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Create a workflow to Create Event with the Salesforce (REST API) API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

  1. Configure the Create Event action
    1. Connect your Salesforce (REST API) account
    2. Configure All-Day Event
    3. Select one or more Accepted Event Invitee IDs
    4. Configure Description
    5. Configure Subject
  2. Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
  3. Deploy the workflow
  4. Send a test event to validate your setup
  5. Turn on the trigger

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Details

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is 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.

Create Event on Salesforce (REST API)
Description:Creates an event, which represents an event in the calendar. See [Event SObject](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.228.0.object_reference.meta/object_reference/sforce_api_objects_event.htm) and [Create Record](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.228.0.api_rest.meta/api_rest/dome_sobject_create.htm)
Version:0.2.3
Key:salesforce_rest_api-create-event

Code

import salesforce from "../../salesforce_rest_api.app.mjs";
import {
  removeNullEntries, toSingleLineString,
} from "../../common/utils.mjs";

export default {
  key: "salesforce_rest_api-create-event",
  name: "Create Event",
  description: toSingleLineString(`
    Creates an event, which represents an event in the calendar.
    See [Event SObject](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.228.0.object_reference.meta/object_reference/sforce_api_objects_event.htm)
    and [Create Record](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.228.0.api_rest.meta/api_rest/dome_sobject_create.htm)
  `),
  version: "0.2.3",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    salesforce,
    IsAllDayEvent: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "All-Day Event",
      description: "Indicates whether the ActivityDate field (true) or the ActivityDateTime field (false) is used to define the date or time of the event.",
      reloadProps: true,
    },
    AcceptedEventInviteeIds: {
      propDefinition: [
        salesforce,
        "AcceptedEventInviteeIds",
      ],
    },
    Description: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Description",
      description: "Contains a text description of the event. Limit: 32,000 characters.",
    },
    Subject: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Subject",
      description: "The subject line of the event, such as Call, Email, or Meeting. Limit: 255 characters.",
    },
  },
  async additionalProps() {
    const props = {};
    if (this.IsAllDayEvent) {
      props.ActivityDate = {
        type: "string",
        label: "Due Date Only (YYYY/MM/DD)",
        description: "Contains the event's due date if the IsAllDayEvent flag is set to true.",
      };
    } else {
      props.ActivityDateTime = {
        type: "string",
        label: "Due Date Time",
        description: "Contains the event's due date if the IsAllDayEvent flag is set to false. The time portion of this field is always transferred in the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) time zone. Translate the time portion to or from a local time zone for the user or the application, as appropriate.",
      };
      props.DurationInMinutes = {
        type: "integer",
        label: "Duration in minutes",
        description: "Contains the event length, in minutes.",
      };
    }
    return props;
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const data = removeNullEntries({
      IsAllDayEvent: this.IsAllDayEvent,
      AcceptedEventInviteeIds: this.AcceptedEventInviteeIds,
      Description: this.Description,
      Subject: this.Subject,
      ActivityDate: this.ActivityDate && new Date(this.ActivityDate).toUTCString(),
      ActivityDateTime: this.ActivityDateTime,
      DurationInMinutes: this.DurationInMinutes,
    });
    const response = await this.salesforce.createEvent({
      $,
      data,
    });
    $.export("$summary", "Succcessfully created event");
    return response;
  },
};

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
Salesforce (REST API)salesforceappThis component uses the Salesforce (REST API) app.
All-Day EventIsAllDayEventboolean

Indicates whether the ActivityDate field (true) or the ActivityDateTime field (false) is used to define the date or time of the event.

Accepted Event Invitee IDsAcceptedEventInviteeIdsstring[]Select a value from the drop down menu.
DescriptionDescriptionstring

Contains a text description of the event. Limit: 32,000 characters.

SubjectSubjectstring

The subject line of the event, such as Call, Email, or Meeting. Limit: 255 characters.

Authentication

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

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