Retrieve all RSS Stories with Helper Functions API on New Product Added from Product Hunt API

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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Product Added trigger
1. Connect your Product Hunt account
2. Configure timer
3. Optional- Select a Topic
Configure the Retrieve all RSS Stories action
1. Connect your Helper Functions account
2. Configure RSS Feeds
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 Product Added on Product Hunt

Description:Emit new event when any new product is posted.

Version:0.0.1

Key:product_hunt-new-product-added

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Product Hunt Overview#

The Product Hunt API taps into a vibrant community of tech enthusiasts and makers, allowing you to interact with their platform programmatically. With it, you can retrieve details on the latest trending products, post comments, and gather user data. Automating these interactions can keep you informed on tech trends, engage with the community, and analyze market interests.

Trigger Code#

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

export default {
  key: "product_hunt-new-product-added",
  name: "New Product Added",
  description: "Emit new event when any new product is posted.",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    productHunt,
    db: "$.service.db",
    timer: {
      type: "$.interface.timer",
      default: {
        intervalSeconds: DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL,
      },
    },
    topic: {
      propDefinition: [
        productHunt,
        "topic",
      ],
    },
  },
  methods: {
    generateMeta(node) {
      return {
        id: node.id,
        summary: node.name,
        ts: Date.parse(node.createdAt),
      };
    },
  },
  async run() {
    const { posts } = await this.productHunt.listPosts({
      topic: this.topic,
    });
    for (const post of posts.edges.reverse()) {
      const { node } = post;
      const meta = this.generateMeta(node);
      this.$emit(node, meta);
    }
  },
};

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
Product Hunt	`productHunt`	`app`	This component uses the Product Hunt app.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`
Topic	`topic`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.

Trigger Authentication#

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

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

publicprivatewrite

About Product Hunt#

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Action#

Retrieve all RSS Stories on Helper Functions

Description:Retrieve all stories from one or more RSS feeds.

Version:0.1.2

Key:helper_functions-retrieve-all-rss-stories

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Helper Functions Overview#

The Helper Functions app on Pipedream is a set of pre-built functions that streamline common tasks in your workflows. It acts like a Swiss Army knife for developers, providing essential tools such as format conversion, date manipulation, and text processing. By leveraging these functions, you can reduce the boilerplate code needed for routine operations, speeding up the development of intricate automations. The Helper Functions API can be a game changer when it comes to tasks like parsing dates in user-friendly formats, encoding and decoding data, or generating UUIDs, making them more efficient and less error-prone.

Action Code#

// legacy_hash_id: a_Vpi7QO
import Parser from "rss-parser";
import helper_functions from "../../helper_functions.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "helper_functions-retrieve-all-rss-stories",
  name: "Retrieve all RSS Stories",
  description: "Retrieve all stories from one or more RSS feeds.",
  version: "0.1.2",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    helper_functions,
    rss_feeds: {
      type: "string[]",
      label: "RSS Feeds",
      description: "The URL(s) of the RSS Feeds",
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    let parser = new Parser();

    let stories = [];

    for (const url of this.rss_feeds) {
      let feed = await parser.parseURL(url);
      console.log(feed.title);

      feed.items.forEach((item) => {
        stories.push(item);
        console.log(item.title + ":" + item.link);
      });
    }

    if (!stories.length) {
      if ($.flow) {
        $.flow.exit("No new stories");
      } else {
        console.log("No new stories");
      }
    }

    return stories;
  },
};