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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Message In Channels (Instant) trigger
1. Connect your Slack account
2. Optional- Select one or more Channels
3. Configure slackApphook
4. Optional- Configure Resolve Names
5. Optional- Configure Ignore Bots
6. Optional- Configure Ignore replies in threads
Configure the Create Tracking action
1. Connect your AfterShip account
2. Configure Tracking Number
3. Optional- Configure Slug
4. Optional- Configure Title
5. Optional- Configure SMSes
6. Optional- Configure Emails
7. Optional- Configure Customer Name
8. Optional- Configure Order ID
9. Optional- Configure Order ID Path
10. Optional- Configure Custom Fields
11. Optional- Configure Order Number
12. Optional- Select a Language
13. Optional- Configure Order Promised Delivery Date
14. Optional- Select a Delivery Type
15. Optional- Configure Pickup location
16. Optional- Configure Pickup Note
17. Optional- Configure Tracking Account Number
18. Optional- Configure Tracking Key
19. Optional- Configure Tracking Ship Date
20. Optional- Configure Origin Country ISO3
21. Optional- Configure Origin State
22. Optional- Configure Origin City
23. Optional- Configure Origin Postal Code
24. Optional- Configure Origin Raw Location
25. Optional- Configure Destination Country ISO3
26. Optional- Configure Destination State
27. Optional- Configure Destination City
28. Optional- Configure Note
29. Optional- Configure Order Date
30. Optional- Configure Shipment Type
31. Optional- Configure Shipment Tags
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 Message In Channels (Instant) on Slack

Description:Emit new event when a new message is posted to one or more channels

Version:1.0.21

Key:slack-new-message-in-channels

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Slack Overview#

The Pipedream Slack app enables you to build event-driven workflows that interact with the Slack API. Once you authorize the Pipedream app's access to your workspace, you can use Pipedream workflows to perform common Slack actions or write your own code against the Slack API.

The Pipedream Slack app is not a typical app. You don't interact with it directly as a bot, and it doesn't add custom functionality to your workspace out of the box. It makes it easier to automate anything you'd typically use the Slack API for, using Pipedream workflows.

Automate posting updates to your team channels
Create a bot to answer common questions
Integrate with your existing tools and services
And much more!

Trigger Code#

import common from "../common/base.mjs";
import constants from "../common/constants.mjs";
import sampleEmit from "./test-event.mjs";

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "slack-new-message-in-channels",
  name: "New Message In Channels (Instant)",
  version: "1.0.21",
  description: "Emit new event when a new message is posted to one or more channels",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    ...common.props,
    conversations: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.slack,
        "conversation",
      ],
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Channels",
      description: "Select one or more channels to monitor for new messages.",
      optional: true,
    },
    // eslint-disable-next-line pipedream/props-description,pipedream/props-label
    slackApphook: {
      type: "$.interface.apphook",
      appProp: "slack",
      async eventNames() {
        return this.conversations || [
          "message",
        ];
      },
    },
    resolveNames: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.slack,
        "resolveNames",
      ],
    },
    ignoreBot: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.slack,
        "ignoreBot",
      ],
    },
    ignoreThreads: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Ignore replies in threads",
      description: "Ignore replies to messages in threads",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  methods: {
    ...common.methods,
    getSummary() {
      return "New message in channel";
    },
    async processEvent(event) {
      if (event.type !== "message") {
        console.log(`Ignoring event with unexpected type "${event.type}"`);
        return;
      }
      if (event.subtype && !constants.ALLOWED_MESSAGE_IN_CHANNEL_SUBTYPES.includes(event.subtype)) {
        // This source is designed to just emit an event for each new message received.
        // Due to inconsistencies with the shape of message_changed and message_deleted
        // events, we are ignoring them for now. If you want to handle these types of
        // events, feel free to change this code!!
        console.log("Ignoring message with subtype.");
        return;
      }
      if ((this.ignoreBot) && (event.subtype == "bot_message" || event.bot_id)) {
        return;
      }
      // There is no thread message type only the thread_ts field
      // indicates if the message is part of a thread in the event.
      if (this.ignoreThreads && event.thread_ts) {
        console.log("Ignoring reply in thread");
        return;
      }
      if (this.resolveNames) {
        if (event.user) {
          event.user_id = event.user;
          event.user = await this.getUserName(event.user);
        } else if (event.bot_id) {
          event.bot = await this.getBotName(event.bot_id);
        }
        event.channel_id = event.channel;
        event.channel = await this.getConversationName(event.channel);
        if (event.team) {
          event.team_id = event.team;
          event.team = await this.getTeamName(event.team);
        }
      }
      return event;
    },
  },
  sampleEmit,
};

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
Slack	`slack`	`app`	This component uses the Slack app.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
Channels	`conversations`	`string[]`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
	`slackApphook`	`$.interface.apphook`
Resolve Names	`resolveNames`	`boolean`	Instead of returning `channel`, `team`, and `user` as IDs, return their human-readable names.
Ignore Bots	`ignoreBot`	`boolean`	Ignore messages from bots
Ignore replies in threads	`ignoreThreads`	`boolean`	Ignore replies to messages in threads

Trigger Authentication#

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

Pipedream requests the following authorization scopes when you connect your account:

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About Slack#

Slack is a channel-based messaging platform. With Slack, people can work together more effectively, connect all their software tools and services, and find the information they need to do their best work — all within a secure, enterprise-grade environment.

Action#

Create Tracking on AfterShip

Description:Creates a tracking. [See the documentation](https://www.aftership.com/docs/api/4/trackings/post-trackings)

Version:0.1.0

Key:aftership-create-tracking

View on GitHub

AfterShip Overview#

The AfterShip API on Pipedream allows you to seamlessly track shipments across various carriers, get real-time updates, and manage delivery exceptions. It's a gold mine for automating post-purchase customer communication and optimizing logistics operations. By integrating with AfterShip, you can create workflows that trigger upon shipment status changes, delays, or successful deliveries, and connect these events with other apps to streamline your e-commerce processes.

Action Code#

import aftership from "../../aftership.app.mjs";
import { ConfigurationError } from "@pipedream/platform";
import common from "../common/common.mjs";

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "aftership-create-tracking",
  name: "Create Tracking",
  description: "Creates a tracking. [See the documentation](https://www.aftership.com/docs/api/4/trackings/post-trackings)",
  version: "0.1.0",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    aftership,
    trackingNumber: {
      propDefinition: [
        aftership,
        "trackingNumber",
      ],
    },
    ...common.props,
    shipmentTags: {
      propDefinition: [
        aftership,
        "shipmentTags",
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    if (this.trackingNumber.length < 4 || this.trackingNumber.length > 100) {
      throw new ConfigurationError("We only accept tracking numbers with length from 4 to 100");
    }
    const response = await this.aftership.createTracking({
      $,
      data: {
        tracking: this.getData(),
      },
    });

    $.export("$summary", `Successfully created tracking with ID ${response.data.tracking.id}`);
    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
AfterShip	`aftership`	`app`	This component uses the AfterShip app.
Tracking Number	`trackingNumber`	`string`	The tracking number of the shipment.
Slug	`slug`	`string`	The unique code of the courier. Get courier codes here.
Title	`title`	`string`	By default this field shows the `tracking_number`, but you can customize it as you wish with any info (e.g. the order number).
SMSes	`smses`	`string[]`	The phone number(s) to receive sms notifications. Enter `+` andarea `code before` phone number. Accept either array or comma separated as input. Supports up to 3 phone numbers.
Emails	`emails`	`string[]`	Email address(es) to receive email notifications. Accept either array or comma separated as input. Supports up to 3 email addresses.
Customer Name	`customerName`	`string`	Customer name of the tracking.
Order ID	`orderId`	`string`	A globally-unique identifier for the order.
Order ID Path	`orderIdPath`	`string`	The URL for the order in your system or store.
Custom Fields	`customFields`	`object`	Custom fields that accept an object with string field. In order to protect the privacy of your customers, do not include any personal data in custom fields.
Order Number	`orderNumber`	`string`	A unique, human-readable identifier for the order.
Language	`language`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`{ "value": "ab", "label": "Abkhazian" }{ "value": "aa", "label": "Afar" }{ "value": "af", "label": "Afrikaans" }{ "value": "ak", "label": "Akan" }{ "value": "sq", "label": "Albanian" }{ "value": "am", "label": "Amharic" }{ "value": "ar", "label": "Arabic" }{ "value": "an", "label": "Aragonese" }{ "value": "hy", "label": "Armenian" }{ "value": "as", "label": "Assamese" }{ "value": "av", "label": "Avaric" }{ "value": "ae", "label": "Avestan" }{ "value": "ay", "label": "Aymara" }{ "value": "az", "label": "Azerbaijani" }{ "value": "bm", "label": "Bambara" }{ "value": "ba", "label": "Bashkir" }{ "value": "eu", "label": "Basque" }{ "value": "be", "label": "Belarusian" }{ "value": "bn", "label": "Bengali (Bangla)" }{ "value": "bh", "label": "Bihari" }{ "value": "bi", "label": "Bislama" }{ "value": "bs", "label": "Bosnian" }{ "value": "br", "label": "Breton" }{ "value": "bg", "label": "Bulgarian" }{ "value": "my", "label": "Burmese" }{ "value": "ca", "label": "Catalan" }{ "value": "ch", "label": "Chamorro" }{ "value": "ce", "label": "Chechen" }{ "value": "ny", "label": "Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja" }{ "value": "zh", "label": "Chinese" }{ "value": "zh-Hans", "label": "Chinese (Simplified)" }{ "value": "zh-Hant", "label": "Chinese (Traditional)" }{ "value": "cv", "label": "Chuvash" }{ "value": "kw", "label": "Cornish" }{ "value": "co", "label": "Corsican" }{ "value": "cr", "label": "Cree" }{ "value": "hr", "label": "Croatian" }{ "value": "cs", "label": "Czech" }{ "value": "da", "label": "Danish" }{ "value": "dv", "label": "Divehi, Dhivehi, Maldivian" }{ "value": "nl", "label": "Dutch" }{ "value": "dz", "label": "Dzongkha" }{ "value": "en", "label": "English" }{ "value": "eo", "label": "Esperanto" }{ "value": "et", "label": "Estonian" }{ "value": "ee", "label": "Ewe" }{ "value": "fo", "label": "Faroese" }{ "value": "fj", "label": "Fijian" }{ "value": "fi", "label": "Finnish" }{ "value": "fr", "label": "French" }{ "value": "ff", "label": "Fula, Fulah, Pulaar, Pular" }{ "value": "gl", "label": "Galician" }{ "value": "gd", "label": "Gaelic (Scottish)" }{ "value": "gv", "label": "Gaelic (Manx), Manx" }{ "value": "ka", "label": "Georgian" }{ "value": "de", "label": "German" }{ "value": "el", "label": "Greek" }{ "value": "kl", "label": "Kalaallisut, Greenlandic" }{ "value": "gn", "label": "Guarani" }{ "value": "gu", "label": "Gujarati" }{ "value": "ht", "label": "Haitian Creole" }{ "value": "ha", "label": "Hausa" }{ "value": "he", "label": "Hebrew" }{ "value": "hz", "label": "Herero" }{ "value": "hi", "label": "Hindi" }{ "value": "ho", "label": "Hiri motu" }{ "value": "hu", "label": "Hungarian" }{ "value": "is", "label": "Icelandic" }{ "value": "io", "label": "Ido" }{ "value": "ig", "label": "Igbo" }{ "value": "id", "label": "Indonesian" }{ "value": "ia", "label": "Interlingua" }{ "value": "ie", "label": "Interlingue" }{ "value": "iu", "label": "Inuktitut" }{ "value": "ik", "label": "Inupiak" }{ "value": "ga", "label": "Irish" }{ "value": "it", "label": "Italian" }{ "value": "ja", "label": "Japanese" }{ "value": "jv", "label": "Javanese" }{ "value": "kn", "label": "Kannada" }{ "value": "kr", "label": "Kanuri" }{ "value": "ks", "label": "Kashmiri" }{ "value": "kk", "label": "Kazakh" }{ "value": "km", "label": "Khmer" }{ "value": "ki", "label": "Kikuyu" }{ "value": "rw", "label": "Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)" }{ "value": "rn", "label": "Kirundi" }{ "value": "ky", "label": "Kyrgyz" }{ "value": "kv", "label": "Komi" }{ "value": "kg", "label": "Kongo" }{ "value": "ko", "label": "Korean" }{ "value": "ku", "label": "Kurdish" }{ "value": "kj", "label": "Kwanyama" }{ "value": "lo", "label": "Lao" }{ "value": "la", "label": "Latin" }{ "value": "lv", "label": "Latvian (Lettish)" }{ "value": "li", "label": "Limburgish ( Limburger)" }{ "value": "ln", "label": "Lingala" }{ "value": "lt", "label": "Lithuanian" }{ "value": "lu", "label": "Luga-Katanga" }{ "value": "lg", "label": "Luganda, Ganda" }{ "value": "lb", "label": "Luxembourgish" }{ "value": "mk", "label": "Macedonian" }{ "value": "mg", "label": "Malagasy" }{ "value": "ms", "label": "Malay" }{ "value": "ml", "label": "Malayalam" }{ "value": "mt", "label": "Maltese" }{ "value": "mi", "label": "Maori" }{ "value": "mr", "label": "Marathi" }{ "value": "mh", "label": "Marshallese" }{ "value": "mn", "label": "Mongolian" }{ "value": "na", "label": "Nauru" }{ "value": "nv", "label": "Navajo" }{ "value": "ng", "label": "Ndonga" }{ "value": "nd", "label": "Northern Ndebele" }{ "value": "ne", "label": "Nepali" }{ "value": "no", "label": "Norwegian" }{ "value": "nb", "label": "Norwegian bokmål" }{ "value": "nn", "label": "Norwegian nynorsk" }{ "value": "ii", "label": "Nuosu, Sichuan Yi" }{ "value": "oc", "label": "Occitan" }{ "value": "oj", "label": "Ojibwe" }{ "value": "cu", "label": "Old Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian" }{ "value": "or", "label": "Oriya" }{ "value": "om", "label": "Oromo (Afaan Oromo)" }{ "value": "os", "label": "Ossetian" }{ "value": "pi", "label": "Pāli" }{ "value": "ps", "label": "Pashto, Pushto" }{ "value": "fa", "label": "Persian (Farsi)" }{ "value": "pl", "label": "Polish" }{ "value": "pt", "label": "Portuguese" }{ "value": "pa", "label": "Punjabi (Eastern)" }{ "value": "qu", "label": "Quechua" }{ "value": "rm", "label": "Romansh" }{ "value": "ro", "label": "Romanian" }{ "value": "ru", "label": "Russian" }{ "value": "se", "label": "Sami" }{ "value": "sm", "label": "Samoan" }{ "value": "sg", "label": "Sango" }{ "value": "sa", "label": "Sanskrit" }{ "value": "sr", "label": "Serbian" }{ "value": "st", "label": "Sesotho" }{ "value": "tn", "label": "Setswana" }{ "value": "sn", "label": "Shona" }{ "value": "sd", "label": "Sindhi" }{ "value": "si", "label": "Sinhalese" }{ "value": "ss", "label": "Siswati, Swati" }{ "value": "sk", "label": "Slovak" }{ "value": "sl", "label": "Slovenian" }{ "value": "so", "label": "Somali" }{ "value": "nr", "label": "Southern Ndebele" }{ "value": "es", "label": "Spanish" }{ "value": "su", "label": "Sundanese" }{ "value": "sw", "label": "Swahili (Kiswahili)" }{ "value": "sv", "label": "Swedish" }{ "value": "tl", "label": "Tagalog" }{ "value": "ty", "label": "Tahitian" }{ "value": "tg", "label": "Tajik" }{ "value": "ta", "label": "Tamil" }{ "value": "tt", "label": "Tatar" }{ "value": "te", "label": "Telugu" }{ "value": "th", "label": "Thai" }{ "value": "bo", "label": "Tibetan" }{ "value": "ti", "label": "Tigrinya" }{ "value": "to", "label": "Tonga" }{ "value": "ts", "label": "Tsonga" }{ "value": "tr", "label": "Turkish" }{ "value": "tk", "label": "Turkmen" }{ "value": "tw", "label": "Twi" }{ "value": "ug", "label": "Uyghur" }{ "value": "uk", "label": "Ukrainian" }{ "value": "ur", "label": "Urdu" }{ "value": "uz", "label": "Uzbek" }{ "value": "ve", "label": "Venda" }{ "value": "vi", "label": "Vietnamese" }{ "value": "vo", "label": "Volapük" }{ "value": "wa", "label": "Wallon" }{ "value": "cy", "label": "Welsh" }{ "value": "wo", "label": "Wolof" }{ "value": "fy", "label": "Western Frisian" }{ "value": "xh", "label": "Xhosa" }{ "value": "yi", "label": "Yiddish" }{ "value": "yo", "label": "Yoruba" }{ "value": "za", "label": "Zhuang, Chuang" }{ "value": "zu", "label": "Zulu" }`
Order Promised Delivery Date	`orderPromisedDeliveryDate`	`string`	The promised delivery date of the order. It uses the format `YYYY-MM-DD`.
Delivery Type	`deliveryType`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`pickup_at_storepickup_at_courierdoor_to_door`
Pickup location	`pickupLocation`	`string`	Shipment pickup location for receiver.
Pickup Note	`pickupNote`	`string`	Shipment pickup note for receiver.
Tracking Account Number	`trackingAccountNumber`	`string`	The shipper's carrier account number. Refer to this article on additional tracking fields for more details.
Tracking Key	`trackingKey`	`string`	A type of tracking credential required by some carriers. Refer to this article on additional tracking fields for more details.
Tracking Ship Date	`trackingShipDate`	`string`	The date the shipment was sent, using the format `YYYYMMDD`. Refer to this article on additional tracking fields for more details.
Origin Country ISO3	`originCountryIso3`	`string`	The ISO Alpha-3 code (3 letters) for the origin country/region. E.g. `USA` for the United States. This can help AfterShip with various functions like tracking, carrier auto-detection and auto-correction, calculating an EDD, etc.
Origin State	`originState`	`string`	The state of the sender's address. This can help AfterShip with various functions like tracking, carrier auto-detection and auto-correction, calculating an EDD, etc.
Origin City	`originCity`	`string`	The city of the sender's address. This can help AfterShip with various functions like tracking, carrier auto-detection and auto-correction, calculating an EDD, etc.
Origin Postal Code	`originPostalCode`	`string`	The postal of the sender's address. This can help AfterShip with various functions like tracking, carrier auto-detection and auto-correction, calculating an EDD, etc.
Origin Raw Location	`originRawLocation`	`string`	The sender address that the shipment is shipping from. This can help AfterShip with various functions like tracking, carrier auto-detection and auto-correction, calculating an EDD, etc.
Destination Country ISO3	`destinationCountryIso3`	`string`	The ISO Alpha-3 code (3 letters) for the destination country/region. E.g. `USA` for the United States. This can help AfterShip with various functions like tracking, carrier auto-detection and auto-correction, calculating an EDD, etc.
Destination State	`destinationState`	`string`	The state of the recipient's address. This can help AfterShip with various functions like tracking, carrier auto-detection and auto-correction, calculating an EDD, etc.
Destination City	`destinationCity`	`string`	The city of the recipient's address. This can help AfterShip with various functions like tracking, carrier auto-detection and auto-correction, calculating an EDD, etc.
Note	`note`	`string`	Text field for the note.
Order Date	`orderDate`	`string`	Order date in YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ format. e.g. `2021-07-26T11:23:51-05:00`
Shipment Type	`shipmentType`	`string`	The carrier service type for the shipment. If you provide info for this field, AfterShip will not update it with info from the carrier.
Shipment Tags	`shipmentTags`	`string[]`	Used to add tags to your shipments to help categorize and filter them easily. Max 50 items.

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