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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. Optional- Configure Published After Than
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:1.2.3

Key:rss-new-item-in-feed

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RSS Overview#

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.

Trigger Code#

import rss from "../../app/rss.app.mjs";
import { defineSource } from "@pipedream/types";
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: "1.2.3",
    type: "source",
    dedupe: "unique",
    props: {
        ...rssCommon.props,
        url: {
            propDefinition: [
                rss,
                "url",
            ],
        },
        publishedAfterThan: {
            type: "string",
            label: "Published After Than",
            description: "Emit items published after the specified date in ISO 8601 format .e.g `2022-12-07T12:57:10+07:00`",
            optional: true,
        },
    },
    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()) {
            if (this.publishedAfterThan) {
                const publishedAfterThan = +new Date(this.publishedAfterThan);
                const ts = this.rss.itemTs(item);
                if (Number.isNaN(publishedAfterThan) || publishedAfterThan > 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 Than	`publishedAfterThan`	`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#

With the Customer.io API, you can build a variety of applications and
integrations to help you better engage with your customers. Some examples of
what you can build include:

A customer facing application that displays customer information and account
activity
An integration with your CRM system to keep customer data up-to-date
A system to segment your customers and send them targeted messages
An application to trigger events based on customer behavior
A tool to track customer churn and identify at-risk customers

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.