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 Gmail API

Setup the Placid API trigger to run a workflow which integrates with the Gmail API. Pipedream's integration platform allows you to integrate Placid and Gmail 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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Send Email with the Gmail API

Send an email from your Google Workspace email account

 
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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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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}`,
      },
    })
  },
})

Overview of Gmail

By connecting your personal Gmail account to Pipedream, you'll be able to incorporate email into whatever you're building with any of the thousands of apps that are available on Pipedream.

Connect Gmail

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import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"
export default defineComponent({
  props: {
    gmail: {
      type: "app",
      app: "gmail",
    }
  },
  async run({steps, $}) {
    return await axios($, {
      url: `https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/userinfo`,
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${this.gmail.$auth.oauth_access_token}`,
      },
    })
  },
})