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Export Variables with Helper Functions API

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Export Variables with the Helper Functions API

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Getting Started#

Create a workflow to Export Variables with the Helper Functions API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the Export Variables action
1. Connect your Helper Functions account
2. Configure Configuration
Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
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.

Export Variables on Helper Functions

Description:Export variables for use in your workflow

Version:0.0.1

Key:helper_functions-export-variables

Code#

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

export default {
  key: "helper_functions-export-variables",
  name: "Export Variables",
  description: "Export variables for use in your workflow",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    helperFunctions,
    config: {
      type: "object",
      label: "Configuration",
      description: "Enter key-value pairs that you'd like to reference throughout your workflow.",
    },
  },
  methods: {
    emptyStrToUndefined(value) {
      const trimmed = typeof(value) === "string" && value.trim();
      return trimmed === ""
        ? undefined
        : value;
    },
    parse(value) {
      const valueToParse = this.emptyStrToUndefined(value);
      if (typeof(valueToParse) === "object" || valueToParse === undefined) {
        return valueToParse;
      }
      try {
        return JSON.parse(valueToParse);
      } catch (e) {
        throw new ConfigurationError("Make sure the custom expression contains a valid object");
      }
    },
  },
  run({ $ }) {
    $.export("config", this.parse(this.config));
  },
};

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
Helper Functions	`helperFunctions`	`app`	This component uses the Helper Functions app.
Configuration	`config`	`object`	Enter key-value pairs that you'd like to reference throughout your workflow.

Authentication#

The Helper Functions API does not require authentication.

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