[Date/Time] Add/Subtract Time with Formatting API on New Channel Created from Rocket Chat API

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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Channel Created trigger
1. Connect your Rocket Chat account
2. Configure timer
Configure the [Date/Time] Add/Subtract Time action
1. Connect your Formatting account
2. Configure Input Date
3. Optional- Select a Input Format
4. Select a Operation
5. Configure Duration
6. Optional- Select a Output Format
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 Channel Created on Rocket Chat

Description:Emit new event when a new channel is created in RocketChat.

Version:0.0.1

Key:rocket_chat-new-channel-created

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Rocket Chat Overview#

Rocket Chat is a customizable and open-source team chat platform that's a popular alternative for team communication. With its API, you can automate a variety of tasks, such as sending messages, creating channels, managing users, and integrating with various services for a seamless workflow. Leveraging Pipedream's capabilities, you can use Rocket Chat API to create intricate workflows and connect them with other apps to streamline communication, trigger actions based on messages, and synchronize data across platforms.

Trigger Code#

import common from "../common/base.mjs";
import sampleEmit from "./test-event.mjs";

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "rocket_chat-new-channel-created",
  name: "New Channel Created",
  description: "Emit new event when a new channel is created in RocketChat.",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  methods: {
    ...common.methods,
    getResourceFn() {
      return this.rocketchat.listChannels;
    },
    getResourceType() {
      return "channels";
    },
    generateMeta(channel) {
      return {
        id: channel._id,
        summary: `New Channel: ${channel.name}`,
        ts: Date.parse(channel._updatedAt),
      };
    },
  },
  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
Rocket Chat	`rocketchat`	`app`	This component uses the Rocket Chat app.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`

Trigger Authentication#

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

Create a token in Account > Personal Access Tokens and retrieve your Token and User ID. For domain, use "xyz.rocket.chat" for the cloud version or your own root URL such as "mydomain.com" (do not include https://).

About Rocket Chat#

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Action#

[Date/Time] Add/Subtract Time on Formatting

Description:Add or subtract time from a given input

Version:0.0.5

Key:formatting-add-subtract-time

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Action Code#

import { defineAction } from "@pipedream/types";
import { ConfigurationError } from "@pipedream/platform";
import app from "../../app/formatting.app.mjs";
import commonDateTime from "../../common/date-time/commonDateTime.mjs";
import { DATE_FORMAT_PARSE_MAP, DEFAULT_FORMAT_VALUE, } from "../../common/date-time/dateFormats.mjs";
import { DATE_TIME_UNITS } from "../../common/date-time/dateTimeUnits.mjs";
import sugar from "sugar";
const OPERATION_OPTIONS = {
    ADD: "Add",
    SUBTRACT: "Subtract",
};
export default defineAction({
    ...commonDateTime,
    name: "[Date/Time] Add/Subtract Time",
    description: "Add or subtract time from a given input",
    key: "formatting-add-subtract-time",
    version: "0.0.5",
    type: "action",
    props: {
        ...commonDateTime.props,
        operation: {
            label: "Operation",
            description: "Whether to add or subtract time.",
            type: "string",
            options: Object.values(OPERATION_OPTIONS),
        },
        duration: {
            label: "Duration",
            description: "The duration for the operation. You can use the shorthand duration, for example: `1s`, `1m`, `1h`, `1d`, `1w`, `1y` equal one second, minute, hour, day, week, and year respectively",
            type: "string",
        },
        outputFormat: {
            propDefinition: [
                app,
                "outputFormat",
            ],
        },
    },
    methods: {
        ...commonDateTime.methods,
        getOperationMilliseconds(str) {
            let result = 0;
            const { second, minute, hour, day, week, year, } = DATE_TIME_UNITS;
            Object.entries({
                s: second,
                m: minute,
                h: hour,
                d: day,
                w: week,
                y: year,
            }).forEach(([identifier, multiplier,]) => {
                const substr = str.match(new RegExp(`[0-9]+\\s*${identifier}`))?.[0];
                if (substr) {
                    const value = Number(substr.match(/[0-9]+/));
                    result += value * multiplier;
                }
            });
            return result;
        },
    },
    async run({ $ }) {
        const { operation, duration, outputFormat, } = this;
        const dateObj = this.getDateFromInput();
        const value = dateObj.valueOf();
        let amount = this.getOperationMilliseconds(duration);
        if (operation === OPERATION_OPTIONS.SUBTRACT)
            amount *= -1;
        const result = value + amount;
        const format = outputFormat ?? this.inputFormat ?? DEFAULT_FORMAT_VALUE;
        try {
            const { outputFn } = DATE_FORMAT_PARSE_MAP.get(format);
            const output = outputFn(sugar.Date.create(result));
            $.export("$summary", `Successfully ${operation === OPERATION_OPTIONS.SUBTRACT
                ? "subtracted"
                : "added"} time`);
            return output;
        }
        catch (err) {
            console.log("Error parsing date", err);
            throw new ConfigurationError("**Parse error** - check your input and if the selected format is correct.");
        }
    },
});

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
Formatting	`app`	`app`	This component uses the Formatting app.
Input Date	`inputDate`	`string`	A valid date string, in the format selected in Input Format. If the format is not set, Pipedream will attempt to infer it using the parser from Sugar Date library.
Input Format	`inputFormat`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`Sun Jan 22 23:04:05 +0000 2006January 22 2006 23:04:05January 22 2006Jan 22 20062006-01-22T23:04:052006-01-22T23:04:05+00002006-01-22 23:04:05 +00002006-01-22 23:042006-01-2201-22-200601/22/200601/22/0622-01-200622/01/200622/01/06Unix time (seconds) Eg. 1137971045Unix time (milliseconds) Eg. 1137971045000`
Operation	`operation`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`AddSubtract`
Duration	`duration`	`string`	The duration for the operation. You can use the shorthand duration, for example: `1s`, `1m`, `1h`, `1d`, `1w`, `1y` equal one second, minute, hour, day, week, and year respectively
Output Format	`outputFormat`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`Sun Jan 22 23:04:05 +0000 2006January 22 2006 23:04:05January 22 2006Jan 22 20062006-01-22T23:04:052006-01-22T23:04:05+00002006-01-22 23:04:05 +00002006-01-22 23:042006-01-2201-22-200601/22/200601/22/0622-01-200622/01/200622/01/06Unix time (seconds) Eg. 1137971045Unix time (milliseconds) Eg. 1137971045000`