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Getting Started

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

  1. Select this integration
  2. 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
  3. Configure the Send Direct Message (DM) action
    1. Connect your Twitter Developer App account
    2. Configure Recipient ID
    3. Configure message
  4. Deploy the workflow
  5. Send a test event to validate your setup
  6. 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

Description:Emit new items from an RSS feed
Version:1.2.0
Key:rss-new-item-in-feed

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: "1.2.0",
    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);
        },
    },
    async run() {
        const items = await this.rss.fetchAndParseFeed(this.url);
        for (const item of this.rss.sortItems(items)) {
            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.
LabelPropTypeDescription
RSSrssappThis component uses the RSS app.
timer$.interface.timer

How often you want to poll the feed for new items

Feed URLurlstring

Enter the URL for any public RSS feed

Published After ThanpublishedAfterThanstring

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

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Action

Description:Send a DM to a user.
Version:0.0.3
Key:twitter_developer_app-send-dm

Action Code

const twitter = require("../../twitter_developer_app.app.js");
const Twit = require("twit");

module.exports = {
  key: "twitter_developer_app-send-dm",
  name: "Send Direct Message (DM)",
  description: "Send a DM to a user.",
  version: "0.0.3",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    twitter,
    recipient_id: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Recipient ID",
      description: "The ID of the user who should receive the direct message. You must pass the string value of the numeric id (i.e, the value for the `id_str` field in Twitter's `user` object). For example, the correct ID to send a DM to `@pipedream` is `1067926271856766976`. If you only have the user's screen name, lookup the user first and pass the `id_str` to this field.",
    },
    message: {
      type: "string",
      description: "The text of your direct message. Max length of 10,000 characters. Max length of 9,990 characters if used as a [Welcome Message](https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/direct-messages/welcome-messages/api-reference/new-welcome-message).",
    },
  },
  async run() {
    const {
      api_key, api_secret_key, access_token, access_token_secret,
    } = this.twitter.$auth;

    const T = new Twit({
      consumer_key: api_key,
      consumer_secret: api_secret_key,
      access_token,
      access_token_secret,
      timeout_ms: 60 * 1000,  // optional HTTP request timeout to apply to all requests.
      strictSSL: true,  // optional - requires SSL certificates to be valid.
    });

    const response = await T.post("direct_messages/events/new", {
      "event": {
        "type": "message_create",
        "message_create": {
          "target": {
            "recipient_id": this.recipient_id,
          },
          "message_data": {
            "text": this.message,
          },
        },
      },
    });

    return response.data.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.

LabelPropTypeDescription
Twitter Developer ApptwitterappThis component uses the Twitter Developer App app.
Recipient IDrecipient_idstring

The ID of the user who should receive the direct message. You must pass the string value of the numeric id (i.e, the value for the id_str field in Twitter's user object). For example, the correct ID to send a DM to @pipedream is 1067926271856766976. If you only have the user's screen name, lookup the user first and pass the id_str to this field.

messagemessagestring

The text of your direct message. Max length of 10,000 characters. Max length of 9,990 characters if used as a Welcome Message.

Action Authentication

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

Video Tutorial on how to create and connect a Twitter Developer App to Pipedream

First, you'll need to sign up for a Twitter developer account and create a new application in the Twitter app dashboard.

  1. Register a new app on https://developers.twitter.com
  2. Apply for a new Twitter app, be detailed about your use
  3. After approval, create a new Standalone App
  4. Copy the api_key and api_secret_key into a Twitter Developer App Account on Pipedream
  5. Generate a new set of keys for your specific Twitter account
  6. Paste the access_token and access_token_secret in the Twitter Developer App Account on Pipedream

Once you've created an app, visit the Keys and tokens section of the app's settings, and add the API key, API secret key, Access token, and Access token secret below.

About Twitter Developer App

Use a Twitter developer app you've created to send API requests

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