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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a Slack trigger and CraftMyPDF 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 PDF action
1. Connect your CraftMyPDF account
2. Configure Data
3. Optional- Configure Load Data From
4. Select a Template Id
5. Optional- Select a Template Version
6. Optional- Configure Expiration (in minutes)
7. Optional- Configure Output File
8. Optional- Configure Is CMYK
9. Optional- Configure Image Resample Res
10. Optional- Configure Cloud Storage
11. Optional- Select a PDF Standard
12. Configure Password Protected
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:1.0.22

Key:slack-new-message-in-channels

View on GitHub

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: "1.0.22",
  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:

channels:historychannels:readchannels:writeemoji:readgroups:historygroups:readgroups:writeim:historyim:readim:writelinks:readlinks:writempim:historympim:readmpim:writereactions:readreactions:writereminders:readreminders:writestars:readteam:readusergroups:readusergroups:writeusers:readusers:read.emailusers:writechat:write:botchat:write:userfiles:write:usercommandsusers.profile:writeusers.profile:read

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 PDF on CraftMyPDF

Description:Create a new pdf. [See the documentation](https://craftmypdf.com/docs/index.html#tag/PDF-Generation-API/operation/create)

Version:0.0.1

Key:craftmypdf-create-pdf

View on GitHub

CraftMyPDF Overview#

CraftMyPDF is a powerful API that allows you to create dynamic and customizable PDF documents. By leveraging this API on Pipedream, you can automate the generation of invoices, reports, tickets, and any other document that requires a polished and professional look. Pipedream's serverless platform enables you to connect CraftMyPDF with numerous apps to create workflows that trigger PDF generation from events like form submissions, new database entries, or scheduled jobs.

Action Code#

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

export default {
  key: "craftmypdf-create-pdf",
  name: "Create PDF",
  version: "0.0.1",
  description: "Create a new pdf. [See the documentation](https://craftmypdf.com/docs/index.html#tag/PDF-Generation-API/operation/create)",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    craftmypdf,
    data: {
      propDefinition: [
        craftmypdf,
        "data",
      ],
    },
    loadDataFrom: {
      propDefinition: [
        craftmypdf,
        "loadDataFrom",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    templateId: {
      propDefinition: [
        craftmypdf,
        "templateId",
      ],
    },
    version: {
      propDefinition: [
        craftmypdf,
        "templateVersion",
        ({ templateId }) => ({
          templateId,
        }),
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    expiration: {
      propDefinition: [
        craftmypdf,
        "expiration",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    outputFile: {
      propDefinition: [
        craftmypdf,
        "outputFile",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    isCMYK: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Is CMYK",
      description: "Use CMYK color profile, default to 'false'.",
      optional: true,
    },
    imageResampleRes: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Image Resample Res",
      description: "Optimize/downsample images of current PDF to a resolution(in DPI). This helps to reduce the PDF file size. Suggested values are 1200, 600, 300, 150 or 72.",
      optional: true,
    },
    cloudStorage: {
      propDefinition: [
        craftmypdf,
        "cloudStorage",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    pdfStandard: {
      type: "string",
      label: "PDF Standard",
      description: "Default to PDF1.7. PDFA3 is an experimental feature.",
      options: [
        "PDF1.7",
        "PDFA1B",
        "PDFA2",
        "PDFA3",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    passwordProtected: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Password Protected",
      description: "Enable password protection.",
      reloadProps: true,
    },
  },
  async additionalProps() {
    const props = {};
    if (this.passwordProtected) {
      props.password = {
        type: "string",
        label: "Password",
        description: "Specify a password.",
      };
    }
    return props;
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const {
      craftmypdf,
      loadDataFrom,
      templateId,
      outputFile,
      isCMYK,
      imageResampleRes,
      cloudStorage,
      pdfStandard,
      passwordProtected,
      ...data
    } = this;

    const response = await craftmypdf.createPDF({
      $,
      data: {
        ...data,
        load_data_from: loadDataFrom,
        template_id: templateId,
        export_type: "json",
        output_file: outputFile,
        is_cmyk: isCMYK,
        image_resample_res: imageResampleRes,
        directDownload: 0,
        cloud_storage: cloudStorage,
        pdf_standard: pdfStandard,
        password_protected: passwordProtected,
      },
    });

    $.export("$summary", `A new PDF with Id: ${response.transaction_ref} was successfully created!`);
    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
CraftMyPDF	`craftmypdf`	`app`	This component uses the CraftMyPDF app.
Data	`data`	`string`	JSON data based on the template structure.
Load Data From	`loadDataFrom`	`string`	Load data from an external URL. If this is specified, it will overwrite the `data`` property.
Template Id	`templateId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Template Version	`version`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Expiration (in minutes)	`expiration`	`integer`	Expiration of the generated PDF in minutes. Default to 5 minutes. Range between 1 minute and 24 hours.
Output File	`outputFile`	`string`	Default to 'output.pdf'.
Is CMYK	`isCMYK`	`boolean`	Use CMYK color profile, default to 'false'.
Image Resample Res	`imageResampleRes`	`integer`	Optimize/downsample images of current PDF to a resolution(in DPI). This helps to reduce the PDF file size. Suggested values are 1200, 600, 300, 150 or 72.
Cloud Storage	`cloudStorage`	`integer`	Upload the generated PDFs/images to our storage CDN(Except export_type=file), default to `1`. If you have configured `Post Actions` to upload the PDFs/Images to your own S3, please set it to `0`.
PDF Standard	`pdfStandard`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`PDF1.7PDFA1BPDFA2PDFA3`
Password Protected	`passwordProtected`	`boolean`	Enable password protection.

Action Authentication#

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

To retrieve your API keys,

Navigate to your CraftMyPDF account and sign in
Grab your API Key directly on the Dashboard under “API Integration”

Create PDF with CraftMyPDF API on New Message In Channels (Instant) from Slack API

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