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Getting Started#

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

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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 Create Person action
1. Connect your NationBuilder account
2. Optional- Configure First Name
3. Optional- Configure Last Name
4. Optional- Configure Email
5. Optional- Configure Phone
6. Optional- Select a Sex
7. Optional- Select a Signup Type
8. Optional- Configure Employer
9. Optional- Configure Party
10. Optional- Configure Registered Address 1
11. Optional- Configure Registered Address 2
12. Optional- Configure Registered Address 3
13. Optional- Configure Registered Address City
14. Optional- Configure Registered Address State
15. Optional- Configure Registered Address Zip
16. Optional- Configure Registered Address Country Code
17. Optional- Configure Registered Address Lat
18. Optional- Configure Registered Address Lng
19. Optional- Configure Facebook Username
20. Optional- Configure Twitter Login
21. Optional- Configure Tags
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#

Create Person on NationBuilder

Description:Create a new person with the provided data. [See the documentation](https://nationbuilder.com/people_api)

Version:0.0.1

Key:nationbuilder-create-person

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NationBuilder Overview#

NationBuilder is a comprehensive platform for community organizing, offering tools for website creation, donor management, and communication with the community. The NationBuilder API unlocks potent opportunities for automation and data management. On Pipedream, you can leverage this API to streamline interactions between NationBuilder and other services, automate contacts synchronization, trigger communications based on user activities, and more, all while enjoying the benefits of serverless workflows.

Action Code#

import { ConfigurationError } from "@pipedream/platform";
import nationbuilder from "../../nationbuilder.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "nationbuilder-create-person",
  name: "Create Person",
  version: "0.0.1",
  description: "Create a new person with the provided data. [See the documentation](https://nationbuilder.com/people_api)",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    nationbuilder,
    firstName: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "firstName",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    lastName: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "lastName",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    email: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "email",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    phone: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "phone",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    sex: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "sex",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    signupType: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "signupType",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    employer: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "employer",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    party: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "party",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    registeredAddress1: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "registeredAddress1",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    registeredAddress2: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "registeredAddress2",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    registeredAddress3: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "registeredAddress3",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    registeredAddressCity: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "registeredAddressCity",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    registeredAddressState: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "registeredAddressState",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    registeredAddressZip: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "registeredAddressZip",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    registeredAddressCountryCode: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "registeredAddressCountryCode",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    registeredAddressLat: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "registeredAddressLat",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    registeredAddressLng: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "registeredAddressLng",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    facebookUsername: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "facebookUsername",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    twitterLogin: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "twitterLogin",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    tags: {
      propDefinition: [
        nationbuilder,
        "tags",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const {
      nationbuilder,
      firstName,
      lastName,
      email,
      phone,
      signupType,
      registeredAddress1,
      registeredAddress2,
      registeredAddress3,
      registeredAddressCity,
      registeredAddressState,
      registeredAddressZip,
      registeredAddressCountryCode,
      registeredAddressLat,
      registeredAddressLng,
      facebookUsername,
      twitterLogin,
      ...data
    } = this;

    if (!firstName && !email && !phone) {
      throw new ConfigurationError("You must supply at least a first and last name, an email address, or a phone number.");
    }

    const response = await nationbuilder.createPerson({
      $,
      data: {
        person: {
          first_name: firstName,
          last_name: lastName,
          email,
          phone,
          signup_type: signupType,
          registered_address: {
            address1: registeredAddress1,
            address2: registeredAddress2,
            address3: registeredAddress3,
            city: registeredAddressCity,
            state: registeredAddressState,
            zip: registeredAddressZip,
            country_code: registeredAddressCountryCode,
            lat: registeredAddressLat,
            lng: registeredAddressLng,
          },
          facebook_username: facebookUsername,
          twitter_login: twitterLogin,
          ...data,
        },
      },
    });

    $.export("$summary", `A new person with Id: ${response.person?.id} was successfully created!`);
    return response;
  },
};

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
NationBuilder	`nationbuilder`	`app`	This component uses the NationBuilder app.
First Name	`firstName`	`string`	The person's first name and middle names.
Last Name	`lastName`	`string`	The person's last name.
Email	`email`	`string`	Email address for this person.
Phone	`phone`	`string`	This person's home phone number.
Sex	`sex`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`FMO`
Signup Type	`signupType`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`{ "label": "Person", "value": "0" }{ "label": "Organization", "value": "1" }`
Employer	`employer`	`string`	The name of the company for which this person works.
Party	`party`	`string`	A one-letter code representing provincial parties for nations.
Registered Address 1	`registeredAddress1`	`string`	First Address Line.
Registered Address 2	`registeredAddress2`	`string`	Second Address Line.
Registered Address 3	`registeredAddress3`	`string`	Third Address Line.
Registered Address City	`registeredAddressCity`	`string`	The city of the registered address.
Registered Address State	`registeredAddressState`	`string`	The state of the registered address.
Registered Address Zip	`registeredAddressZip`	`string`	The zip code of the registered address.
Registered Address Country Code	`registeredAddressCountryCode`	`string`	The country code of the registered address (using ISO-3166-1 alpha-2).
Registered Address Lat	`registeredAddressLat`	`string`	The latitude of the registered address (using WGS-84).
Registered Address Lng	`registeredAddressLng`	`string`	The longitude of the registered address (using WGS-84).
Facebook Username	`facebookUsername`	`string`	The person's Facebook username.
Twitter Login	`twitterLogin`	`string`	The person's Twitter login name.
Tags	`tags`	`string[]`	The tags assigned to this person.

Action Authentication#

NationBuilder uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your NationBuilder account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into NationBuilder and grant Pipedream permission to connect to your account. Pipedream securely stores and automatically refreshes the OAuth tokens so you can easily authenticate any NationBuilder API.

Pipedream requests the following authorization scopes when you connect your account:

default