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Getting Started#

Create a workflow to Track actions your users perform with the Segment API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the Track actions your users perform action
1. Connect your Segment account
2. Optional- Configure Anonymous ID
3. Optional- Configure Context
4. Configure Event Name
5. Optional- Configure Integrations
6. Optional- Configure Event Properties
7. Optional- Configure Timestamp
8. Optional- Configure User ID
Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

Integrations#

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HTTP / Webhook + Segment

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Track actions your users perform with Segment API on New Message in Channel from Discord Bot API

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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.

Track actions your users perform on Segment

Description:Track lets you record the actions your users perform (note requires userId or anonymousId). See the docs [here](https://segment.com/docs/connections/sources/catalog/libraries/server/http-api/#track)

Version:0.3.4

Key:segment-track

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Code#

import segmentApp from "../../segment.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "segment-track",
  name: "Track actions your users perform",
  description: "Track lets you record the actions your users perform (note requires userId or anonymousId). See the docs [here](https://segment.com/docs/connections/sources/catalog/libraries/server/http-api/#track)",
  version: "0.3.4",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    segmentApp,
    anonymousId: {
      propDefinition: [
        segmentApp,
        "anonymousId",
      ],
    },
    context: {
      propDefinition: [
        segmentApp,
        "context",
      ],
    },
    event: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Event Name",
      description: "Name of the action that a user has performed.",
    },
    integrations: {
      propDefinition: [
        segmentApp,
        "integrations",
      ],
    },
    properties: {
      type: "object",
      label: "Event Properties",
      description: "Free-form dictionary of properties of the event, like revenue",
      optional: true,
    },
    timestamp: {
      propDefinition: [
        segmentApp,
        "timestamp",
      ],
    },
    userId: {
      propDefinition: [
        segmentApp,
        "userId",
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    return this.segmentApp.track({
      $,
      data: {
        anonymousId: this.anonymousId,
        context: this.context,
        event: this.event,
        integrations: this.integrations,
        properties: this.properties,
        timestamp: this.timestamp,
        userId: this.userId,
      },
    });
  },
};

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
Segment	`segmentApp`	`app`	This component uses the Segment app.
Anonymous ID	`anonymousId`	`string`	A pseudo-unique substitute for a User ID, for cases when you don't have an absolutely unique identifier. A User ID or an Anonymous ID is required.
Context	`context`	`object`	Dictionary of extra information that provides useful context about a message, but is not directly related to the API call like ip address or locale
Event Name	`event`	`string`	Name of the action that a user has performed.
Integrations	`integrations`	`object`	Dictionary of destinations to either enable or disable
Event Properties	`properties`	`object`	Free-form dictionary of properties of the event, like revenue
Timestamp	`timestamp`	`string`	Timestamp when the message itself took place, defaulted to the current time by the Segment Tracking API. It is an ISO-8601 date string. For example, `2022-04-08T17:32:11.318Z`
User ID	`userId`	`string`	Unique identifier for the user in your database., A User ID or an Anonymous ID is required.

Authentication#

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

Segment's APIs are accessed programmatically using access tokens, as well as write keys.

Access Token

Create access tokens via the Access Management page in your account: https://app.segment.com/{your-workspace-name}/settings/access-management. See "Get a Token" for more details. Please note, that you must be on a Team or Business plan to create an access token.

Write Key

You will also need to find your write key, which is a unique identifier for your Source. To find a write key, you first need to create a non-Cloud Source such as a website, server, or mobile source. (Cloud-sources do not have write keys, as they use a token or key from your account with that service.) Then, in the Source, go to “Settings’, and then go to “API Keys”. See "Locating Your Write Key" for more details.

About Segment#

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Actions#

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Group lets you associate an identified user with a group (note requires userId or anonymousId). See the docs here

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Associate one identity with another with the Segment API

Alias is how you associate one identity with another. See the docs here

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Identify a user, tie them to their actions and record traits about them with the Segment API

Identify lets you tie a user to their actions and record traits about them. It includes a unique User ID and any optional traits you know about them (note requires userId or anonymousId). See the docs here

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Record page views on your website with the Segment API

The page method lets you record page views on your website, along with optional extra information about the page being viewed (note requires userId or anonymousId). See the docs here

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Record whenever a user sees a screen with the Segment API

The screen method let you record whenever a user sees a screen of your mobile app (note requires userId or anonymousId). See the docs here

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