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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Item in Feed trigger
1. Connect your RSS account
2. Configure timer
3. Configure Feed URL
4. Configure Published After
Configure the Send Event To action
1. Connect your Customer.io account
2. Configure Customer ID
3. Configure Event Name
4. Optional- Configure Data
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 Item in Feed on RSS

Description:Emit new items from an RSS feed

Version:1.2.7

Key:rss-new-item-in-feed

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RSS Overview#

The RSS app allows users to automatically fetch and parse updates from web feeds. This functionality is pivotal for staying abreast of content changes or updates from websites, blogs, and news outlets that offer RSS feeds. With Pipedream, you can harness the RSS API to trigger workflows that enable a broad range of automations, like content aggregation, monitoring for specific keywords, notifications, and data synchronization across platforms.

Trigger Code#

import { defineSource } from "@pipedream/types";
import rss from "../../app/rss.app.mjs";
import rssCommon from "../common/common.mjs";
export default defineSource({
    ...rssCommon,
    key: "rss-new-item-in-feed",
    name: "New Item in Feed",
    description: "Emit new items from an RSS feed",
    version: "1.2.7",
    type: "source",
    dedupe: "unique",
    props: {
        ...rssCommon.props,
        url: {
            propDefinition: [
                rss,
                "url",
            ],
        },
        publishedAfter: {
            type: "string",
            label: "Published After",
            description: "Emit items published after the specified date in ISO 8601 format .e.g `2022-12-07T12:57:10+07:00`",
            default: new Date(Date.now() - 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000).toISOString(), // default to one day ago
        },
    },
    hooks: {
        async activate() {
            // Try to parse the feed one time to confirm we can fetch and parse.
            // The code will throw any errors to the user.
            await this.rss.fetchAndParseFeed(this.url);
        },
    },
    methods: {
        ...rssCommon.methods,
        generateMeta: function (item) {
            return {
                id: this.rss.itemKey(item),
                summary: item.title,
                ts: Date.now(),
            };
        },
    },
    async run() {
        const items = await this.rss.fetchAndParseFeed(this.url);
        for (const item of items.reverse()) {
            const publishedAfter = +new Date(this.publishedAfter);
            const ts = this.rss.itemTs(item);
            if (Number.isNaN(publishedAfter) || publishedAfter > ts) {
                continue;
            }
            const meta = this.generateMeta(item);
            this.$emit(item, 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
RSS	`rss`	`app`	This component uses the RSS app.
	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`	How often you want to poll the feed for new items
Feed URL	`url`	`string`	Enter the URL for any public RSS feed
Published After	`publishedAfter`	`string`	Emit items published after the specified date in ISO 8601 format .e.g `2022-12-07T12:57:10+07:00`

Trigger Authentication#

The RSS API does not require authentication.

About RSS#

Real Simple Syndication

Action#

Send Event To on Customer.io

Description:Sends an event to Customer.io. [See the docs here](https://customer.io/docs/api/#operation/track)

Version:0.2.0

Key:customer_io-send-event-to

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Customer.io Overview#

Customer.io is a versatile automation tool that allows you to harness the power of email, SMS, and push notifications to create personalized customer experiences. With its comprehensive API, Customer.io enables you to track customer interactions, segment audiences, and trigger targeted communications based on user behavior and data. By leveraging Pipedream, you can easily connect Customer.io to various other services and APIs to automate complex workflows, synthesize data, and respond to events in real-time.

Action Code#

import app from "../../customer_io.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "customer_io-send-event-to",
  name: "Send Event To",
  description: "Sends an event to Customer.io. [See the docs here](https://customer.io/docs/api/#operation/track)",
  version: "0.2.0",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    app,
    customerId: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "customerId",
      ],
    },
    eventName: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Event Name",
      description: "The name of the event you want to track.",
    },
    data: {
      type: "object",
      label: "Data",
      description: "Custom attributes to define the event.",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const data = {
      name: this.eventName,
      data: this.data,
    };
    await this.app.sendEventTo(this.customerId, data, $);
    $.export("$summary", "Successfully sent event");
  },
};

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
Customer.io	`app`	`app`	This component uses the Customer.io app.
Customer ID	`customerId`	`string`	The unique identifier for the customer.
Event Name	`eventName`	`string`	The name of the event you want to track.
Data	`data`	`object`	Custom attributes to define the event.

Action Authentication#

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

To connect your Customer.io account to Pipedream, sign in to your Customer.io account and navigate to Data & Integrations > Integrations > API, then copy your site_id and api_key fields and paste them below.