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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Interaction Events (Instant) trigger
1. Connect your Slack account
2. Configure alert
3. Optional- Configure Action IDs
4. Optional- Select one or more Channels
5. Configure slackApphook
Configure the Create Timeline action
1. Connect your Shotstack account
2. Configure How Many Tracks?
3. Optional- Configure Soundtrack Source
4. Optional- Select a Soundtrack Effect
5. Optional- Configure Background
6. Optional- Configure Fonts
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 Interaction Events (Instant) on Slack

Description:Emit new events on new Slack [interactivity events](https://api.slack.com/interactivity) sourced from [Block Kit interactive elements](https://api.slack.com/interactivity/components), [Slash commands](https://api.slack.com/interactivity/slash-commands), or [Shortcuts](https://api.slack.com/interactivity/shortcuts).

Version:0.0.16

Key:slack-new-interaction-event-received

View on GitHub

New Interaction Events (Instant) Overview#

Slack messages can contain interactive elements like buttons, dropdowns, radio buttons, and more. This source subscribes to interactive events, like when a button is clicked in a message.

Example of a Slack button

Then this source will be triggered when you or another Slack user in your workspace clicks a button, selects an option or fills out a form.

Example feed of interaction events coming from Slack

With this trigger, you can build workflows that perform some work with other APIs or services, and then reply back to the original message.

Trigger Code#

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

export default {
  name: "New Interaction Events (Instant)",
  version: "0.0.16",
  key: "slack-new-interaction-event-received",
  description: "Emit new events on new Slack [interactivity events](https://api.slack.com/interactivity) sourced from [Block Kit interactive elements](https://api.slack.com/interactivity/components), [Slash commands](https://api.slack.com/interactivity/slash-commands), or [Shortcuts](https://api.slack.com/interactivity/shortcuts).",
  type: "source",
  props: {
    ...common.props,
    alert: {
      type: "alert",
      alertType: "info",
      content: "Please note that only messages created via Pipedream's [Send Block Kit Message](https://pipedream.com/apps/slack/actions/send-block-kit-message) Action, or via API call from the Pipedream app will emit an interaction event with this trigger. \n\nBlock kit messages sent directly via the Slack's block kit builder will not trigger an interaction event. \n\nSee the [documentation](https://pipedream.com/apps/slack/triggers/new-interaction-event-received) for more details.",
    },
    action_ids: {
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Action IDs",
      description: "Filter interaction events by specific `action_id`'s to subscribe for new interaction events. If none are specified, all `action_ids` created via Pipedream will emit new events.",
      optional: true,
      default: [],
    },
    conversations: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.slack,
        "conversation",
      ],
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Channels",
      description: "Filter interaction events by one or more channels. If none selected, any interaction event in any channel will emit new events.",
      optional: true,
      default: [],
    },
    // eslint-disable-next-line pipedream/props-description,pipedream/props-label
    slackApphook: {
      type: "$.interface.apphook",
      appProp: "slack",
      /**
       * Subscribes to potentially 4 different events:
       * `interaction_events` - all interaction events on the authenticated account
       * `interaction_events:${action_id}` - all interaction events with a specific given action_id
       * `interaction_events:${channel_id}` - all interaction events within a specific channel
       * `interaction_events:${channel_id}:${action_id}` - action_id within a specific channel
       * @returns string[]
       */
      async eventNames() {
        // start with action_ids, since they can be the most specific
        const action_events = this.action_ids.reduce((carry, action_id) => {
          // if channels are provided, spread them
          if (this.conversations && this.conversations.length > 0) {
            return [
              ...carry,
              ...this.conversations.map(
                (channel) => `interaction_events:${channel}:${action_id}`,
              ),
            ];
          }

          return [
            ...carry,
            `interaction_events:${action_id}`,
          ];
        }, []);

        if (action_events.length > 0) return action_events;

        // if no action_ids are specified, move down to channels
        const channel_events = this.conversations.map(
          (channel) => `interaction_events:${channel}`,
        );

        if (channel_events.length > 0) return channel_events;

        // if not specific action_ids or channels are specified, subscribe to all events
        return [
          "interaction_events",
        ];
      },
    },
  },
  methods: {},
  async run(event) {
    this.$emit(
      {
        event,
      },
      {
        summary: `New interaction event${
          event?.channel?.id
            ? ` in channel ${event.channel.id}`
            : ""
        }${
          event.actions?.length > 0
            ? ` from action_ids ${event.actions
              .map((action) => action.action_id)
              .join(", ")}`
            : ""
        }`,
        ts: Date.now(),
      },
    );
  },
  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.
Action IDs	`action_ids`	`string[]`	Filter interaction events by specific `action_id`'s to subscribe for new interaction events. If none are specified, all `action_ids` created via Pipedream will emit new events.
Channels	`conversations`	`string[]`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
	`slackApphook`	`$.interface.apphook`

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 Timeline on Shotstack

Description:Generate a timeline with layers and assets for a new video project. [See the documentation here](https://github.com/shotstack/shotstack-sdk-node#timeline).

Version:0.0.1

Key:shotstack-create-timeline

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Shotstack Overview#

The Shotstack API is a video editing platform that allows you to automate the creation and production of videos. With it, you can edit clips, add transitions, overlays, and backgrounds, and even include music in your videos. Integrating Shotstack with Pipedream can supercharge your workflow by automating the video creation process. You can trigger video edits in response to various events, manage assets, or even kick off rendering jobs based on data from other apps and services.

Action Code#

import app from "../../shotstack.app.mjs";
import constants from "../../common/constants.mjs";

const { SEP } = constants;

export default {
  key: "shotstack-create-timeline",
  name: "Create Timeline",
  description: "Generate a timeline with layers and assets for a new video project. [See the documentation here](https://github.com/shotstack/shotstack-sdk-node#timeline).",
  type: "action",
  version: "0.0.1",
  props: {
    app,
    howManyTracks: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "How Many Tracks?",
      description: "The number of tracks to create.",
      reloadProps: true,
      min: 1,
    },
    soundtrackSrc: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Soundtrack Source",
      description: "The URL of the soundtrack to use.",
      optional: true,
    },
    soundtrackEffect: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Soundtrack Effect",
      description: "The effect to apply to the soundtrack.",
      optional: true,
      options: Object.values(constants.SOUNDTRACK_EFFECT),
    },
    background: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Background",
      description: "A hexadecimal value for the timeline background colour. Defaults to `#000000` (black).",
      optional: true,
    },
    fonts: {
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Fonts",
      description: "An array of custom fonts to be downloaded for use by the HTML assets. The URL must be publicly accessible or include credentials. E.g. `https://s3-ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com/my-bucket/open-sans.ttf`",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  methods: {
    getClip({
      start, length, type, src, text, html,
    }) {
      return {
        start,
        length,
        asset: {
          src,
          html,
          text,
          type,
        },
      };
    },
    getClips(trackNumber, assetType, length) {
      return Array.from({
        length,
      }).map((_, index) => {
        const clipNumber = index + 1;
        const trackName = `track${trackNumber}`;
        const clipName = `${trackName}${SEP}clip${clipNumber}${SEP}${assetType}`;
        const clipAssetStart = `${clipName}${SEP}start`;
        const clipAssetLength = `${clipName}${SEP}length`;
        const clipAssetSrc = `${clipName}${SEP}src`;
        const clipAssetText = `${clipName}${SEP}text`;
        const clipAssetHtml = `${clipName}${SEP}html`;
        return this.getClip({
          start: this[clipAssetStart],
          length: this[clipAssetLength],
          type: assetType,
          src: this[clipAssetSrc],
          text: this[clipAssetText],
          html: this[clipAssetHtml],
        });
      });
    },
    getTracks(length) {
      return Array.from({
        length,
      }).map((_, index) => {
        const trackNumber = index + 1;
        const trackName = `track${trackNumber}`;
        const trackHowManyVideoClips = `${trackName}${SEP}HowManyVideoClips`;
        const trackHowManyImageClips = `${trackName}${SEP}HowManyImageClips`;
        const trackHowManyAudioClips = `${trackName}${SEP}HowManyAudioClips`;
        const trackHowManyTitleClips = `${trackName}${SEP}HowManyTitleClips`;
        const trackHowManyHtmlClips = `${trackName}${SEP}HowManyHtmlClips`;
        const trackHowManyLumaClips = `${trackName}${SEP}HowManyLumaClips`;
        return {
          clips: [
            ...this.getClips(trackNumber, constants.ASSET_TYPE.VIDEO, this[trackHowManyVideoClips]),
            ...this.getClips(trackNumber, constants.ASSET_TYPE.IMAGE, this[trackHowManyImageClips]),
            ...this.getClips(trackNumber, constants.ASSET_TYPE.AUDIO, this[trackHowManyAudioClips]),
            ...this.getClips(trackNumber, constants.ASSET_TYPE.TITLE, this[trackHowManyTitleClips]),
            ...this.getClips(trackNumber, constants.ASSET_TYPE.HTML, this[trackHowManyHtmlClips]),
            ...this.getClips(trackNumber, constants.ASSET_TYPE.LUMA, this[trackHowManyLumaClips]),
          ],
        };
      });
    },
    getClipProps(trackNumber, assetType, length) {
      return Array.from({
        length,
      }).map((_, index) => {
        const clipNumber = index + 1;
        const trackName = `track${trackNumber}`;
        const clipName = `${trackName}${SEP}clip${clipNumber}${SEP}${assetType}`;
        const clipAssetStart = `${clipName}${SEP}start`;
        const clipAssetLength = `${clipName}${SEP}length`;
        const description = `Track ${trackNumber} - ${assetType} clip ${clipNumber}.`;

        const commonProps = {
          [clipAssetStart]: {
            type: "integer",
            label: "Start",
            description: `${description} The start time of the asset`,
          },
          [clipAssetLength]: {
            type: "integer",
            label: "Length",
            description: `${description} The length of the asset.`,
          },
        };

        if (assetType === constants.ASSET_TYPE.TITLE) {
          return {
            ...commonProps,
            [`${clipName}${SEP}text`]: {
              type: "string",
              label: "Text",
              description: `${description} The text of the title.`,
            },
          };
        }

        if (assetType === constants.ASSET_TYPE.HTML) {
          return {
            ...commonProps,
            [`${clipName}${SEP}html`]: {
              type: "string",
              label: "HTML",
              description: `${description} The HTML of the asset.`,
            },
          };
        }

        return {
          ...commonProps,
          [`${clipName}${SEP}src`]: {
            type: "string",
            label: "Source",
            description: `${description} The source url of the asset.`,
          },
        };
      })
        .reduce((acc, next) => ({
          ...acc,
          ...next,
        }), {});
    },
  },
  additionalProps() {
    return Array.from({
      length: this.howManyTracks,
    }).reduce((acc, _, index) => {
      const trackNumber = index + 1;
      const trackName = `track${trackNumber}`;
      const trackHowManyVideoClips = `${trackName}${SEP}HowManyVideoClips`;
      const trackHowManyImageClips = `${trackName}${SEP}HowManyImageClips`;
      const trackHowManyAudioClips = `${trackName}${SEP}HowManyAudioClips`;
      const trackHowManyTitleClips = `${trackName}${SEP}HowManyTitleClips`;
      const trackHowManyHtmlClips = `${trackName}${SEP}HowManyHtmlClips`;
      const trackHowManyLumaClips = `${trackName}${SEP}HowManyLumaClips`;
      const commonDescription = `Track ${trackNumber}:`;

      return {
        ...acc,
        [trackHowManyVideoClips]: {
          type: "integer",
          label: "How Many Video Clips?",
          description: `${commonDescription} The number of video clips to create.`,
          reloadProps: true,
          optional: true,
        },
        [trackHowManyImageClips]: {
          type: "integer",
          label: "How Many Image Clips?",
          description: `${commonDescription} The number of image clips to create.`,
          reloadProps: true,
          optional: true,
        },
        [trackHowManyAudioClips]: {
          type: "integer",
          label: "How Many Audio Clips?",
          description: `${commonDescription} The number of audio clips to create.`,
          reloadProps: true,
          optional: true,
        },
        [trackHowManyTitleClips]: {
          type: "integer",
          label: "How Many Title Clips?",
          description: `${commonDescription} The number of title clips to create.`,
          reloadProps: true,
          optional: true,
        },
        [trackHowManyHtmlClips]: {
          type: "integer",
          label: "How Many HTML Clips?",
          description: `${commonDescription} The number of HTML clips to create.`,
          reloadProps: true,
          optional: true,
        },
        [trackHowManyLumaClips]: {
          type: "integer",
          label: "How Many Luma Clips?",
          description: `${commonDescription} The number of luma clips to create.`,
          reloadProps: true,
          optional: true,
        },
        ...this.getClipProps(trackNumber, constants.ASSET_TYPE.VIDEO, this[trackHowManyVideoClips]),
        ...this.getClipProps(trackNumber, constants.ASSET_TYPE.IMAGE, this[trackHowManyImageClips]),
        ...this.getClipProps(trackNumber, constants.ASSET_TYPE.AUDIO, this[trackHowManyAudioClips]),
        ...this.getClipProps(trackNumber, constants.ASSET_TYPE.TITLE, this[trackHowManyTitleClips]),
        ...this.getClipProps(trackNumber, constants.ASSET_TYPE.HTML, this[trackHowManyHtmlClips]),
        ...this.getClipProps(trackNumber, constants.ASSET_TYPE.LUMA, this[trackHowManyLumaClips]),
      };
    }, {});
  },
  async run({ $: step }) {
    const {
      howManyTracks,
      soundtrackSrc,
      soundtrackEffect,
      background,
      fonts,
    } = this;

    const timeline = {
      soundtrack: {
        src: soundtrackSrc,
        effect: soundtrackEffect,
      },
      background,
      fonts: Array.isArray(fonts)
        ? fonts.map((src) => ({
          src,
        }))
        : fonts?.split(",").map((src) => ({
          src,
        })),
      tracks: this.getTracks(howManyTracks),
    };

    step.export("$summary", "Successfully created a timeline.");

    return timeline;
  },
};

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
Shotstack	`app`	`app`	This component uses the Shotstack app.
How Many Tracks?	`howManyTracks`	`integer`	The number of tracks to create.
Soundtrack Source	`soundtrackSrc`	`string`	The URL of the soundtrack to use.
Soundtrack Effect	`soundtrackEffect`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`{ "label": "Fade volume in only", "value": "fadeIn" }{ "label": "Fade volume out only", "value": "fadeOut" }{ "label": "Fade volume in and out", "value": "fadeInFadeOut" }`
Background	`background`	`string`	A hexadecimal value for the timeline background colour. Defaults to `#000000` (black).
Fonts	`fonts`	`string[]`	An array of custom fonts to be downloaded for use by the HTML assets. The URL must be publicly accessible or include credentials. E.g. `https://s3-ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com/my-bucket/open-sans.ttf`

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