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Getting Started#

Trigger a workflow on Watch Folder with pCloud API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the Watch Folder trigger
1. Connect your pCloud account
2. Configure Polling schedule
3. Select a Folder ID
4. Select a Folder Event
5. Optional- Configure Show Deleted?
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Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

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Details#

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is 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.

Watch Folder on pCloud

Description:Emit new event when a file is created or modified in the specified folder.

Version:0.0.4

Key:pcloud-watch-folder

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Code#

import pcloud from "../../pcloud.app.mjs";
import { DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL } from "@pipedream/platform";

export default {
  key: "pcloud-watch-folder",
  name: "Watch Folder",
  description: "Emit new event when a file is created or modified in the specified folder.",
  version: "0.0.4",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    pcloud,
    db: "$.service.db",
    timer: {
      label: "Polling schedule",
      description: "Pipedream polls pCloud for events on this schedule.",
      type: "$.interface.timer",
      default: {
        intervalSeconds: DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL,
      },
    },
    folderId: {
      propDefinition: [
        pcloud,
        "folderId",
      ],
      description: "Select a **Folder** to watch for changes. Alternatively, you can provide a custom *Folder ID*.",
    },
    event: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Folder Event",
      options: [
        "Created",
        "Modified",
      ],
      description: "Specify when to emit an event related to a given folder.",
      default: "Created",
    },
    showDeleted: {
      propDefinition: [
        pcloud,
        "showDeleted",
      ],
    },
  },
  hooks: {
    async deploy() {
      const files = [];
      const { contents } = await this.getContents();
      if (!contents) {
        return;
      }
      for (const folderItem of contents) {
        if (this.isRelevant(folderItem)) {
          files.push(folderItem);
          if (files.length == 10) {
            break;
          }
        }
      }
      files.forEach(this.emitpCloudEvent);
      this._setPreviousFiles(contents);
    },
  },
  methods: {
    _getPreviousFiles() {
      return this.db.get("previousFiles");
    },
    _setPreviousFiles(files) {
      const key = this.getFileKey();
      const previousFiles = files.filter((file) => file[key]).map((file) => ({
        [file[key]]: true,
      }));
      this.db.set("previousFiles", previousFiles);
    },
    getFileKey() {
      return this.event === "Created"
        ? "fileid"
        : "hash";
    },
    async getContents() {
      return this.pcloud._withRetries(() =>
        this.pcloud.listContents(
          this.folderId,
          false,
          this.showDeleted,
          false,
          false,
        ));
    },
    emitpCloudEvent(pCloudEvent) {
      const metadata = this.getEventData(pCloudEvent);
      this.$emit(pCloudEvent, metadata);
    },
    getEventData(pcloudEvent) {
      const key = this.getFileKey();
      return {
        id: pcloudEvent[key],
        summary: `${this.event} file "${pcloudEvent.name}"`,
        ts: Date.now(),
      };
    },
    isRelevant(folderItem, previousFiles = []) {
      const key = this.getFileKey();
      return !folderItem.isFolder && !previousFiles[folderItem[key]];
    },
  },
  async run() {
    const previousFiles = this._getPreviousFiles();
    const files = [];
    const { contents } = await this.getContents();
    if (!contents) {
      console.log("No data available, skipping iteration");
      return;
    }
    for (const folderItem of contents) {
      if (this.isRelevant(folderItem, previousFiles)) {
        files.push(folderItem);
      }
    }
    files.forEach(this.emitpCloudEvent);
    this._setPreviousFiles(contents);
  },
};

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
pCloud	`pcloud`	`app`	This component uses the pCloud app.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
Polling schedule	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`	Pipedream polls pCloud for events on this schedule.
Folder ID	`folderId`	`integer`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Folder Event	`event`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`CreatedModified`
Show Deleted?	`showDeleted`	`boolean`	If true, deleted files and folders that can be undeleted will be displayed.

Authentication#

pCloud uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your pCloud account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into pCloud and grant Pipedream permission to connect to your account. Pipedream securely stores and automatically refreshes the OAuth tokens so you can easily authenticate any pCloud API.

Pipedream requests the following authorization scopes when you connect your account: