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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a Slack trigger and GeoDB Cities 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 Find Cities action
1. Connect your GeoDB Cities account
2. Optional- Select one or more City Types
3. Optional- Configure Location
4. Optional- Configure Minimum Population
5. Optional- Configure Maximum Population
6. Optional- Select a Language Code
7. Optional- Configure Name Prefix
8. Optional- Configure Max Records
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

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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: "1.0.22",
  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#

Find Cities on GeoDB Cities

Description:Find cities, filtering by optional criteria. If no criteria are set, you will get back all known cities with a population of at least 1000. [See the docs](https://rapidapi.com/wirefreethought/api/geodb-cities).

Version:0.0.1

Key:geodb_cities-find-cities

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GeoDB Cities Overview#

The GeoDB Cities API lets you tap into a rich dataset of worldwide cities, their attributes, and related data. On Pipedream, you can use this API to create workflows that automate location-based tasks, enrich data with geographical context, or power apps with location intelligence. For instance, you could trigger a workflow whenever a new city is added to a database, gather demographic information based on city names, or even integrate with travel platforms to plan itineraries.

Action Code#

import app from "../../geodb_cities.app.mjs";
import constants from "../../common/constants.mjs";
import utils from "../../common/utils.mjs";

export default {
  key: "geodb_cities-find-cities",
  name: "Find Cities",
  description: "Find cities, filtering by optional criteria. If no criteria are set, you will get back all known cities with a population of at least 1000. [See the docs](https://rapidapi.com/wirefreethought/api/geodb-cities).",
  type: "action",
  version: "0.0.1",
  props: {
    app,
    types: {
      type: "string[]",
      label: "City Types",
      description: "The type of city. Possible values are: `CITY` and `ADM2`.",
      optional: true,
      options: constants.CITY_TYPES,
    },
    location: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Location",
      description: "Only cities near this location. Latitude/Longitude in ISO-6709 format: `±DD.DDDD±DD.DDDD`. For example: `+51.5008-0.1247`.",
      optional: true,
    },
    minPopulation: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Minimum Population",
      description: "Only cities having at least this population.",
      optional: true,
    },
    maxPopulation: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Maximum Population",
      description: "Only cities having no more than this population.",
      optional: true,
    },
    languageCode: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "languageCode",
      ],
    },
    namePrefix: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Name Prefix",
      description: "Only cities whose names start with this prefix. If **Language Code** is set, the prefix will be matched on the name as it appears in that language.",
      optional: true,
    },
    max: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Max Records",
      description: "Max number of records in the whole pagination",
      optional: true,
      default: constants.DEFAULT_MAX_RECORDS,
      min: 1,
    },
  },
  methods: {
    listCities(args = {}) {
      return this.app.makeRequest({
        path: "/geo/cities",
        ...args,
      });
    },
  },
  async run({ $: step }) {
    const {
      types,
      location,
      minPopulation,
      maxPopulation,
      languageCode,
      namePrefix,
      max,
    } = this;

    const cities = await utils.streamIterator(
      this.app.getResourcesStream({
        max,
        resourceFn: this.listCities,
        resourceFnArgs: {
          step,
          params: {
            types: Array.isArray(types)
              ? types.join(",")
              : types,
            location,
            minPopulation,
            maxPopulation,
            languageCode,
            namePrefix,
          },
        },
      }),
    );

    step.export("$summary", `Successfully found ${cities.length} cities.`);

    return cities;
  },
};

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
GeoDB Cities	`app`	`app`	This component uses the GeoDB Cities app.
City Types	`types`	`string[]`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`CITYADM2`
Location	`location`	`string`	Only cities near this location. Latitude/Longitude in ISO-6709 format: `±DD.DDDD±DD.DDDD`. For example: `+51.5008-0.1247`.
Minimum Population	`minPopulation`	`integer`	Only cities having at least this population.
Maximum Population	`maxPopulation`	`integer`	Only cities having no more than this population.
Language Code	`languageCode`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`endeesfritptruzh`
Name Prefix	`namePrefix`	`string`	Only cities whose names start with this prefix. If Language Code is set, the prefix will be matched on the name as it appears in that language.
Max Records	`max`	`integer`	Max number of records in the whole pagination

Find Cities with GeoDB Cities API on New Message In Channels (Instant) from Slack API

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