON with the Formatting API

Parse a JSON string

 
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[Date/Time] Add/Subtract Time with the Formatting API

Add or subtract time from a given input

 
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[Date/Time] Compare Dates with the Formatting API

Get the duration between two dates in days, hours, minutes, and seconds along with checking if they are the same.

 
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Connect Formatting

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export default defineComponent({
  async run({ steps, $ }) {
    const text = ' Hello world! ';
    return text.trim()
  },
})

Connect Node

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// To use previous step data, pass the `steps` object to the run() function
export default defineComponent({
  async run({ steps, $ }) {
    // Return data to use it in future steps
    return steps.trigger.event
  },
})

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