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Getting Started

This integration creates a workflow with a Twilio SendGrid trigger and Octopush SMS 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 Contact trigger
    1. Connect your Twilio SendGrid account
    2. Configure timer
  3. Configure the Send New SMS action
    1. Connect your Octopush SMS account
    2. Configure Text
    3. Configure Phone Number
    4. Configure First Name
    5. Configure Last Name
    6. Select a Type
    7. Optional- Configure Sender
    8. Optional- Configure Send At
    9. Optional- Select a Purpose
    10. Optional- Configure With Replies
    11. Optional- Configure Simulation Mode
  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 event when a new contact is created
Version:0.0.6
Key:sendgrid-new-contact

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.
LabelPropTypeDescription
N/Adb$.service.dbThis component uses $.service.db to maintain state between executions.
Twilio SendGridsendgridappThis component uses the Twilio SendGrid app.
timer$.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

Description:Sends a new SMS using Octopush SMS. [See the documentation](https://dev.octopush.com/en/sms-gateway-api-documentation/send-sms/)
Version:0.0.1
Key:octopush_sms-send-new-sms

Octopush SMS Overview

The Octopush SMS API lets you programmatically send text messages, providing a powerful way to reach out to customers directly on their phones. With Pipedream, you can create workflows that trigger SMS sending via Octopush based on various events, streamlining communication processes. You could use this API to send alerts, reminders, verification codes, or marketing messages, and integrate with other apps to respond to emails, form submissions, or updates in a CRM.

Action Code

import octopush from "../../octopush_sms.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "octopush_sms-send-new-sms",
  name: "Send New SMS",
  description: "Sends a new SMS using Octopush SMS. [See the documentation](https://dev.octopush.com/en/sms-gateway-api-documentation/send-sms/)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    octopush,
    text: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Text",
      description: "The message text (from 1 to 1224 characters).",
    },
    phone: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Phone Number",
      description: "Phone number of the recipient",
    },
    firstName: {
      type: "string",
      label: "First Name",
      description: "First name of the recipient",
    },
    lastName: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Last Name",
      description: "Last name of the recipient",
    },
    type: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Type",
      description: "Campaign Type",
      options: [
        "sms_premium",
        "sms_low_cost",
      ],
    },
    sender: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Sender",
      description: "Sender of the message (if the user allows it), 3-11 alphanumeric characters (a-zA-Z0-9)",
      optional: true,
    },
    sendAt: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Send At",
      description: "When you want to send the sms campaign. Format: DateTime ISO8601 (for ex: “2018-10-03T07:42:39-07:00”)",
      optional: true,
    },
    purpose: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Purpose",
      description: "Campaign purpose",
      options: [
        "alert",
        "wholesale",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    withReplies: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "With Replies",
      description: "Set to `true` to get back recipient replies",
      optional: true,
    },
    simulationMode: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Simulation Mode",
      description: "If this value is `true`, your request will be simulated, and you will receive a fake result",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const response = await this.octopush.sendSMS({
      $,
      data: {
        text: this.text,
        recipients: [
          {
            phone_number: this.phone,
            first_name: this.firstName,
            last_name: this.lastName,
          },
        ],
        type: this.type,
        send_at: this.sendAt,
        purpose: this.purpose,
        with_replies: this.withReplies,
        simulation_mode: this.simulationMode,
      },
    });
    $.export("$summary", "Successfully send new SMS.");
    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.

LabelPropTypeDescription
Octopush SMSoctopushappThis component uses the Octopush SMS app.
Texttextstring

The message text (from 1 to 1224 characters).

Phone Numberphonestring

Phone number of the recipient

First NamefirstNamestring

First name of the recipient

Last NamelastNamestring

Last name of the recipient

TypetypestringSelect a value from the drop down menu:sms_premiumsms_low_cost
Sendersenderstring

Sender of the message (if the user allows it), 3-11 alphanumeric characters (a-zA-Z0-9)

Send AtsendAtstring

When you want to send the sms campaign. Format: DateTime ISO8601 (for ex: “2018-10-03T07:42:39-07:00”)

PurposepurposestringSelect a value from the drop down menu:alertwholesale
With ReplieswithRepliesboolean

Set to true to get back recipient replies

Simulation ModesimulationModeboolean

If this value is true, your request will be simulated, and you will receive a fake result

Action Authentication

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

You can get your API Login and Key under API & Integrations > HTTP API Credentials.

About Octopush SMS

SMS Marketing software.

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