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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Upcoming Event Alert trigger
1. Connect your Google Calendar account
2. Configure Pipedream API Key
3. Optional- Select a Calendar ID
4. Optional- Select one or more Event Types
5. Configure Minutes Before
Configure the Create Person action
1. Connect your Attio account
2. Optional- Configure First Name
3. Optional- Configure Last Name
4. Optional- Configure Email
5. Optional- Configure Description
6. Optional- Configure Job Title
7. Optional- Configure Phone Number
8. Optional- Configure Phone Number - Country Code
9. Optional- Configure LinkedIn
10. Optional- Configure Twitter
11. Optional- Configure Facebook
12. Optional- Configure Instagram
13. Optional- Select a Company ID
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 Upcoming Event Alert on Google Calendar

Description:Emit new event based on a time interval before an upcoming event in the calendar.

Version:0.1.0

Key:google_calendar-upcoming-event-alert

View on GitHub

Google Calendar Overview#

The Google Calendar API lets you dip into the powerhouse of scheduling, allowing for the reading, creation, and manipulation of events and calendars directly from your applications. Through Pipedream, you can seamlessly integrate Google Calendar into a myriad of workflows, automating event management, syncing with other services, setting up custom reminders, or even collating data for reporting. The key here is to streamline your calendar-related processes, ensuring that your time management is as efficient and automated as possible.

Trigger Code#

import googleCalendar from "../../google_calendar.app.mjs";
import taskScheduler from "../common/taskScheduler.mjs";
import sampleEmit from "./test-event.mjs";

export default {
  key: "google_calendar-upcoming-event-alert",
  name: "New Upcoming Event Alert",
  description: "Emit new event based on a time interval before an upcoming event in the calendar.",
  version: "0.1.0",
  type: "source",
  props: {
    googleCalendar,
    db: "$.service.db",
    http: "$.interface.http",
    pipedreamApiKey: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Pipedream API Key",
      description: "[Click here to find your Pipedream API key](https://pipedream.com/settings/user)",
      secret: true,
    },
    calendarId: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleCalendar,
        "calendarId",
      ],
    },
    eventTypes: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleCalendar,
        "eventTypes",
      ],
    },
    time: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Minutes Before",
      description: "Number of minutes to trigger before the start of the calendar event.",
      min: 0,
      reloadProps: true,
    },
  },
  async additionalProps() {
    const props = {};
    if (this.time > 0) {
      props.timer = {
        type: "$.interface.timer",
        description: "Poll the API to schedule alerts for any newly created events",
        default: {
          intervalSeconds: 60 * this.time,
        },
      };
    }
    return props;
  },
  hooks: {
    async deactivate() {
      const ids = this._getScheduledEventIds();
      if (!ids?.length) {
        return;
      }
      for (const id of ids) {
        if (await this.deleteScheduledEvent({
          body: {
            id,
          },
        }, this.pipedreamApiKey)) {
          console.log("Cancelled scheduled event");
        }
      }
      this._setScheduledEventIds();
    },
  },
  methods: {
    ...taskScheduler.methods,
    _getScheduledEventIds() {
      return this.db.get("scheduledEventIds");
    },
    _setScheduledEventIds(ids) {
      this.db.set("scheduledEventIds", ids);
    },
    _getScheduledCalendarEventIds() {
      return this.db.get("scheduledCalendarEventIds");
    },
    _setScheduledCalendarEventIds(ids) {
      this.db.set("scheduledCalendarEventIds", ids);
    },
    _hasDeployed() {
      const result = this.db.get("hasDeployed");
      this.db.set("hasDeployed", true);
      return result;
    },
    subtractMinutes(date, minutes) {
      return date.getTime() - minutes * 60000;
    },
    async getCalendarEvents() {
      const calendarEvents = [];
      const params = {
        returnOnlyData: false,
        calendarId: this.calendarId,
        eventTypes: this.eventTypes,
      };
      do {
        const {
          data: {
            items, nextPageToken,
          },
        } = await this.googleCalendar.listEvents(params);
        if (items?.length) {
          calendarEvents.push(...items);
        }
        params.pageToken = nextPageToken;
      } while (params.pageToken);
      return calendarEvents;
    },
  },
  async run(event) {
    // self subscribe only on the first time
    if (!this._hasDeployed()) {
      await this.selfSubscribe(this.pipedreamApiKey);
    }

    const scheduledEventIds = this._getScheduledEventIds() || [];

    // incoming scheduled event
    if (event.$channel === this.selfChannel()) {
      const remainingScheduledEventIds = scheduledEventIds.filter((id) => id !== event["$id"]);
      this._setScheduledEventIds(remainingScheduledEventIds);
      this.emitEvent(event, `Upcoming ${event.summary
        ? event.summary + " "
        : ""}event`);
      return;
    }

    // schedule new events
    const scheduledCalendarEventIds = this._getScheduledCalendarEventIds() || {};
    const calendarEvents = await this.getCalendarEvents();

    for (const calendarEvent of calendarEvents) {
      const startTime = calendarEvent.start
        ? (new Date(calendarEvent.start.dateTime || calendarEvent.start.date))
        : null;
      if (!startTime
        || startTime.getTime() < Date.now()
        || scheduledCalendarEventIds[calendarEvent.id])
      {
        continue;
      }
      const later = new Date(this.subtractMinutes(startTime, this.time));

      const scheduledEventId = this.emitScheduleEvent(calendarEvent, later);
      scheduledEventIds.push(scheduledEventId);
      scheduledCalendarEventIds[calendarEvent.id] = true;
    }
    this._setScheduledEventIds(scheduledEventIds);
    this._setScheduledCalendarEventIds(scheduledCalendarEventIds);
  },
  sampleEmit,
};

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
Google Calendar	`googleCalendar`	`app`	This component uses the Google Calendar app.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
N/A	`http`	`$.interface.http`	This component uses `$.interface.http` to generate a unique URL when the component is first instantiated. Each request to the URL will trigger the `run()` method of the component.
Pipedream API Key	`pipedreamApiKey`	`string`	Click here to find your Pipedream API key
Calendar ID	`calendarId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Event Types	`eventTypes`	`string[]`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`defaultfocusTimeoutOfOfficeworkingLocation`
Minutes Before	`time`	`integer`	Number of minutes to trigger before the start of the calendar event.

Trigger Authentication#

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

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

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.eventshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.readonlyhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.settings.readonlyemailprofile

About Google Calendar#

With Google Calendar, you can quickly schedule meetings and events and get reminders about upcoming activities, so you always know what’s next.

Action#

Create Person on Attio

Description:Creates a new person. [See the documentation](https://developers.attio.com/reference/post_v2-objects-people-records).

Version:0.0.4

Key:attio-create-person

View on GitHub

Action Code#

import attio from "../../attio.app.mjs";
import constants from "../../common/constants.mjs";

export default {
  key: "attio-create-person",
  name: "Create Person",
  description: "Creates a new person. [See the documentation](https://developers.attio.com/reference/post_v2-objects-people-records).",
  version: "0.0.4",
  annotations: {
    destructiveHint: false,
    openWorldHint: true,
    readOnlyHint: false,
  },
  type: "action",
  props: {
    attio,
    firstName: {
      propDefinition: [
        attio,
        "firstName",
      ],
    },
    lastName: {
      propDefinition: [
        attio,
        "lastName",
      ],
    },
    emailAddress: {
      propDefinition: [
        attio,
        "emailAddress",
      ],
    },
    description: {
      propDefinition: [
        attio,
        "description",
      ],
    },
    jobTitle: {
      propDefinition: [
        attio,
        "jobTitle",
      ],
    },
    phoneNumber: {
      propDefinition: [
        attio,
        "phoneNumber",
      ],
    },
    phoneNumberCountryCode: {
      propDefinition: [
        attio,
        "phoneNumberCountryCode",
      ],
    },
    linkedin: {
      propDefinition: [
        attio,
        "linkedin",
      ],
    },
    twitter: {
      propDefinition: [
        attio,
        "twitter",
      ],
    },
    facebook: {
      propDefinition: [
        attio,
        "facebook",
      ],
    },
    instagram: {
      propDefinition: [
        attio,
        "instagram",
      ],
    },
    companyId: {
      label: "Company ID",
      description: "The ID of the company to associate with the person.",
      optional: true,
      propDefinition: [
        attio,
        "recordId",
        () => ({
          targetObject: constants.TARGET_OBJECT.COMPANIES,
        }),
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const {
      attio,
      firstName,
      lastName,
      emailAddress,
      description,
      jobTitle,
      phoneNumber,
      phoneNumberCountryCode,
      linkedin,
      twitter,
      facebook,
      instagram,
      companyId,
    } = this;

    const response = await attio.createRecord({
      $,
      targetObject: constants.TARGET_OBJECT.PEOPLE,
      data: {
        data: {
          values: {
            ...(emailAddress && {
              email_addresses: [
                {
                  email_address: emailAddress,
                },
              ],
            }),
            ...(firstName || lastName) && {
              name: [
                {
                  first_name: firstName || "",
                  last_name: lastName || "",
                  full_name: `${firstName || ""} ${lastName || ""}`.trim(),
                },
              ],
            },
            ...(description && {
              description: [
                {
                  value: description,
                },
              ],
            }),
            ...(jobTitle && {
              job_title: [
                {
                  value: jobTitle,
                },
              ],
            }),
            ...(phoneNumber && {
              phone_numbers: [
                {
                  original_phone_number: phoneNumber,
                  ...(phoneNumberCountryCode && {
                    country_code: phoneNumberCountryCode,
                  }),
                },
              ],
            }),
            ...(linkedin && {
              linkedin: [
                {
                  value: linkedin,
                },
              ],
            }),
            ...(twitter && {
              twitter: [
                {
                  value: twitter,
                },
              ],
            }),
            ...(facebook && {
              facebook: [
                {
                  value: facebook,
                },
              ],
            }),
            ...(instagram && {
              instagram: [
                {
                  value: instagram,
                },
              ],
            }),
            ...(companyId && {
              company: [
                {
                  target_object: constants.TARGET_OBJECT.COMPANIES,
                  target_record_id: companyId,
                },
              ],
            }),
          },
        },
      },
    });

    $.export("$summary", `Successfully created person with ID \`${response.data.id.record_id}\`.`);

    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
Attio	`attio`	`app`	This component uses the Attio app.
First Name	`firstName`	`string`	The person's first name.
Last Name	`lastName`	`string`	The person's last name.
Email	`emailAddress`	`string`	The contact's email address.
Description	`description`	`string`	A description of the person.
Job Title	`jobTitle`	`string`	The person's job title.
Phone Number	`phoneNumber`	`string`	The person's phone number which is either a) prefixed with a country code (e.g. `+44....`) or b) a local number, where Phone Number - Country Code is specified in addition.
Phone Number - Country Code	`phoneNumberCountryCode`	`string`	The country code for the phone number.
LinkedIn	`linkedin`	`string`	The person's LinkedIn profile URL.
Twitter	`twitter`	`string`	The person's Twitter handle.
Facebook	`facebook`	`string`	The person's Facebook profile URL.
Instagram	`instagram`	`string`	The person's Instagram profile URL.
Company ID	`companyId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.

Action Authentication#

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

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

About Attio#

Customer relationship magic. Powerful, flexible and data-driven, Attio makes it easy to build the exact CRM your business needs.

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