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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Contact trigger
1. Connect your Twilio SendGrid account
2. Configure timer
Configure the Mail Postcard action
1. Connect your DocuPost account
2. Configure Front Image URL
3. Configure Back Image URL
4. Configure Recipient's Name
5. Configure Recipient's Address Line 1
6. Optional- Configure Recipient's Address Line 2
7. Configure Recipient's City
8. Select a Recipient's State
9. Configure Recipient's Postal Code
10. Configure Sender's Name
11. Configure Sender's Address Line 1
12. Optional- Configure Sender's Address Line 2
13. Configure Sender's City
14. Select a Sender's State
15. Configure Sender's Postal Code
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 Contact on Twilio SendGrid

Description:Emit new event when a new contact is created

Version:0.0.6

Key:sendgrid-new-contact

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Twilio SendGrid Overview#

The Twilio SendGrid API opens up a world of possibilities for email automation, enabling you to send emails efficiently and track their performance. With this API, you can programmatically create and send personalized email campaigns, manage contacts, and parse inbound emails for data extraction. When you harness the power of Pipedream, you can connect SendGrid to hundreds of other apps to automate workflows, such as triggering email notifications based on specific actions, syncing email stats with your analytics, or handling incoming emails to create tasks or tickets.

Trigger Code#

import orderBy from "lodash/orderBy.js";
import common from "../common/timer-based.mjs";

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "sendgrid-new-contact",
  name: "New Contact",
  description: "Emit new event when a new contact is created",
  version: "0.0.6",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  hooks: {
    async activate() {
      const currentTimestamp = Date.now();
      const state = {
        processedItems: [],
        lowerTimestamp: currentTimestamp,
        upperTimestamp: currentTimestamp,
      };
      this.db.set("state", state);
    },
  },
  methods: {
    ...common.methods,
    _maxDelayTime() {
      // There is no report from SendGrid as to how much time it takes
      // for a contact to be created and appear in search results, so
      // we're using a rough estimate of 30 minutes here.
      return 30 * 60 * 1000;  // 30 minutes, in milliseconds
    },
    _addDelayOffset(timestamp) {
      return timestamp - this._maxDelayTime();
    },
    _cleanupOldProcessedItems(processedItems, currentTimestamp) {
      return processedItems
        .map((item) => ({
          // We just need to keep track of the record ID and
          // its creation date.
          id: item.id,
          created_at: item.created_at,
        }))
        .filter((item) => {
          const { created_at: createdAt } = item;
          const createdAtTimestamp = Date.parse(createdAt);
          const cutoffTimestamp = this._addDelayOffset(currentTimestamp);
          return createdAtTimestamp > cutoffTimestamp;
        });
    },
    _makeSearchQuery(processedItems, lowerTimestamp, upperTimestamp) {
      const idList = processedItems
        .map((item) => item.id)
        .map((id) => `'${id}'`)
        .join(", ")
      || "''";
      const startTimestamp = this._addDelayOffset(lowerTimestamp);
      const startDate = this.toISOString(startTimestamp);
      const endDate = this.toISOString(upperTimestamp);
      return `
        contact_id NOT IN (${idList}) AND
        created_at BETWEEN
          TIMESTAMP '${startDate}' AND
          TIMESTAMP '${endDate}'
      `;
    },
    generateMeta(data) {
      const {
        item,
        eventTimestamp: ts,
      } = data;
      const {
        id,
        email,
      } = item;
      const slugifiedEmail = this.slugifyEmail(email);
      const summary = `New contact: ${slugifiedEmail}`;
      return {
        id,
        summary,
        ts,
      };
    },
    async processEvent(event) {
      // Transform the timer timestamp to milliseconds
      // to be consistent with how Javascript handles timestamps.
      const eventTimestamp = event.timestamp * 1000;

      // Retrieve the current state of the component.
      const {
        processedItems,
        lowerTimestamp,
        upperTimestamp,
      } = this.db.get("state");

      // Search for contacts within a specific timeframe, excluding
      // items that have already been processed.
      const query = this._makeSearchQuery(processedItems, lowerTimestamp, upperTimestamp);
      const {
        result: items,
        contact_count: contactCount,
      } = await this.sendgrid.searchContacts(query);

      // If no contacts have been retrieved via the API,
      // move the time window forward to possibly capture newer contacts.
      if (contactCount === 0) {
        const newState = {
          processedItems: this._cleanupOldProcessedItems(processedItems, lowerTimestamp),
          lowerTimestamp: upperTimestamp,
          upperTimestamp: eventTimestamp,
        };
        this.db.set("state", newState);
        return;
      }

      // We process the searched records from oldest to newest.
      const itemsToProcess = orderBy(items, "created_at");
      itemsToProcess
        .forEach((item) => {
          const meta = this.generateMeta({
            item,
            eventTimestamp,
          });
          this.$emit(item, meta);
        });

      // Use the timestamp of the last processed record as a lower bound for
      // following searches. This bound will be subjected to an offset so in
      // case older records appear in future search results, but have not
      // appeared until now, can be processed. We only adjust it if it means
      // moving forward, not backwards. Otherwise, we might start retrieving
      // older and older records indefinitely (and we're all about *new*
      // records!)
      const newLowerTimestamp = Math.max(
        lowerTimestamp,
        Date.parse(itemsToProcess[0].created_at),
      );

      // If the total contact count is less than 100, it means that during the
      // next iteration the search results count will most likely be less than
      // 50. In that case, if we extend the upper bound of the search time range
      // we might be able to retrieve more records.
      const newUpperTimestamp = contactCount < 100
        ? eventTimestamp
        : upperTimestamp;

      // The list of processed items can grow indefinitely.
      // Since we don't want to keep track of every processed record
      // ever, we need to clean up this list, removing any records
      // that are no longer relevant.
      const newProcessedItems = this._cleanupOldProcessedItems(
        [
          ...processedItems,
          ...itemsToProcess,
        ],
        newLowerTimestamp,
      );

      // Update the state of the component to reflect the computations
      // made above.
      const newState = {
        processedItems: newProcessedItems,
        lowerTimestamp: newLowerTimestamp,
        upperTimestamp: newUpperTimestamp,
      };
      this.db.set("state", newState);
    },
  },
};

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
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
Twilio SendGrid	`sendgrid`	`app`	This component uses the Twilio SendGrid app.
	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`

Trigger Authentication#

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

About Twilio SendGrid#

Send marketing and transactional email through the Twilio SendGrid platform with the Email API, proprietary mail transfer agent, and infrastructure for scalable delivery.

Action#

Mail Postcard on DocuPost

Description:Dispatches a glossy, color 4x6 postcard via the US Postal Service. [See the documentation](https://help.docupost.com/help/send-postcard-api)

Version:0.0.1

Key:docupost-mail-postcard

View on GitHub

DocuPost Overview#

The DocuPost API enables automated mail handling, offering services like sending letters, postcards, and checks via a programmatic interface. Within Pipedream, you can harness this API to create dynamic, serverless workflows that trigger postal mail actions based on various events from a plethora of supported apps. Think of automating thank-you notes, payment disbursements, or direct mail marketing campaigns, all reacting in real-time to user behavior, payment events, or custom triggers.

Action Code#

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

export default {
  key: "docupost-mail-postcard",
  name: "Mail Postcard",
  description: "Dispatches a glossy, color 4x6 postcard via the US Postal Service. [See the documentation](https://help.docupost.com/help/send-postcard-api)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    app,
    frontImage: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Front Image URL",
      description: "A valid image URL for the front of your postcard. Image should be 1875 x 1275. PNG recommended. Your API request will succeed but your mailing will later fail if the image is the incorrect size.",
    },
    backImage: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Back Image URL",
      description: "A valid image URL for the back of your postcard. Image should be 1875 x 1275. PNG recommended. Your API request will succeed but your mailing will later fail if the image is the incorrect size. Important: Your recipient/sender and postage information will be automatically overlaid onto your image. See [this template](https://docupost.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/postcardtemplateback_ip0jws.png) as an example. ",
    },
    toName: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "toName",
      ],
    },
    toAddress1: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "toAddress1",
      ],
    },
    toAddress2: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "toAddress2",
      ],
    },
    toCity: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "toCity",
      ],
    },
    toState: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "toState",
      ],
    },
    toZip: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "toZip",
      ],
    },
    fromName: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "fromName",
      ],
    },
    fromAddress1: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "fromAddress1",
      ],
    },
    fromAddress2: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "fromAddress2",
      ],
    },
    fromCity: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "fromCity",
      ],
    },
    fromState: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "fromState",
      ],
    },
    fromZip: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "fromZip",
      ],
    },
  },
  methods: {
    sendPostcard(args = {}) {
      return this.app.post({
        path: "/sendpostcard",
        ...args,
      });
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const {
      sendPostcard,
      frontImage,
      backImage,
      toName,
      toAddress1,
      toAddress2,
      toCity,
      toState,
      toZip,
      fromName,
      fromAddress1,
      fromAddress2,
      fromCity,
      fromState,
      fromZip,
    } = this;

    const response = await sendPostcard({
      $,
      params: {
        front_image: frontImage,
        back_image: backImage,
        to_name: toName,
        to_address1: toAddress1,
        to_address2: toAddress2,
        to_city: toCity,
        to_state: toState,
        to_zip: toZip,
        from_name: fromName,
        from_address1: fromAddress1,
        from_address2: fromAddress2,
        from_city: fromCity,
        from_state: fromState,
        from_zip: fromZip,
      },
    });

    $.export("$summary", "Successfully sent postcard");
    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
DocuPost	`app`	`app`	This component uses the DocuPost app.
Front Image URL	`frontImage`	`string`	A valid image URL for the front of your postcard. Image should be 1875 x 1275. PNG recommended. Your API request will succeed but your mailing will later fail if the image is the incorrect size.
Back Image URL	`backImage`	`string`	A valid image URL for the back of your postcard. Image should be 1875 x 1275. PNG recommended. Your API request will succeed but your mailing will later fail if the image is the incorrect size. Important: Your recipient/sender and postage information will be automatically overlaid onto your image. See this template as an example.
Recipient's Name	`toName`	`string`	The name of the recipient (who the letter/postcard is being sent to). Must be less than 40 characters.
Recipient's Address Line 1	`toAddress1`	`string`	The first line of the recipient's address.
Recipient's Address Line 2	`toAddress2`	`string`	The second line of the recipient's address.
Recipient's City	`toCity`	`string`	The city of the recipient.
Recipient's State	`toState`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`{ "label": "Alabama", "value": "AL" }{ "label": "Alaska", "value": "AK" }{ "label": "American Samoa", "value": "AS" }{ "label": "Arizona", "value": "AZ" }{ "label": "Arkansas", "value": "AR" }{ "label": "California", "value": "CA" }{ "label": "Colorado", "value": "CO" }{ "label": "Connecticut", "value": "CT" }{ "label": "Delaware", "value": "DE" }{ "label": "District of Columbia", "value": "DC" }{ "label": "Federated States of Micronesia", "value": "FM" }{ "label": "Florida", "value": "FL" }{ "label": "Georgia", "value": "GA" }{ "label": "Guam", "value": "GU" }{ "label": "Hawaii", "value": "HI" }{ "label": "Idaho", "value": "ID" }{ "label": "Illinois", "value": "IL" }{ "label": "Indiana", "value": "IN" }{ "label": "Iowa", "value": "IA" }{ "label": "Kansas", "value": "KS" }{ "label": "Kentucky", "value": "KY" }{ "label": "Louisiana", "value": "LA" }{ "label": "Maine", "value": "ME" }{ "label": "Marshall Islands", "value": "MH" }{ "label": "Maryland", "value": "MD" }{ "label": "Massachusetts", "value": "MA" }{ "label": "Michigan", "value": "MI" }{ "label": "Minnesota", "value": "MN" }{ "label": "Mississippi", "value": "MS" }{ "label": "Missouri", "value": "MO" }{ "label": "Montana", "value": "MT" }{ "label": "Nebraska", "value": "NE" }{ "label": "Nevada", "value": "NV" }{ "label": "New Hampshire", "value": "NH" }{ "label": "New Jersey", "value": "NJ" }{ "label": "New Mexico", "value": "NM" }{ "label": "New York", "value": "NY" }{ "label": "North Carolina", "value": "NC" }{ "label": "North Dakota", "value": "ND" }{ "label": "Northern Mariana Islands", "value": "MP" }{ "label": "Ohio", "value": "OH" }{ "label": "Oklahoma", "value": "OK" }{ "label": "Oregon", "value": "OR" }{ "label": "Palau", "value": "PW" }{ "label": "Pennsylvania", "value": "PA" }{ "label": "Puerto Rico", "value": "PR" }{ "label": "Rhode Island", "value": "RI" }{ "label": "South Carolina", "value": "SC" }{ "label": "South Dakota", "value": "SD" }{ "label": "Tennessee", "value": "TN" }{ "label": "Texas", "value": "TX" }{ "label": "Utah", "value": "UT" }{ "label": "Vermont", "value": "VT" }{ "label": "Virgin Islands", "value": "VI" }{ "label": "Virginia", "value": "VA" }{ "label": "Washington", "value": "WA" }{ "label": "West Virginia", "value": "WV" }{ "label": "Wisconsin", "value": "WI" }{ "label": "Wyoming", "value": "WY" }{ "label": "Armed Forces Europe, the Middle East, and Canada", "value": "AE" }{ "label": "Armed Forces Pacific", "value": "AP" }{ "label": "Armed Forces Americas (except Canada)", "value": "AA" }{ "label": "North", "value": "N" }{ "label": "East", "value": "E" }{ "label": "South", "value": "S" }{ "label": "West", "value": "W" }{ "label": "Northeast", "value": "NE" }{ "label": "Southeast", "value": "SE" }{ "label": "Northwest", "value": "NW" }{ "label": "Southwest", "value": "SW" }`
Recipient's Postal Code	`toZip`	`string`	The 5-digit postal code for the recipient.
Sender's Name	`fromName`	`string`	Your sender/return address name. Must be less than 40 characters.
Sender's Address Line 1	`fromAddress1`	`string`	The first line of your sender/return address.
Sender's Address Line 2	`fromAddress2`	`string`	The second line of your sender/return address.
Sender's City	`fromCity`	`string`	The city of your sender/return address.
Sender's State	`fromState`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`{ "label": "Alabama", "value": "AL" }{ "label": "Alaska", "value": "AK" }{ "label": "American Samoa", "value": "AS" }{ "label": "Arizona", "value": "AZ" }{ "label": "Arkansas", "value": "AR" }{ "label": "California", "value": "CA" }{ "label": "Colorado", "value": "CO" }{ "label": "Connecticut", "value": "CT" }{ "label": "Delaware", "value": "DE" }{ "label": "District of Columbia", "value": "DC" }{ "label": "Federated States of Micronesia", "value": "FM" }{ "label": "Florida", "value": "FL" }{ "label": "Georgia", "value": "GA" }{ "label": "Guam", "value": "GU" }{ "label": "Hawaii", "value": "HI" }{ "label": "Idaho", "value": "ID" }{ "label": "Illinois", "value": "IL" }{ "label": "Indiana", "value": "IN" }{ "label": "Iowa", "value": "IA" }{ "label": "Kansas", "value": "KS" }{ "label": "Kentucky", "value": "KY" }{ "label": "Louisiana", "value": "LA" }{ "label": "Maine", "value": "ME" }{ "label": "Marshall Islands", "value": "MH" }{ "label": "Maryland", "value": "MD" }{ "label": "Massachusetts", "value": "MA" }{ "label": "Michigan", "value": "MI" }{ "label": "Minnesota", "value": "MN" }{ "label": "Mississippi", "value": "MS" }{ "label": "Missouri", "value": "MO" }{ "label": "Montana", "value": "MT" }{ "label": "Nebraska", "value": "NE" }{ "label": "Nevada", "value": "NV" }{ "label": "New Hampshire", "value": "NH" }{ "label": "New Jersey", "value": "NJ" }{ "label": "New Mexico", "value": "NM" }{ "label": "New York", "value": "NY" }{ "label": "North Carolina", "value": "NC" }{ "label": "North Dakota", "value": "ND" }{ "label": "Northern Mariana Islands", "value": "MP" }{ "label": "Ohio", "value": "OH" }{ "label": "Oklahoma", "value": "OK" }{ "label": "Oregon", "value": "OR" }{ "label": "Palau", "value": "PW" }{ "label": "Pennsylvania", "value": "PA" }{ "label": "Puerto Rico", "value": "PR" }{ "label": "Rhode Island", "value": "RI" }{ "label": "South Carolina", "value": "SC" }{ "label": "South Dakota", "value": "SD" }{ "label": "Tennessee", "value": "TN" }{ "label": "Texas", "value": "TX" }{ "label": "Utah", "value": "UT" }{ "label": "Vermont", "value": "VT" }{ "label": "Virgin Islands", "value": "VI" }{ "label": "Virginia", "value": "VA" }{ "label": "Washington", "value": "WA" }{ "label": "West Virginia", "value": "WV" }{ "label": "Wisconsin", "value": "WI" }{ "label": "Wyoming", "value": "WY" }{ "label": "Armed Forces Europe, the Middle East, and Canada", "value": "AE" }{ "label": "Armed Forces Pacific", "value": "AP" }{ "label": "Armed Forces Americas (except Canada)", "value": "AA" }{ "label": "North", "value": "N" }{ "label": "East", "value": "E" }{ "label": "South", "value": "S" }{ "label": "West", "value": "W" }{ "label": "Northeast", "value": "NE" }{ "label": "Southeast", "value": "SE" }{ "label": "Northwest", "value": "NW" }{ "label": "Southwest", "value": "SW" }`
Sender's Postal Code	`fromZip`	`string`	The 5-digit postal code for your sender/return address.