Reddit

Reddit is a network of communities based on people's interests. Find communities you're interested in, and become part of an online community!

Integrate the Reddit API with the Slack API

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

List Comments in a Post with Reddit API on New Message In Channels from Slack API
Slack + Reddit
 
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List Subreddits by Query with Reddit API on New Message In Channels from Slack API
Slack + Reddit
 
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Search Post with Reddit API on New Message In Channels from Slack API
Slack + Reddit
 
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Submit a Comment with Reddit API on New Message In Channels from Slack API
Slack + Reddit
 
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Submit a Post with Reddit API on New Message In Channels from Slack API
Slack + Reddit
 
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New Message In Channels (Instant) from the Slack API

Emit new event when a new message is posted to one or more channels

 
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New Comments by User from the Reddit API

Emit new event each time a user posts a new comment.

 
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New comments on a post from the Reddit API

Emit new event each time a new comment is added to a subreddit.

 
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New hot posts on a subreddit from the Reddit API

Emit new event each time a new hot post is added to the top 10 items in a subreddit.

 
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New Links by User from the Reddit API

Emit new event each time a user posts a new link.

 
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List Comments in a Post with the Reddit API

List comments for a specific post. See the docs here

 
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List Subreddits by Query with the Reddit API

List subreddits based on a search criteria. See the docs here

 
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Send Message to a Public Channel with the Slack API

Send a message to a public channel and customize the name and avatar of the bot that posts the message. See postMessage or scheduleMessage docs here

 
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Send Message to a Private Channel with the Slack API

Send a message to a private channel and customize the name and avatar of the bot that posts the message. See postMessage or scheduleMessage docs here

 
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Send a Direct Message with the Slack API

Send a direct message to a single user. See postMessage or scheduleMessage docs here

 
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Overview of Reddit

  1. You could build a tool that monitors specific subreddits and notifies you
    when new posts match certain criteria.
  2. You could build a tool that analyzes the posts and comments in a given
    subreddit to generate statistics or visualizations about the topic.
  3. You could build a bot that automatically posts or comments in response to
    certain keywords or phrases.
  4. You could build a tool that helps manage your Reddit account by automating
    tasks like posting, messaging, or voting.
  5. You could build a tool that extracts data from Reddit posts and comments for
    use in other applications.

Connect Reddit

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import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"
export default defineComponent({
  props: {
    reddit: {
      type: "app",
      app: "reddit",
    }
  },
  async run({steps, $}) {
    return await axios($, {
      url: `https://oauth.reddit.com/api/v1/me`,
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${this.reddit.$auth.oauth_access_token}`,
        "User-Agent": `pipedream:v0.0.1 (by /u/pipedream-oauth)`,
      },
    })
  },
})

Overview of Slack

The Pipedream Slack app enables you to build event-driven workflows that interact with the Slack API. When you authorize the Pipedream app's access to your workspace, you can use Pipedream workflows to perform common Slack actions, or write your own code against the Slack API.

The Pipedream Slack app is not a typical app. You don't interact with it directly as a bot, and it doesn't add custom functionality to your workspace out of the box. It just makes it easier to automate anything you'd typically use the Slack API for, using Pipedream workflows.

Here are some examples of automations you can build with Pipedream on Slack:

  • Automate posting updates to your team channel
  • Create a bot to answer common questions
  • Integrate with your existing tools and services
  • Build a custom dashboard to track your team's progress
  • Create a bot to handle scheduling and meeting requests
  • And much more!

Should I use the Slack or Slack Bot app on Pipedream?

The Slack app is the easiest and most convienent option to get started. It installs the official Pipedream bot into your Slack workspace with just a few clicks.

However, if you'd like to use your own bot registered with the Slack API, you can use the Slack Bot app instead.

The Slack Bot requires a bot token to allow your Pipedream workflows to authenticate as your bot. The extra set up steps allow you to list your custom bot on the Slack Marketplace, or install the bot on other workspaces as your bot's name instead of as Pipedream.

Getting Started

You can install the Pipedream Slack app in the Accounts section of your account, or directly in a workflow

Accounts

  1. Visit https://pipedream.com/accounts.
  2. Click on the Click Here To Connect An App button in the top-right.
  3. Search for "Slack" among the list of apps, and select it.
  4. This will open a new window asking you to allow Pipedream access to your Slack workspace. Choose the right workspace where you'd like to install the app, then click Allow.
  5. That's it! You can now use this Slack account in any actions, or link it to any code step.

Within a workflow

  1. Create a new workflow.
  2. Select your trigger (HTTP, Cron, etc.).
  3. Click on the + button below the trigger step, and search for "Slack".
  4. Select the Send a Message action.
  5. Click the Connect Account button near the top of the step. This will prompt you to select any existing Slack accounts you've previously authenticated with Pipedream, or you can select a New account. Clicking New opens a new window asking you to allow Pipedream access to your Slack workspace. Choose the right workspace where you'd like to install the app, then click Allow.
  6. That's it! You can now connect to the Slack API using any of the Slack actions within a Pipedream workflow.

Troubleshooting

Please reach out to the Pipedream team with any technical issues or questions about the Slack integration. We're happy to help!

Connect Slack

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import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"
export default defineComponent({
  props: {
    slack: {
      type: "app",
      app: "slack",
    }
  },
  async run({steps, $}) {
    return await axios($, {
      url: `https://slack.com/api/users.profile.get`,
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${this.slack.$auth.oauth_access_token}`,
      },
    })
  },
})
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Community Posts

Building a Reddit Workflow with Pipedream
Building a Reddit Workflow with Pipedream
Almost four years ago I blogged about a demo I built using Reddit's API. The demo was a multi-user application that made use of Mongo for persistence and Passport.js for user authentication. You would login, select subreddit's to subscribe to, and then once a day it would email you the new posts from that subreddit. This was built in a "traditional" Node.js style with a server running full time to process requests. I thought it would be fun to build this again (although slightly different) using Pipedream's support for working with the Reddit API. I built two different versions of a simple workflow I'd like to share below.
Updating my Reddit Workflow with Pipedream
Updating my Reddit Workflow with Pipedream
Back almost exactly a month ago, I blogged about using Pipedream to build a Reddit email report. The idea was that I wanted a daily email of posts from my subscribed subreddits for the past 24 hours of content. The implementation was a bit complex. I used one workflow to handle "get a days worth of content from subreddit" as a general "API" and another workflow connected to my authentication. It handles getting my subscriptions, hitting the API, and then generating the email. This worked well, but after a while of actually getting the email, I noticed some problems. So I decided to fix that.
Airtable Webhooks with Slack + Pipedream
Airtable Webhooks with Slack + Pipedream
We love Airtable here at Pipedream. But Airtable lacks one killer feature — webhooks. We took advantage of Airtable’s Slack notifications and built a way to send webhooks to an HTTP endpoint every time a record is created or updated in a base. It takes 10 minutes to setup and it’s free.