RSS

Real Simple Syndication

Integrate the RSS API with the Airtable API

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

Create Multiple Records with Airtable API on New Item in Feed from RSS API
RSS + Airtable
 
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Create single record or update with Airtable API on New Item in Feed from RSS API
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Create single record with Airtable API on New Item in Feed from RSS API
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Delete Record with Airtable API on New Item in Feed from RSS API
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Get Record or Create with Airtable API on New Item in Feed from RSS API
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New Item in Feed from the RSS API

Emit new items from an RSS feed

 
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New Item From Multiple RSS Feeds from the RSS API

Emit new items from multiple RSS feeds

 
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Random item from multiple RSS feeds from the RSS API

Emit a random item from multiple RSS feeds

 
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New or Modified Records from the Airtable API

Emit an event for each new or modified record in a table

 
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New or Modified Records in View from the Airtable API

Emit an event for each new or modified record in a view

 
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Create single record with the Airtable API

Adds a record to a table.

 
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Merge RSS Feeds with the RSS API

Retrieve multiple RSS feeds and return a merged array of items sorted by date See docs

 
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Create Multiple Records with the Airtable API

Create one or more records in a table by passing an array of objects containing field names and values as key/value pairs.

 
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List Records with the Airtable API

Retrieve records from a table with automatic pagination. Optionally sort and filter results.

 
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List Records in View with the Airtable API

Retrieve records in a view with automatic pagination. Optionally sort and filter results.

 
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Overview of RSS

With the RSS API you have the power to create powerful tools and applications.
RSS is a great way to reliably subscribe to, track and build around your
favorite content sources. Here are some examples of things you can create
using the RSS API:

  • A personal news website to syndicate articles from multiple sources.
  • A custom feed reader to deliver timely notifications of updates and news.
  • A live editorial dashboard to track news, trends and public sentiment.
  • An automated “report bot” to aggregate and report on news topics.
  • A competitor tracking tool to stay on top of industry news.
  • A custom RSS-based search engine or RSS-supported deep learning engine.
  • A live events feed to notify users and followers of new developments.

Connect RSS

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module.exports = defineComponent({
  props: {
    rss: {
      type: "app",
      app: "rss",
    }
  },
  async run({steps, $}) {
    // Retrieve items from a sample feed
    const Parser = require('rss-parser');
    const parser = new Parser();
    
    const stories = []
    
    // Replace with your feed URL
    const url = "https://pipedream.com/community/latest.rss"
    
    const feed = await parser.parseURL(url);
    const { title, items } = feed
    this.title = title
    
    if (!items.length) {
      $end("No new stories")
    }
    
    this.items = items
  },
})

Overview of Airtable

Using the Airtable API, you can build applications that can:

  • Create and manage databases
  • Add, update, and delete records
  • Search for records
  • Sort and filter records
  • Display records in a variety of ways
  • Import and export data

Connect Airtable

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module.exports = defineComponent({
  props: {
    airtable: {
      type: "app",
      app: "airtable",
    },
    baseId: {
      type: "$.airtable.baseId",
      appProp: "airtable",
    },
    tableId: {
      type: "$.airtable.tableId",
      baseIdProp: "baseId",
    },
  },
  async run({steps, $}) {
    const Airtable = require('airtable');
    const base = new Airtable({apiKey: this.airtable.$auth.api_key}).base(this.baseId);

    const data = []
    
    await base(this.tableId).select({
      // pass optional config parameters here
    }).eachPage(function page(records, fetchNextPage) {
        // This function (`page`) will get called for each page of records.
        records.forEach(function(record) {
            data.push(record._rawJson)
        });

        // To fetch the next page of records, call `fetchNextPage`.
        // If there are more records, `page` will get called again.
        // If there are no more records, `done` will get called.
        fetchNextPage();
    })

    return data
  },
})

Community Posts

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.
Webhooks workaround using Slack
Webhooks workaround using Slack
This has been an open item in the Airtable support community for a few years, see "Webhooks for Records 393" and here 39, & here 28, and we are excited to offer a free solution to the community. Here is the high level solution: Based on the transitive property (A=B and B=C, then A=C), Airtable supports Slack Notifications, and Slack supports webhooks, so Airtable supports webhooks! You just have to know how to set it up correctly. With a simple integration via Pipedream into Slack, all Airtable users can now get near real time notifications of all updated fields and values in Airtable.
Overcoming Airtable Scripting Limitations with Pipedream
Overcoming Airtable Scripting Limitations with Pipedream
How I used Pipedream — Created a workflow having an API endpoint to convert Airtable’s Attachment Image URL to Base64 encode image (to push it to another API). Similarly, there could be a million other use-cases.