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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Download Counts trigger
1. Connect your npm account
2. Configure timer
3. Select a Period
4. Optional- Configure Package
Configure the Search action
1. Connect your Exa account
2. Configure Query
3. Optional- Select a Search Type
4. Optional- Select a Category
5. Optional- Configure Number of Results
6. Optional- Configure Include Domains
7. Optional- Configure Exclude Domains
8. Optional- Configure Start Crawl Date
9. Optional- Configure End Crawl Date
10. Optional- Configure Start Published Date
11. Optional- Configure End Published Date
12. Optional- Configure Include Text
13. Optional- Configure Exclude Text
14. Optional- Configure Include Context
15. Optional- Configure Include Moderation
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 Download Counts on npm

Description:Emit new event with the latest count of downloads for an npm package. [See the documentation](https://github.com/npm/registry/blob/main/docs/download-counts.md).

Version:0.1.0

Key:npm-download-counts

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Trigger Code#

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

export default {
  key: "npm-download-counts",
  name: "New Download Counts",
  description: "Emit new event with the latest count of downloads for an npm package. [See the documentation](https://github.com/npm/registry/blob/main/docs/download-counts.md).",
  version: "0.1.0",
  type: "source",
  props: {
    app,
    db: "$.service.db",
    timer: {
      type: "$.interface.timer",
      description: "One day interval time is recommended because NPM only update metrics once a day. [See the documentation](https://github.com/npm/registry/blob/main/docs/download-counts.md#data-source).",
      default: {
        intervalSeconds: 60 * 60 * 24,
      },
    },
    period: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Period",
      description: "Select last-day, last-week or last-month.",
      optional: false,
      default: "last-day",
      options: [
        "last-day",
        "last-week",
        "last-month",
      ],
    },
    packageName: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Package",
      description: "Enter an npm package name. Leave blank for all",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  methods: {
    getDownloadCounts({
      period, packageName, ...args
    } = {}) {
      const basePath = `/downloads/point/${encodeURIComponent(period)}`;
      return this.app.makeRequest({
        path: packageName
          ? `${basePath}/${encodeURIComponent(packageName)}`
          : basePath,
        ...args,
      });
    },
  },
  async run({ timestamp: ts }) {
    const {
      getDownloadCounts,
      period,
      packageName,
    } = this;

    const response = await getDownloadCounts({
      period,
      packageName,
    });

    this.$emit(response, {
      id: ts,
      summary: `New Download Count ${response.downloads}`,
      ts,
    });
  },
};

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
npm	`app`	`app`	This component uses the npm app.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`	One day interval time is recommended because NPM only update metrics once a day. See the documentation
Period	`period`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`last-daylast-weeklast-month`
Package	`packageName`	`string`	Enter an npm package name. Leave blank for all

Trigger Authentication#

The npm API does not require authentication.

About npm#

Node package manager

Action#

Search on Exa

Description:Performs an intelligent web search. [See the documentation](https://docs.exa.ai/reference/search)

Version:0.0.1

Key:exa-search

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Action Code#

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

export default {
  key: "exa-search",
  name: "Search",
  description: "Performs an intelligent web search. [See the documentation](https://docs.exa.ai/reference/search)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  annotations: {
    destructiveHint: false,
    openWorldHint: true,
    readOnlyHint: true,
  },
  props: {
    app,
    query: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "query",
      ],
    },
    type: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "type",
      ],
    },
    category: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "category",
      ],
    },
    numResults: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "numResults",
      ],
    },
    includeDomains: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "includeDomains",
      ],
    },
    excludeDomains: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "excludeDomains",
      ],
    },
    startCrawlDate: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "startCrawlDate",
      ],
    },
    endCrawlDate: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "endCrawlDate",
      ],
    },
    startPublishedDate: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "startPublishedDate",
      ],
    },
    endPublishedDate: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "endPublishedDate",
      ],
    },
    includeText: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "includeText",
      ],
    },
    excludeText: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "excludeText",
      ],
    },
    context: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "context",
      ],
    },
    moderation: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "moderation",
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const {
      app,
      query,
      type,
      numResults,
      category,
      includeDomains,
      excludeDomains,
      startCrawlDate,
      endCrawlDate,
      startPublishedDate,
      endPublishedDate,
      includeText,
      excludeText,
      context,
      moderation,
    } = this;

    const response = await app.search({
      $,
      data: {
        query,
        type,
        numResults,
        category,
        includeDomains,
        excludeDomains,
        startCrawlDate,
        endCrawlDate,
        startPublishedDate,
        endPublishedDate,
        includeText,
        excludeText,
        context,
        moderation,
      },
    });

    $.export("$summary", `Successfully performed search with ID \`${response.requestId}\`.`);
    return response;
  },
};

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
Exa	`app`	`app`	This component uses the Exa app.
Query	`query`	`string`	The search query string
Search Type	`type`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`autoneuralkeywordfast`
Category	`category`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`companyresearch papernewspdfgithubtweetpersonal sitelinkedin profilefinancial report`
Number of Results	`numResults`	`integer`	Number of search results to return. Maximum 10 for `keyword` search, 100 for `neural` search
Include Domains	`includeDomains`	`string[]`	List of domains to include in the search results
Exclude Domains	`excludeDomains`	`string[]`	List of domains to exclude from the search results
Start Crawl Date	`startCrawlDate`	`string`	Results will only include links crawled after this date (ISO 8601 format). Example: `2025-01-01T00:00:00Z`
End Crawl Date	`endCrawlDate`	`string`	Results will only include links crawled before this date (ISO 8601 format). Example: `2025-01-01T00:00:00Z`
Start Published Date	`startPublishedDate`	`string`	Results will only include links published after this date (ISO 8601 format). Example: `2025-01-01T00:00:00Z`
End Published Date	`endPublishedDate`	`string`	Results will only include links published before this date (ISO 8601 format). Example: `2025-01-01T00:00:00Z`
Include Text	`includeText`	`string[]`	List of strings that must be present in the webpage text (max 5 words per string)
Exclude Text	`excludeText`	`string[]`	List of strings that must not be present in the webpage text
Include Context	`context`	`boolean`	Whether to include the context string in the search results
Include Moderation	`moderation`	`boolean`	Whether to include the moderation string in the search results

Action Authentication#

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

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