Integrate the Help Scout API with the Delay API

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

Popular Help Scout and Delay Actions#

Delay Workflow with the Delay API

Delay the execution of your workflow for a specific amount of time (does not count against your compute time).

Overview of Help Scout#

The Help Scout API provides programmatic access to customer support functionalities, allowing the automation of ticketing, customer communication, and reporting tasks. With this API, you can read and send messages, manage conversations, work with mailboxes, create and update customers’ information, and generate reports. Utilizing the API on Pipedream, you can automate workflows that respond to events in Help Scout in real-time, integrate customer support data with other business tools, and streamline support operations.

Connect Help Scout#

import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"
export default defineComponent({
  props: {
    help_scout: {
      type: "app",
      app: "help_scout",
    }
  },
  async run({steps, $}) {
    return await axios($, {
      url: `https://api.helpscout.net/v2/users/me`,
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${this.help_scout.$auth.oauth_access_token}`,
      },
    })
  },
})

Overview of Delay#

The Delay API in Pipedream is a built-in function that allows you to pause a workflow for a specified amount of time. This can be incredibly useful when you need to stagger API calls to avoid rate limits, wait for an external process to complete, or simply introduce a delay between actions in a sequence. With precision up to milliseconds, the Delay API provides a simple yet powerful tool for managing timing in automation workflows.

Connect Delay#

export default defineComponent({
  async run({steps, $}) {
    // Specify the amount of time to delay your workflow in milliseconds
    return $.flow.delay(5000)
  },
})