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Getting Started

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

  1. Configure the Create Or Update Contact action
    1. Connect your Gist account
    2. Optional- Configure Email
    3. Optional- Select a User Id
    4. Optional- Configure Name
    5. Optional- Configure Phone
    6. Optional- Configure Signed Up At
    7. Optional- Configure Last Seen Ip
    8. Optional- Configure Last Seen User Agent
    9. Optional- Configure Custom Properties
    10. Optional- Configure Unsubscribed From Emails
    11. Optional- Select one or more Tag
  2. Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
  3. Deploy the workflow
  4. Send a test event to validate your setup
  5. 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.

Create Or Update Contact on Gist
Description:Create or update a contact in Gist [See docs](https://developers.getgist.com/api/#create-or-update-a-contact)
Version:0.0.1
Key:gist-create-or-update-contact

Code

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

export default {
  key: "gist-create-or-update-contact",
  name: "Create Or Update Contact",
  description: "Create or update a contact in Gist [See docs](https://developers.getgist.com/api/#create-or-update-a-contact)",
  type: "action",
  version: "0.0.1",
  props: {
    gist,
    email: {
      propDefinition: [
        gist,
        "email",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    userId: {
      propDefinition: [
        gist,
        "userId",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    name: {
      label: "Name",
      description: "The full name of the contact",
      type: "string",
      optional: true,
    },
    phone: {
      label: "Phone",
      description: "The contact number of the contact",
      type: "string",
      optional: true,
    },
    signedUpAt: {
      label: "Signed Up At",
      description: "The time the contact signed up",
      type: "string",
      optional: true,
    },
    lastSeenIp: {
      label: "Last Seen Ip",
      description: "The last IP address the contact visited your website from",
      type: "string",
      optional: true,
    },
    lastSeenUserAgent: {
      label: "Last Seen User Agent",
      description: "The last contact agent the contact was seen using",
      type: "string",
      optional: true,
    },
    customProperties: {
      label: "Custom  Properties",
      description: "A JSON object containing the contact's custom properties. E.g. { \"name\": \"John Doe\" }",
      type: "object",
      optional: true,
    },
    unsubscribedFromEmails: {
      label: "Unsubscribed From Emails",
      description: "If the contact has unsubscribed from emails or not",
      type: "boolean",
      optional: true,
    },
    tagId: {
      propDefinition: [
        gist,
        "tagId",
      ],
      type: "string[]",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const {
      userId,
      signedUpAt,
      lastSeenIp,
      lastSeenUserAgent,
      customProperties,
      unsubscribedFromEmails,
      tagId,
      ...data
    } = this;

    if (!userId && !this.email) {
      throw new ConfigurationError("You must fill in at least **User Id** or **Email**");
    }

    const response = await this.gist.createOrUpdateContact({
      $,
      data: {
        id: userId,
        signed_up_at: signedUpAt,
        last_seen_ip: lastSeenIp,
        last_seen_user_agent: lastSeenUserAgent,
        custom_properties: customProperties,
        unsubscribed_from_emails: unsubscribedFromEmails,
        tags: tagId && tagId.map((tag) => tag.label),
        ...data,
      },
    });

    const action = (response.contact?.created_at != response.contact?.updated_at)
      ? "updated"
      : "created";

    $.export("$summary", `Successfully ${action} ${this.name || this.email} contact`);

    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.
LabelPropTypeDescription
GistgistappThis component uses the Gist app.
Emailemailstring

The contact's email address. Required on create. Required if no user_id is supplied on update.

User IduserIdstringSelect a value from the drop down menu.
Namenamestring

The full name of the contact

Phonephonestring

The contact number of the contact

Signed Up AtsignedUpAtstring

The time the contact signed up

Last Seen IplastSeenIpstring

The last IP address the contact visited your website from

Last Seen User AgentlastSeenUserAgentstring

The last contact agent the contact was seen using

Custom PropertiescustomPropertiesobject

A JSON object containing the contact's custom properties. E.g. { "name": "John Doe" }

Unsubscribed From EmailsunsubscribedFromEmailsboolean

If the contact has unsubscribed from emails or not

TagtagIdstring[]Select a value from the drop down menu.

Authentication

Gist uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your Gist account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into Gist and grant Pipedream permission to connect to your account. Pipedream securely stores and automatically refreshes the OAuth tokens so you can easily authenticate any Gist API.

Pipedream requests the following authorization scopes when you connect your account:

read_contactwrite_contactread_bulk_contactswrite_bulk_contactsread_conversationswrite_conversationsread_eventsread_tagswrite_tagsread_teamsread_teammates

About Gist

Build personal relationships at scale. Gist offers live chat, email marketing automation, event tracking, and more.

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