Placid

Placid generates thousands of visuals from custom templates with dynamic elements like text, colors or photos. Use data from any source to create auto-updating creatives with our APIs or nocode integrations.

Integrate the Placid API with the Formatting API

Setup the Placid API trigger to run a workflow which integrates with the Formatting API. Pipedream's integration platform allows you to integrate Placid and Formatting remarkably fast. Free for developers.

Generate Image with the Placid API

Generate a new image based on a specified template. See the documentation

 
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[Data] Convert JSON to String with the Formatting API

Convert an object to a JSON format string

 
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Generate PDF with the Placid API

Creates a new PDF based on a specified template. See the documentation

 
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[Data] Parse JSON with the Formatting API

Parse a JSON string

 
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[Date/Time] Add/Subtract Time with the Formatting API

Add or subtract time from a given input

 
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Overview of Placid

The Placid API lets you automate the creation of visual content such as images and videos. With Pipedream, you can trigger workflows using various events, process data, and use the Placid API to dynamically generate marketing materials, social media graphics, personalized images for email campaigns, and more. Leveraging Pipedream's capabilities, you can integrate Placid with other apps to create robust, multi-step automations without writing extensive code.

Connect Placid

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import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"
export default defineComponent({
  props: {
    placid: {
      type: "app",
      app: "placid",
    }
  },
  async run({steps, $}) {
    return await axios($, {
      url: `https://api.placid.app/api/rest/templates`,
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${this.placid.$auth.api_token}`,
      },
    })
  },
})

Connect Formatting

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export default defineComponent({
  async run({ steps, $ }) {
    const text = ' Hello world! ';
    return text.trim()
  },
})