Node
Anything you can do with Node.js, you can do in a Pipedream workflow. This includes using most of npm's 400,000+ packages.
Integrate the Node API with the Schedule API
Setup the Node API trigger to run a workflow which integrates with the Schedule API. Pipedream's integration platform allows you to integrate Node and Schedule remarkably fast. Free for developers.
Popular Node and Schedule Triggers#
Popular Node and Schedule Actions#
Run Node Code with the Node API
Write custom Node.js code and use any of the 400k+ npm packages available. Refer to the Pipedream Node docs to learn more.
Connect Node#
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// To use previous step data, pass the `steps` object to the run() function
export default defineComponent({
async run({ steps, $ }) {
// Return data to use it in future steps
return steps.trigger.event
},
})Overview of Schedule#
With Schedule - A trigger provided by Pipedream - You can easily build
automated workflows that run on regular times or intervals. Some examples of
things that you can build using the Schedule API include:
- Automated data retrieval from a third-party service, like pulling stats from
your Salesforce account on a set schedule. - Uploading new data sets to a database with a predetermined interval.
- Automatic emails to customers or leads at a certain time of the day.
- Automating data analysis based on a set schedule.
- Automatically optimizing social media postings according to a specified
timeline. - Updating webpages at a certain interval with newly available content.
- Re-running reports on a periodic basis.
- Refreshing a cache of data at a given frequency.
Community Posts#
Automate checking a ticket system's availability with Node.js and Pipedream
How I used Node.js and Pipedream to automatically scrape a ticket booking site and notify me if availability had changed.