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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a npm trigger and FireCrawl 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 Crawl URL action
1. Connect your FireCrawl account
2. Configure URL
3. Optional- Configure Prompt
4. Optional- Configure Exclude Paths
5. Optional- Configure Include Paths
6. Optional- Configure Max Discovery Depth
7. Optional- Select a Sitemap
8. Optional- Configure Ignore Query Parameters
9. Optional- Configure Limit
10. Optional- Configure Crawl Entire Domain
11. Optional- Configure Allow External Links
12. Optional- Configure Additional Options
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#

Crawl URL on FireCrawl

Description:Crawls a given URL and returns the contents of sub-pages. [See the documentation](https://docs.firecrawl.dev/api-reference/endpoint/crawl-post)

Version:1.1.1

Key:firecrawl-crawl-url

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Action Code#

import { parseObjectEntries } from "../../common/utils.mjs";
import firecrawl from "../../firecrawl.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "firecrawl-crawl-url",
  name: "Crawl URL",
  description: "Crawls a given URL and returns the contents of sub-pages. [See the documentation](https://docs.firecrawl.dev/api-reference/endpoint/crawl-post)",
  version: "1.1.1",
  annotations: {
    destructiveHint: false,
    openWorldHint: true,
    readOnlyHint: false,
  },
  type: "action",
  props: {
    firecrawl,
    url: {
      propDefinition: [
        firecrawl,
        "url",
      ],
    },
    prompt: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Prompt",
      description: "A prompt to use to generate the crawler options (all the parameters below) from natural language. Explicitly set parameters will override the generated equivalents.",
      optional: true,
    },
    excludePaths: {
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Exclude Paths",
      description: "URL pathname regex patterns that exclude matching URLs from the crawl. For example, a value of `blog/.*` for the URL `firecrawl.dev` will exclude any results matching that pattern, such as `https://www.firecrawl.dev/blog/firecrawl-launch-week-1-recap`",
      optional: true,
    },
    includePaths: {
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Include Paths",
      description: "Similar to `Exclude Paths`, but if set, only the paths matching the specified patterns will be included",
      optional: true,
    },
    maxDiscoveryDepth: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Max Discovery Depth",
      description: "Maximum depth to crawl based on discovery order. The root site and sitemapped pages has a discovery depth of 0. For example, if you set it to 1, and you set sitemap: 'skip', you will only crawl the entered URL and all URLs that are linked on that page.",
      optional: true,
    },
    sitemap: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Sitemap",
      description: "Sitemap mode when crawling. If you set it to 'skip', the crawler will ignore the website sitemap and only crawl the entered URL and discover pages from there onwards.",
      options: [
        "skip",
        "include",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    ignoreQueryParameters: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Ignore Query Parameters",
      description: "Do not re-scrape the same path with different (or none) query parameters",
      optional: true,
    },
    limit: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Limit",
      description: "Maximum number of pages to crawl",
      optional: true,
    },
    crawlEntireDomain: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Crawl Entire Domain",
      description: "Allows the crawler to follow internal links to sibling or parent URLs, not just child paths.",
      optional: true,
    },
    allowExternalLinks: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Allow External Links",
      description: "Allows the crawler to follow links to external websites",
      optional: true,
    },
    additionalOptions: {
      propDefinition: [
        firecrawl,
        "additionalOptions",
      ],
      description: "Additional parameters to send in the request. [See the documentation](https://docs.firecrawl.dev/api-reference/endpoint/crawl-post) for available parameters. Values will be parsed as JSON where applicable. For example, to add the `webhook` param, use the value `{\"webhook\": {\"url\": \"https://your-server-webhook-api.com\",\"headers\": {},\"metadata\": {},\"events\": [\"completed\"]}}`",
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const {
      firecrawl, additionalOptions, ...data
    } = this;
    const response = await firecrawl.crawl({
      $,
      data: {
        ...data,
        ...(additionalOptions && parseObjectEntries(additionalOptions)),
      },
    });

    $.export("$summary", `Crawl job started (ID: ${response.id})`);
    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
FireCrawl	`firecrawl`	`app`	This component uses the FireCrawl app.
URL	`url`	`string`	The URL to start crawling from
Prompt	`prompt`	`string`	A prompt to use to generate the crawler options (all the parameters below) from natural language. Explicitly set parameters will override the generated equivalents.
Exclude Paths	`excludePaths`	`string[]`	URL pathname regex patterns that exclude matching URLs from the crawl. For example, a value of `blog/.*` for the URL `firecrawl.dev` will exclude any results matching that pattern, such as `https://www.firecrawl.dev/blog/firecrawl-launch-week-1-recap`
Include Paths	`includePaths`	`string[]`	Similar to `Exclude Paths`, but if set, only the paths matching the specified patterns will be included
Max Discovery Depth	`maxDiscoveryDepth`	`integer`	Maximum depth to crawl based on discovery order. The root site and sitemapped pages has a discovery depth of 0. For example, if you set it to 1, and you set sitemap: 'skip', you will only crawl the entered URL and all URLs that are linked on that page.
Sitemap	`sitemap`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`skipinclude`
Ignore Query Parameters	`ignoreQueryParameters`	`boolean`	Do not re-scrape the same path with different (or none) query parameters
Limit	`limit`	`integer`	Maximum number of pages to crawl
Crawl Entire Domain	`crawlEntireDomain`	`boolean`	Allows the crawler to follow internal links to sibling or parent URLs, not just child paths.
Allow External Links	`allowExternalLinks`	`boolean`	Allows the crawler to follow links to external websites
Additional Options	`additionalOptions`	`object`	Additional parameters to send in the request. See the documentation for available parameters. Values will be parsed as JSON where applicable. For example, to add the `webhook` param, use the value `{"webhook": {"url": "https://your-server-webhook-api.com","headers": {},"metadata": {},"events": ["completed"]}}`