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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Scheduled Tasks trigger
1. Connect your Pipedream account
2. Optional- Configure Secret
Configure the Create Contact action
1. Connect your Cardly account
2. Select a List
3. Configure First Name
4. Optional- Configure Last Name
5. Optional- Configure Email
6. Optional- Configure Company
7. Configure Address
8. Optional- Configure Address 2
9. Configure Locality
10. Configure Region
11. Configure Country
12. Configure Postcode
13. Optional- Configure External ID
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 Scheduled Tasks on Pipedream

Description:Exposes an HTTP API for scheduling messages to be emitted at a future time

Version:0.3.1

Key:pipedream-new-scheduled-tasks

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Pipedream Overview#

Pipedream is an API that allows you to build applications that can connect to
various data sources and processes them in real-time. You can use Pipedream to
create applications that can perform ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) tasks,
as well as to create data-driven workflows.

Some examples of applications you can build using the Pipedream API include:

An application that can extract data from a database, transform it, and then
load it into another database.
An application that can monitor a data source for changes, and then trigger a
workflow in response to those changes.
An application that can poll an API for new data, and then process that data
in real-time.

Trigger Code#

import pipedream from "../../pipedream.app.mjs";
import sampleEmit from "./test-event.mjs";
import { uuid } from "uuidv4";

export default {
  key: "pipedream-new-scheduled-tasks",
  name: "New Scheduled Tasks",
  type: "source",
  description:
    "Exposes an HTTP API for scheduling messages to be emitted at a future time",
  version: "0.3.1",
  dedupe: "unique", // Dedupe on a UUID generated for every scheduled task
  props: {
    pipedream,
    secret: {
      type: "string",
      secret: true,
      label: "Secret",
      optional: true,
      description:
        "**Optional but recommended**: if you enter a secret here, you must pass this value in the `x-pd-secret` HTTP header when making requests",
    },
    http: {
      label: "Endpoint",
      description: "The endpoint where you'll send task scheduler requests",
      type: "$.interface.http",
      customResponse: true,
    },
    db: "$.service.db",
  },
  methods: {
    // To schedule future emits, we emit to the selfChannel of the component
    selfChannel() {
      return "self";
    },
    // Queue for future emits that haven't yet been delivered
    queuedEventsChannel() {
      return "$in";
    },
    httpRespond({
      status, body,
    }) {
      this.http.respond({
        headers: {
          "content-type": "application/json",
        },
        status,
        body,
      });
    },
    async selfSubscribe() {
      // Subscribe the component to itself. We do this here because even in
      // the activate hook, the component isn't available to take subscriptions.
      // Scheduled tasks are sent to the self channel, which emits the message at
      // the specified delivery_ts to this component.
      const isSubscribedToSelf = this.db.get("isSubscribedToSelf");
      if (!isSubscribedToSelf) {
        const componentId = process.env.PD_COMPONENT;
        const selfChannel = this.selfChannel();
        console.log(`Subscribing to ${selfChannel} channel for event source`);
        console.log(
          await this.pipedream.subscribe(componentId, componentId, selfChannel),
        );
        this.db.set("isSubscribedToSelf", true);
      }
    },
    validateEventBody(event, operation) {
      const errors = [];

      // Secrets are optional, so we first check if the user configured
      // a secret, then check its value against the prop (validation below)
      if (this.secret && event.headers["x-pd-secret"] !== this.secret) {
        errors.push(
          "Secret on incoming request doesn't match the configured secret",
        );
      }

      if (operation === "schedule") {
        const {
          timestamp,
          message,
        } = event.body;
        // timestamp should be an ISO 8601 string. Parse and check for validity below.
        const epoch = Date.parse(timestamp);

        if (!timestamp) {
          errors.push(
            "No timestamp included in payload. Please provide an ISO8601 timestamp in the 'timestamp' field",
          );
        }
        if (timestamp && !epoch) {
          errors.push("Timestamp isn't a valid ISO 8601 string");
        }
        if (!message) {
          errors.push("No message passed in payload");
        }
      }

      return errors;
    },
    scheduleTask(event) {
      const errors = this.validateEventBody(event, "schedule");
      let status, body;

      if (errors.length) {
        console.log(errors);
        status = 400;
        body = {
          errors,
        };
      } else {
        const id = this.emitScheduleEvent(event.body, event.body.timestamp);
        status = 200;
        body = {
          msg: "Successfully scheduled task",
          id,
        };
      }

      this.httpRespond({
        status,
        body,
      });
    },
    emitScheduleEvent(event, timestamp) {
      const selfChannel = this.selfChannel();
      const epoch = Date.parse(timestamp);
      const $id = uuid();

      console.log(`Scheduled event to emit on: ${new Date(epoch)}`);

      this.$emit(
        {
          ...event,
          $channel: selfChannel,
          $id,
        },
        {
          name: selfChannel,
          id: $id,
          delivery_ts: epoch,
        },
      );

      return $id;
    },
    async cancelTask(event) {
      const errors = this.validateEventBody(event, "cancel");
      let status, msg;

      if (errors.length) {
        console.log(errors);
        status = 400;
        msg = "Secret on incoming request doesn't match the configured secret";
      } else {
        try {
          const id = event.body.id;
          const isCanceled = await this.deleteEvent(event);
          if (isCanceled) {
            status = 200;
            msg = `Cancelled scheduled task for event ${id}`;
          } else {
            status = 404;
            msg = `No event with ${id} found`;
          }
        } catch (error) {
          console.log(error);
          status = 500;
          msg = "Failed to schedule task. Please see the logs";
        }
      }

      this.httpRespond({
        status,
        body: {
          msg,
        },
      });
    },
    async deleteEvent(event) {
      const componentId = process.env.PD_COMPONENT;
      const inChannel = this.queuedEventsChannel();

      // The user must pass a scheduled event UUID they'd like to cancel
      // We lookup the event by ID and delete it
      const { id } = event.body;

      // List events in the $in channel - the queue of scheduled events, to be emitted in the future
      const events = await this.pipedream.listEvents(
        componentId,
        inChannel,
      );
      console.log("Events: ", events);

      // Find the event in the list by id
      const eventToCancel = events.data.find((e) => {
        const { metadata } = e;
        return metadata.id === id;
      });

      console.log("Event to cancel: ", eventToCancel);

      if (!eventToCancel) {
        console.log(`No event with ${id} found`);
        return false;
      }

      // Delete the event
      await this.pipedream.deleteEvent(
        componentId,
        eventToCancel.id,
        inChannel,
      );
      return true;
    },
    emitEvent(event, summary) {
      // Delete the channel name and id from the incoming event, which were used only as metadata
      const id = event.$id;
      delete event.$channel;
      delete event.$id;

      this.$emit(event, {
        summary: summary ?? JSON.stringify(event),
        id,
        ts: +new Date(),
      });
    },
  },
  async run(event) {
    await this.selfSubscribe();

    const { path } = event;
    if (path === "/schedule") {
      this.scheduleTask(event);
    } else if (path === "/cancel") {
      await this.cancelTask(event);
    } else if (event.$channel === this.selfChannel()) {
      this.emitEvent(event);
    }
  },
  sampleEmit,
};

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
Pipedream	`pipedream`	`app`	This component uses the Pipedream app.
Secret	`secret`	`string`	Optional but recommended: if you enter a secret here, you must pass this value in the `x-pd-secret` HTTP header when making requests
N/A	`http`	`$.interface.http`	This component uses `$.interface.http` to generate a unique URL when the component is first instantiated. Each request to the URL will trigger the `run()` method of the component.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.

Trigger Authentication#

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

About Pipedream#

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Action#

Create Contact on Cardly

Description:Creates a new contact in Cardly. [See the documentation](https://api.card.ly/v2/docs#endpoint-create-contact)

Version:0.0.1

Key:cardly-create-contact

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Cardly Overview#

The Cardly API empowers you to automate sending personalized cards and gifts to clients, employees, or any recipient with ease. Using Pipedream's serverless platform, you can create workflows that trigger on specific events or conditions, connecting Cardly with other apps to send out physical cards. Automate birthday greetings, thank you notes, holiday cards, or customer follow-ups with handwritten messages, leveraging the power of direct mail in a digital world.

Action Code#

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

export default {
  key: "cardly-create-contact",
  name: "Create Contact",
  description: "Creates a new contact in Cardly. [See the documentation](https://api.card.ly/v2/docs#endpoint-create-contact)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    cardly,
    listId: {
      propDefinition: [
        cardly,
        "listId",
      ],
    },
    firstName: {
      type: "string",
      label: "First Name",
      description: "The first name of a contact.",
    },
    lastName: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Last Name",
      description: "The last name of a contact, if known / applicable.",
      optional: true,
    },
    email: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Email",
      description: "An email address for this contact, if supplied, which can be used to uniquely identify this contact for subsequent actions.",
      optional: true,
    },
    company: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Company",
      description: "The company a contact belongs to, if required.",
      optional: true,
    },
    address: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Address",
      description: "The primary address line, including street number, name and type.",
    },
    address2: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Address 2",
      description: "A secondary address line, typically containing a unit, apartment, suite number etc.",
      optional: true,
    },
    locality: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Locality",
      description: "A suburb or city for the contact.",
    },
    region: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Region",
      description: "The state or province for this address.",
    },
    country: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Country",
      description: "A 2-character ISO code identifying the contact's country.",
    },
    postcode: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Postcode",
      description: "A postal code or ZIP code for this contact, where required by local addressing formats.",
    },
    externalId: {
      type: "string",
      label: "External ID",
      description: "Any external identifier you have supplied for this contact which can be used to update this contact in future calls.",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const { data } = await this.cardly.createContact({
      listId: this.listId,
      data: {
        firstName: this.firstName,
        lastName: this.lastName,
        email: this.email,
        company: this.company,
        address: this.address,
        address2: this.address2,
        locality: this.locality,
        region: this.region,
        country: this.country,
        postcode: this.postcode,
        externalId: this.externalId,
      },
      $,
    });

    if (data?.id) {
      $.export("summary", `Successully created contact with ID ${data.id}.`);
    }

    return data;
  },
};

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
Cardly	`cardly`	`app`	This component uses the Cardly app.
List	`listId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
First Name	`firstName`	`string`	The first name of a contact.
Last Name	`lastName`	`string`	The last name of a contact, if known / applicable.
Email	`email`	`string`	An email address for this contact, if supplied, which can be used to uniquely identify this contact for subsequent actions.
Company	`company`	`string`	The company a contact belongs to, if required.
Address	`address`	`string`	The primary address line, including street number, name and type.
Address 2	`address2`	`string`	A secondary address line, typically containing a unit, apartment, suite number etc.
Locality	`locality`	`string`	A suburb or city for the contact.
Region	`region`	`string`	The state or province for this address.
Country	`country`	`string`	A 2-character ISO code identifying the contact's country.
Postcode	`postcode`	`string`	A postal code or ZIP code for this contact, where required by local addressing formats.
External ID	`externalId`	`string`	Any external identifier you have supplied for this contact which can be used to update this contact in future calls.

Action Authentication#

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

About Cardly#

Send as many personal, handwritten cards as you like – without lifting a pen.

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