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Trigger a workflow on Updated Page in Database with Notion API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

  1. Configure the Updated Page in Database trigger
    1. Connect your Notion account
    2. Configure timer
    3. Select a Database ID
    4. Configure Include New Pages
    5. Optional- Select one or more Property Types
  2. Add steps to connect to 2,200+ APIs using code and no-code building blocks
  3. Deploy the workflow
  4. Send a test event to validate your setup
  5. Turn on the trigger

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Details

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Updated Page in Database on Notion
Description:Emit new event when a page in a database is updated. To select a specific page, use `Updated Page ID` instead
Version:0.1.2
Key:notion-updated-page

Code

import notion from "../../notion.app.mjs";
import sampleEmit from "./test-event.mjs";
import base from "../common/base.mjs";
import constants from "../common/constants.mjs";
import zlib from "zlib";

export default {
  ...base,
  key: "notion-updated-page",
  name: "Updated Page in Database", /* eslint-disable-line pipedream/source-name */
  description: "Emit new event when a page in a database is updated. To select a specific page, use `Updated Page ID` instead",
  version: "0.1.2",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    ...base.props,
    databaseId: {
      propDefinition: [
        notion,
        "databaseId",
      ],
    },
    includeNewPages: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Include New Pages",
      description: "Set to `true` to emit events when pages are created. Set to `false` to ignore new pages.",
      default: true,
    },
    properties: {
      propDefinition: [
        notion,
        "propertyTypes",
        (c) => ({
          parentId: c.databaseId,
          parentType: "database",
        }),
      ],
      description: "Only emit events when one or more of the selected properties have changed",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  hooks: {
    async deploy() {
      const propertiesToCheck = await this.getPropertiesToCheck();
      const propertyValues = {};
      const params = this.lastUpdatedSortParam();
      const pagesStream = this.notion.getPages(this.databaseId, params);
      let count = 0;
      let lastUpdatedTimestamp = 0;
      for await (const page of pagesStream) {
        for (const propertyName of propertiesToCheck) {
          const currentValue = this.maybeRemoveFileSubItems(page.properties[propertyName]);
          propertyValues[page.id] = {
            ...propertyValues[page.id],
            [propertyName]: currentValue,
          };
        }
        lastUpdatedTimestamp = Math.max(
          lastUpdatedTimestamp,
          Date.parse(page.last_edited_time),
        );
        if (count++ < 25) {
          this.emitEvent(page);
        }
      }
      this._setPropertyValues(propertyValues);
      this.setLastUpdatedTimestamp(lastUpdatedTimestamp);
    },
  },
  methods: {
    ...base.methods,
    _getPropertyValues() {
      const compressed = this.db.get("propertyValues");
      const buffer = Buffer.from(compressed, "base64");
      const decompressed = zlib.inflateSync(buffer).toString();
      return JSON.parse(decompressed);
    },
    _setPropertyValues(propertyValues) {
      const string = JSON.stringify(propertyValues);
      const compressed = zlib.deflateSync(string).toString("base64");
      this.db.set("propertyValues", compressed);
    },
    async getPropertiesToCheck() {
      if (this.properties?.length) {
        return this.properties;
      }
      const { properties } = await this.notion.retrieveDatabase(this.databaseId);
      return Object.keys(properties);
    },
    maybeRemoveFileSubItems(property) {
      // Files & Media type:
      // `url` and `expiry_time` are constantly updated by Notion, so ignore these fields
      if (property.type === "files") {
        const modified = structuredClone(property);
        for (const file of modified.files) {
          if (file.type === "file") {
            delete file.file;
          }
        }
        return modified;
      }
      return property;
    },
    generateMeta(obj, summary) {
      const { id } = obj;
      const title = this.notion.extractPageTitle(obj);
      const ts = Date.now();
      return {
        id: `${id}-${ts}`,
        summary: `${summary}: ${title}`,
        ts,
      };
    },
    emitEvent(page, changes = [], isNewPage = true) {
      const meta = isNewPage
        ? this.generateMeta(page, constants.summaries.PAGE_ADDED)
        : this.generateMeta(page, constants.summaries.PAGE_UPDATED);
      const event = {
        page,
        changes,
      };
      this.$emit(event, meta);
    },
  },
  async run() {
    const lastCheckedTimestamp = this.getLastUpdatedTimestamp();
    const propertyValues = this._getPropertyValues();

    const params = {
      ...this.lastUpdatedSortParam(),
      filter: {
        timestamp: "last_edited_time",
        last_edited_time: {
          on_or_after: new Date(lastCheckedTimestamp).toISOString(),
        },
      },
    };
    let newLastUpdatedTimestamp = lastCheckedTimestamp;
    const propertiesToCheck = await this.getPropertiesToCheck();
    const pagesStream = this.notion.getPages(this.databaseId, params);

    for await (const page of pagesStream) {
      const changes = [];
      let isNewPage = false;
      let propertyHasChanged = false;

      newLastUpdatedTimestamp = Math.max(
        newLastUpdatedTimestamp,
        Date.parse(page.last_edited_time),
      );

      if (lastCheckedTimestamp > Date.parse(page.last_edited_time)) {
        break;
      }

      for (const propertyName of propertiesToCheck) {
        const previousValue = structuredClone(propertyValues[page.id]?.[propertyName]);
        // value used to compare and to save to this.db
        const currentValueToSave = this.maybeRemoveFileSubItems(page.properties[propertyName]);
        // (unmodified) value that should be emitted
        const currentValueToEmit = page.properties[propertyName];

        const pageExistsInDB = propertyValues[page.id] != null;
        const propertyChanged =
          JSON.stringify(previousValue) !== JSON.stringify(currentValueToSave);

        if (pageExistsInDB && propertyChanged) {
          propertyHasChanged = true;
          propertyValues[page.id] = {
            ...propertyValues[page.id],
            [propertyName]: currentValueToSave,
          };
          changes.push({
            property: propertyName,
            previousValue,
            currentValue: currentValueToEmit,
          });
        }

        if (!pageExistsInDB) {
          isNewPage = true;
          propertyHasChanged = true;
          propertyValues[page.id] = {
            [propertyName]: currentValueToSave,
          };
          changes.push({
            property: propertyName,
            previousValue,
            currentValue: currentValueToEmit,
          });
        }
      }

      if (isNewPage && !this.includeNewPages) {
        console.log(`Ignoring new page: ${page.id}`);
        continue;
      }

      if (propertyHasChanged) {
        this.emitEvent(page, changes, isNewPage);
      }
    }

    this.setLastUpdatedTimestamp(newLastUpdatedTimestamp);
    this._setPropertyValues(propertyValues);
  },
  sampleEmit,
};

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.
LabelPropTypeDescription
NotionnotionappThis component uses the Notion app.
N/Adb$.service.dbThis component uses $.service.db to maintain state between executions.
timer$.interface.timer
Database IDdatabaseIdstringSelect a value from the drop down menu.
Include New PagesincludeNewPagesboolean

Set to true to emit events when pages are created. Set to false to ignore new pages.

Property Typespropertiesstring[]Select a value from the drop down menu.

Authentication

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