Get Data for a Run with ParseHub API on New Download Counts from npm API

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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a npm trigger and ParseHub 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 Get Data for a Run action
1. Connect your ParseHub account
2. Configure Run Token
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#

Get Data for a Run on ParseHub

Description:Returns the data extracted by a specified run. [See the documentation](https://www.parsehub.com/docs/ref/api/v2/#get-data-for-a-run)

Version:0.0.2

Key:parsehub-get-data-run

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ParseHub Overview#

The ParseHub API allows you to leverage the power of web scraping directly within Pipedream. By integrating ParseHub, you can automate the collection of data from web pages, manipulate and transform it with Pipedream’s built-in code steps or pre-built actions, and connect it to hundreds of other apps. You can extract structured data from any website, run scraping jobs, retrieve results and integrate with other services for data processing, visualization, or storage.

Action Code#

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

export default {
  key: "parsehub-get-data-run",
  name: "Get Data for a Run",
  description: "Returns the data extracted by a specified run. [See the documentation](https://www.parsehub.com/docs/ref/api/v2/#get-data-for-a-run)",
  version: "0.0.2",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    app,
    runToken: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "runToken",
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const response = await this.app.getRunData({
      $,
      runToken: this.runToken,
    });

    $.export("$summary", `Successfully retrieved data for run token: ${this.runToken}`);

    return response;
  },
};