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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Event Matching a Search trigger
1. Connect your Google Calendar account
2. Configure timer
3. Optional- Select a Calendar ID
4. Optional- Configure Query
Configure the Create Message action
1. Connect your Cisco Webex account
2. Configure Text
3. Optional- Configure Markdown
4. Optional- Configure Person ID
5. Optional- Configure To Person Email
6. Optional- Select a Room ID
7. Optional- Select a Parent ID
8. Optional- Configure File
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 Event Matching a Search on Google Calendar

Description:Emit new event when a Google Calendar event is created that matches a search

Version:0.1.11

Key:google_calendar-new-event-search

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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 common from "../common/common.mjs";

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "google_calendar-new-event-search",
  name: "New Event Matching a Search",
  description: "Emit new event when a Google Calendar event is created that matches a search",
  version: "0.1.11",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    ...common.props,
    calendarId: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.googleCalendar,
        "calendarId",
      ],
    },
    q: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.googleCalendar,
        "q",
      ],
    },
  },
  methods: {
    ...common.methods,
    getConfig({ past }) {
      const updatedMin = past.toISOString();
      return {
        calendarId: this.calendarId,
        updatedMin,
        q: this.q,
        singleEvents: true,
        orderBy: "startTime",
      };
    },
    isRelevant(event, { past }) {
      const created = new Date(event.created);
      // created since last run and not cancelled
      return created > past && event.status !== "cancelled";
    },
  },
};

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.
	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`
Calendar ID	`calendarId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Query	`q`	`string`	Free text search terms to find events that match these terms in any field, except for extended properties. Optional.

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 Message on Cisco Webex

Description:Post a plain text or [rich text](https://developer.webex.com/docs/basics#formatting-messages) message, and optionally, a [file attachment](https://developer.webex.com/docs/basics#message-attachments), to a room. [See the docs here](https://developer.webex.com/docs/api/v1/messages/create-a-message)

Version:0.1.0

Key:cisco_webex-create-message

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Cisco Webex Overview#

The Cisco Webex API allows developers to integrate their applications with Cisco's robust collaboration tools, creating a workflow of communication within teams and automating various aspects of the meeting lifecycle, from scheduling to follow-up actions. With this API, you can streamline meeting setups, fetch detailed information about participants and meetings, send messages to spaces (rooms), and manage your Webex resources programmatically. Leveraging Pipedream's capabilities, you can connect these features with other apps to automate complex tasks, analyze meeting data, enhance productivity, and maintain a well-organized communication ecosystem.

Action Code#

import ciscoWebex from "../../cisco_webex.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "cisco_webex-create-message",
  name: "Create Message",
  description: "Post a plain text or [rich text](https://developer.webex.com/docs/basics#formatting-messages) message, and optionally, a [file attachment](https://developer.webex.com/docs/basics#message-attachments), to a room. [See the docs here](https://developer.webex.com/docs/api/v1/messages/create-a-message)",
  type: "action",
  version: "0.1.0",
  props: {
    ciscoWebex,
    text: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Text",
      description: "The message, in plain text. If markdown is specified this parameter may be optionally used to provide alternate text for UI clients that do not support rich text. The maximum message length is 7439 bytes.",
    },
    markdown: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Markdown",
      description: "The message, in Markdown format. The maximum message length is 7439 bytes.",
      optional: true,
    },
    toPersonId: {
      propDefinition: [
        ciscoWebex,
        "personId",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    toPersonEmail: {
      type: "string",
      label: "To Person Email",
      description: "The email address of the recipient when sending a private 1:1 message.",
      optional: true,
    },
    roomId: {
      optional: true,
      propDefinition: [
        ciscoWebex,
        "roomId",
      ],
    },
    parentId: {
      optional: true,
      propDefinition: [
        ciscoWebex,
        "messageId",
        ({ roomId }) => ({
          roomId,
        }),
      ],
    },
    file: {
      type: "string",
      label: "File",
      description: "The public URL to a binary file to be posted into the room. (E.g. `http://www.example.com/images/media.png`)",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const {
      roomId,
      parentId,
      toPersonId,
      toPersonEmail,
      text,
      markdown,
      file,
    } = this;

    const files = file && [
      file,
    ] || undefined;

    const response =
      await this.ciscoWebex.createMessage({
        data: {
          roomId,
          parentId,
          toPersonId,
          toPersonEmail,
          text,
          markdown,
          files,
        },
      });

    $.export("$summary", `Successfully posted message with ID ${response.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
Cisco Webex	`ciscoWebex`	`app`	This component uses the Cisco Webex app.
Text	`text`	`string`	The message, in plain text. If markdown is specified this parameter may be optionally used to provide alternate text for UI clients that do not support rich text. The maximum message length is 7439 bytes.
Markdown	`markdown`	`string`	The message, in Markdown format. The maximum message length is 7439 bytes.
Person ID	`toPersonId`	`string`	The person ID of the recipient when sending a private 1:1 message.
To Person Email	`toPersonEmail`	`string`	The email address of the recipient when sending a private 1:1 message.
Room ID	`roomId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Parent ID	`parentId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
File	`file`	`string`	The public URL to a binary file to be posted into the room. (E.g. `http://www.example.com/images/media.png`)

Action Authentication#

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

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

spark:allspark-admin:people_readspark-admin:people_writespark:devices_readspark:devices_write

About Cisco Webex#

Video conferencing, online meetings, screen share, and webinars

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