Delay Workflow with Delay API on New Task Completed from iLovePDF API

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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Task Completed trigger
1. Connect your iLovePDF account
2. Configure timer
3. Optional- Select a Tool
Configure the Delay Workflow action
1. Connect your Delay account
2. Configure Duration to delay (value)
3. Select a Duration to delay (unit)
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 Task Completed on iLovePDF

Description:Emit new event for each new task. [See the documentation](https://developer.ilovepdf.com/docs/api-reference#task)

Version:0.0.1

Key:ilovepdf-new-task-completed

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iLovePDF Overview#

The iLovePDF API lets you automate PDF processing tasks like merging, splitting, compressing, and converting PDFs to other formats. iLovePDF's robust functionality can be harnessed in Pipedream workflows, which may include handling PDFs generated from various triggers, processing them as needed, and connecting to other services for storage, data extraction, or further actions based on the transformed PDFs.

Trigger Code#

import { DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL } from "@pipedream/platform";
import ilovepdf from "../../ilovepdf.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "ilovepdf-new-task-completed",
  name: "New Task Completed",
  description: "Emit new event for each new task. [See the documentation](https://developer.ilovepdf.com/docs/api-reference#task)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    ilovepdf,
    db: "$.service.db",
    timer: {
      type: "$.interface.timer",
      default: {
        intervalSeconds: DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL,
      },
    },
    tool: {
      propDefinition: [
        ilovepdf,
        "tool",
      ],
      description: "If specified, events will only be emitted for tasks with this tool",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  methods: {
    _setSavedItems(value) {
      this.db.set("tasks", value);
    },
    _getSavedItems() {
      return this.db.get("tasks") ?? [];
    },
    async getAndProcessItems() {
      const { token } = await this.ilovepdf.getAuthToken();

      const savedItems = this._getSavedItems();
      const tasks = await this.ilovepdf.listTasks({
        token,
        tool: this.tool,
      });

      tasks?.filter?.(({ task }) => !savedItems.includes(task)).forEach((task) => {
        const ts = Date.now();
        this.$emit(task, {
          id: task.task,
          summary: `New task (${task.tool}) - ${task.file_number} file${task.file_number == 1
            ? ""
            : "s"}`,
          ts,
        });
        savedItems.push(task.task);
      });

      this._setSavedItems(savedItems);
    },
  },
  hooks: {
    async deploy() {
      await this.getAndProcessItems();
    },
  },
  async run() {
    await this.getAndProcessItems();
  },
};

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
iLovePDF	`ilovepdf`	`app`	This component uses the iLovePDF app.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`
Tool	`tool`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`compressmergesplitpdfjpgimagepdfunlockpagenumberwatermarkofficepdfrepairrotateprotectpdfavalidatepdfahtmlpdfextract`

Trigger Authentication#

iLovePDF uses API keys for authentication. When you connect your iLovePDF account, Pipedream securely stores the keys so you can easily authenticate to iLovePDF APIs in both code and no-code steps.

Sign in to your iLovePDF developer account. Navigate to Projects, and you will find your Public Key and Secret Key under API Keys.

About iLovePDF#

iLovePDF is an online service to work with PDF files completely free and easy to use. Merge PDF, split PDF, compress PDF, office to PDF, and more.

Action#

Delay Workflow on Delay

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

Version:0.0.1

Key:delay-workflow-delay

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Delay Overview#

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.

Action Code#

import delay from "../../delay.app.mjs";

export default {
  name: "Delay Workflow",
  version: "0.0.1",
  key: "delay-workflow-delay",
  type: "action",
  description: "Delay the execution of your workflow for a specific amount of time (does not count against your compute time).",
  props: {
    delay,
    delayDurationValue: {
      propDefinition: [
        delay,
        "delayDurationValue",
      ],
      label: "Duration to delay (value)",
      description: "Specify a value for how long you'd like to delay your workflow.",
    },
    delayDurationUnit: {
      propDefinition: [
        delay,
        "delayDurationUnit",
      ],
      label: "Duration to delay (unit)",
      description: "Specify the time unit for delaying the workflow.",
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const milliseconds = this.delay.convertToMilliseconds(
      this.delayDurationUnit,
      this.delayDurationValue,
    );
    const resp = await $.flow.delay(milliseconds);
    $.export(
      "$summary",
      `Successfully configured this workflow to delay for ${this.delayDurationValue} ${this.delayDurationUnit}.`,
    );
    return resp;
  },
};

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
Delay	`delay`	`app`	This component uses the Delay app.
Duration to delay (value)	`delayDurationValue`	`integer`	Specify a value for how long you'd like to delay your workflow.
Duration to delay (unit)	`delayDurationUnit`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`MillisecondsSecondsMinutesHours`