Integrate the Kickbox API with the Data Stores API

The Kickbox API on Pipedream allows you to verify email addresses to improve deliverability and reduce bounce rates. With this API, you can integrate email validation into your application's signup process, maintain the hygiene of your email lists, and orchestrate workflows involving email verification with various apps supported by Pipedream. By leveraging serverless workflows, you can automate tasks like updating CRM contacts, triggering marketing campaigns, or filtering out invalid emails before sending out newsletters.

Connect Kickbox#

import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"
export default defineComponent({
  props: {
    kickbox: {
      type: "app",
      app: "kickbox",
    }
  },
  async run({steps, $}) {
    return await axios($, {
      url: `https://api.kickbox.com/v2/verify`,
      params: {
        email: `sergio@pipekit.pro`,
        apikey: `${this.kickbox.$auth.api_key}`,
      },
    })
  },
})

Overview of Data Stores#

Data Stores are a key-value store that allow you to persist state and share data across workflows. You can perform CRUD operations, enabling dynamic data management within your serverless architecture. Use it to save results from API calls, user inputs, or interim data; then read, update, or enrich this data in subsequent steps or workflows. Data Stores simplify stateful logic and cross-workflow communication, making them ideal for tracking process statuses, aggregating metrics, or serving as a simple configuration store.

Connect Data Stores#

export default defineComponent({
  props: {
    myDataStore: {
      type: "data_store",
    },
  },
  async run({ steps, $ }) {
    await this.myDataStore.set("key_here","Any serializable JSON as the value")
    return await this.myDataStore.get("key_here")
  },
})