Send Single Email with Postmark API on Monthly Schedule from Schedule API

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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the Monthly Schedule trigger
1. Connect your Schedule account
2. Configure Cron Schedule
Configure the Send Single Email action
1. Configure Subject
2. Optional- Configure HTML Body
3. Optional- Configure Text Body
4. Connect your Postmark account
5. Configure "From" email address
6. Configure Recipient email address(es)
7. Optional- Configure CC email address(es)
8. Optional- Configure BCC email address(es)
9. Optional- Configure Tag
10. Optional- Configure "Reply To" email address
11. Optional- Configure Custom Headers
12. Optional- Configure Track Opens
13. Optional- Select a Track Links
14. Optional- Configure Attachments
15. Optional- Configure Metadata
16. Optional- Configure Message stream
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#

Monthly Schedule on Schedule

Description:Trigger your workflow on one or more days each month at a specific time (with timezone support).

Version:0.0.2

Key:schedule-monthly

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Schedule Overview#

With Schedule - A trigger provided by Pipedream - You can easily build
automated workflows that run on regular times or intervals. Some examples of
things that you can build using the Schedule API include:

Automated data retrieval from a third-party service, like pulling stats from
your Salesforce account on a set schedule.
Uploading new data sets to a database with a predetermined interval.
Automatic emails to customers or leads at a certain time of the day.
Automating data analysis based on a set schedule.
Automatically optimizing social media postings according to a specified
timeline.
Updating webpages at a certain interval with newly available content.
Re-running reports on a periodic basis.
Refreshing a cache of data at a given frequency.

Trigger Code#

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

export default {
  name: "Monthly Schedule",
  version: "0.0.2",
  key: "schedule-monthly",
  type: "source",
  description: "Trigger your workflow on one or more days each month at a specific time (with timezone support).",
  props: {
    schedule,
    cron: {
      propDefinition: [
        schedule,
        "cron",
      ],
      default: {
        cron: "0 10 1 * *",
      },
    },
  },
};

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
Schedule	`schedule`	`app`	This component uses the Schedule app.
Cron Schedule	`cron`	`$.interface.timer`	Enter a cron expression

Trigger Authentication#

The Schedule API does not require authentication.

About Schedule#

Trigger workflows on an interval or cron schedule.

Action#

Send Single Email on Postmark

Description:Send a single email with Postmark [(See docs here)](https://postmarkapp.com/developer/api/email-api#send-a-single-email)

Version:0.2.0

Key:postmark-send-single-email

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Postmark Overview#

What Is the Postmark API?

The Postmark API enables developers to easily integrate programmatic emailing into their applications. With the API, developers can create, send, and track transactional emails that are designed to enhance user experience and user engagement. The API also provides developers with access to powerful analytics and insights, such as open/click rates, spam complaints, bounces, and unsubscribes.

What Can You Build With the Postmark API?

The Postmark API allows developers to easily incorporate automated email notifications into their applications. Some examples of what you can build using the API are:

Welcome emails
Password reset emails
Email verification reminders
Event notification emails
Automated transactional emails
Billing and invoicing emails
Receipt emails
Email newsletters
Auto-responders and more!

Action Code#

import common from "../common.mjs";

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "postmark-send-single-email",
  name: "Send Single Email",
  description: "Send a single email with Postmark [(See docs here)](https://postmarkapp.com/developer/api/email-api#send-a-single-email)",
  version: "0.2.0",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    subject: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Subject",
      description: "Email subject.",
    },
    htmlBody: {
      type: "string",
      label: "HTML Body",
      description:
        `HTML email message.
        \\
        **Required** if no \`Text Body\` is specified.
        \\
        **Required** to enable \`Open Tracking\`.`,
      optional: true,
    },
    textBody: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Text Body",
      description:
        `Plain text email message.
        \\
        **Required** if no \`HTML Body\` is specified.`,
      optional: true,
    },
    // The above props are intentionally placed first
    ...common.props,
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const data = {
      ...this.getActionRequestCommonData(),
      Subject: this.subject,
      HtmlBody: this.htmlBody,
      TextBody: this.textBody,
    };
    const response = await this.postmark.sendSingleEmail($, data);
    $.export("$summary", "Sent email successfully");
    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
Subject	`subject`	`string`	Email subject.
HTML Body	`htmlBody`	`string`	HTML email message. Required if no `Text Body` is specified. Required to enable `Open Tracking`.
Text Body	`textBody`	`string`	Plain text email message. Required if no `HTML Body` is specified.
Postmark	`postmark`	`app`	This component uses the Postmark app.
"From" email address	`fromEmail`	`string`	The sender email address. Must have a registered and confirmed Sender Signature. To include a name, use the format 'Full Name <sender@domain.com>' for the address.
Recipient email address(es)	`toEmail`	`string`	Recipient email address. Multiple addresses are comma separated. Max 50.
CC email address(es)	`ccEmail`	`string`	Cc recipient email address. Multiple addresses are comma separated. Max 50.
BCC email address(es)	`bccEmail`	`string`	Bcc recipient email address. Multiple addresses are comma separated. Max 50.
Tag	`tag`	`string`	Email tag that allows you to categorize outgoing emails and get detailed statistics.
"Reply To" email address	`replyTo`	`string`	Reply To override email address. Defaults to the Reply To set in the sender signature.
Custom Headers	`customHeaders`	`string[]`	List of custom headers to include.
Track Opens	`trackOpens`	`boolean`	Activate open tracking for this email. Note: the email must have `HTML Body` to enable open tracking.
Track Links	`trackLinks`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`NoneHtmlAndTextHtmlOnlyTextOnly`
Attachments	`attachments`	`string[]`	Each attachment should be a string with the parameters separated by a pipe character `\|`, in the format: `Name\|Content\|ContentType`. Alternatively, you can pass a string representing an object. All three parameters are required: `Name` - the filename with extension, i.e. `readme.txt` `Content` - the base64-encoded string with the binary data for the file, i.e. `dGVzdCBjb250ZW50` `ContentType` - the MIME content type, i.e. `text/plain` Example with pipe-separated parameters: `readme.txt\|dGVzdCBjb250ZW50\|text/plain` Example with JSON-stringified object: `{"Name":"readme.txt","Content":"dGVzdCBjb250ZW50","ContentType":"text/plain"}`
Metadata	`metadata`	`object`	Custom metadata key/value pairs.
Message stream	`messageStream`	`string`	Set message stream ID that's used for sending. If not provided, message will default to the outbound transactional stream.