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Getting Started#

Create a workflow to Update Person with the NationBuilder API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the Update Person action
1. Connect your NationBuilder account
2. Select a Person Id
3. Optional- Configure First Name
4. Optional- Configure Last Name
5. Optional- Configure Email
6. Optional- Configure Phone
7. Optional- Select a Sex
8. Optional- Select a Signup Type
9. Optional- Configure Employer
10. Optional- Configure Party
11. Optional- Configure Registered Address 1
12. Optional- Configure Registered Address 2
13. Optional- Configure Registered Address 3
14. Optional- Configure Registered Address City
15. Optional- Configure Registered Address State
16. Optional- Configure Registered Address Zip
17. Optional- Configure Registered Address Country Code
18. Optional- Configure Registered Address Lat
19. Optional- Configure Registered Address Lng
20. Optional- Configure Tags
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.

Update Person on NationBuilder

Description:Update a specific person with the provided data. [See the documentation](https://nationbuilder.com/people_api)

Version:0.0.1

Key:nationbuilder-update-person

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Code#

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

export default {
  key: "nationbuilder-update-person",
  name: "Update Person",
  version: "0.0.1",
  description: "Update a specific person with the provided data. [See the documentation](https://nationbuilder.com/people_api)",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    nationbuilder,
    personId: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "personId",
      ],
    },
    firstName: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "firstName",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    lastName: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "lastName",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    email: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "email",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    phone: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "phone",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    sex: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "sex",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    signupType: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "signupType",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    employer: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "employer",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    party: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "party",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    registeredAddress1: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "registeredAddress1",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    registeredAddress2: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "registeredAddress2",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    registeredAddress3: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "registeredAddress3",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    registeredAddressCity: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "registeredAddressCity",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    registeredAddressState: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "registeredAddressState",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    registeredAddressZip: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "registeredAddressZip",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    registeredAddressCountryCode: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "registeredAddressCountryCode",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    registeredAddressLat: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "registeredAddressLat",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    registeredAddressLng: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "registeredAddressLng",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    tags: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "tags",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const {
      nationbuilder,
      personId,
      firstName,
      lastName,
      email,
      phone,
      signupType,
      registeredAddress1,
      registeredAddress2,
      registeredAddress3,
      registeredAddressCity,
      registeredAddressState,
      registeredAddressZip,
      registeredAddressCountryCode,
      registeredAddressLat,
      registeredAddressLng,
      ...data
    } = this;

    if (!firstName && !email && !phone) {
      throw new ConfigurationError("You must supply at least a first and last name, an email address, or a phone number.");
    }

    const response = await nationbuilder.updatePerson({
      $,
      personId,
      data: {
        person: {
          first_name: firstName,
          last_name: lastName,
          email,
          phone,
          signup_type: signupType,
          registered_address: {
            address1: registeredAddress1,
            address2: registeredAddress2,
            address3: registeredAddress3,
            city: registeredAddressCity,
            state: registeredAddressState,
            zip: registeredAddressZip,
            country_code: registeredAddressCountryCode,
            lat: registeredAddressLat,
            lng: registeredAddressLng,
          },
          ...data,
        },
      },
    });

    $.export("$summary", `The person with Id: ${personId} was successfully updated!`);
    return response;
  },
};

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
NationBuilder	`nationbuilder`	`app`	This component uses the NationBuilder app.
Person Id	`personId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
First Name	`firstName`	`string`	The person's first name and middle names.
Last Name	`lastName`	`string`	The person's last name.
Email	`email`	`string`	Email address for this person.
Phone	`phone`	`string`	This person's home phone number.
Sex	`sex`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`FMO`
Signup Type	`signupType`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`{ "label": "Person", "value": "0" }{ "label": "Organization", "value": "1" }`
Employer	`employer`	`string`	The name of the company for which this person works.
Party	`party`	`string`	A one-letter code representing provincial parties for nations.
Registered Address 1	`registeredAddress1`	`string`	First Address Line.
Registered Address 2	`registeredAddress2`	`string`	Second Address Line.
Registered Address 3	`registeredAddress3`	`string`	Third Address Line.
Registered Address City	`registeredAddressCity`	`string`	The city of the registered address.
Registered Address State	`registeredAddressState`	`string`	The state of the registered address.
Registered Address Zip	`registeredAddressZip`	`string`	The zip code of the registered address.
Registered Address Country Code	`registeredAddressCountryCode`	`string`	The country code of the registered address (using ISO-3166-1 alpha-2).
Registered Address Lat	`registeredAddressLat`	`string`	The latitude of the registered address (using WGS-84).
Registered Address Lng	`registeredAddressLng`	`string`	The longitude of the registered address (using WGS-84).
Tags	`tags`	`string[]`	The tags assigned to this person.

Authentication#

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

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

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