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Getting Started

This integration creates a workflow with a Slack trigger and Twitter 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 Message In Channels trigger
    1. Connect your Slack account
    2. Optional- Select one or more Channels
    3. Configure slackApphook
    4. Configure Ignore myself
    5. Configure Resolve names
    6. Configure Ignore bots
  3. Configure the Simple Search action
    1. Connect your Twitter account
    2. Configure Search Term
    3. Optional- Select a Result Type
    4. Optional- Select a Retweets
    5. Optional- Select a Replies
  4. Deploy the workflow
  5. Send a test event to validate your setup
  6. Turn on the trigger

Details

This integration uses pre-built, open source 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 on Slack
Description:Emit new event when a new message is posted to one or more channels
Version:0.0.6
Key:slack-new-message-in-channels

Trigger Code

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

export default {
  key: "slack-new-message-in-channels",
  name: "New Message In Channels",
  version: "0.0.6",
  description: "Emit new event when a new message is posted to one or more channels",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    slack,
    conversations: {
      propDefinition: [
        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: "$.interface.apphook",
      appProp: "slack",
      async eventNames() {
        return this.conversations || [];
      },
    },
    ignoreMyself: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Ignore myself",
      description: "Ignore messages from me",
      default: true,
    },
    resolveNames: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Resolve names",
      description: "Resolve user and channel names (incurs extra API calls)",
      default: false,
    },
    ignoreBot: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Ignore bots",
      description: "Ignore messages from bots",
      default: false,
    },
    nameCache: "$.service.db",
  },
  methods: {
    async maybeCached(key, refreshVal, timeoutMs = 3600000) {
      let record = this.nameCache.get(key);
      const time = Date.now();
      if (!record || time - record.ts > timeoutMs) {
        record = {
          ts: time,
          val: await refreshVal(),
        };
        this.nameCache.set(key, record);
      }
      return record.val;
    },
    async getBotName(id) {
      return this.maybeCached(`bots:${id}`, async () => {
        const info = await this.slack.sdk().bots.info({
          bot: id,
        });
        if (!info.ok) throw new Error(info.error);
        return info.bot.name;
      });
    },
    async getUserName(id) {
      return this.maybeCached(`users:${id}`, async () => {
        const info = await this.slack.sdk().users.info({
          user: id,
        });
        if (!info.ok) throw new Error(info.error);
        return info.user.name;
      });
    },
    async getConversationName(id) {
      return this.maybeCached(`conversations:${id}`, async () => {
        const info = await this.slack.sdk().conversations.info({
          channel: id,
        });
        if (!info.ok) throw new Error(info.error);
        if (info.channel.is_im) {
          return `DM with ${await this.getUserName(info.channel.user)}`;
        } else {
          return info.channel.name;
        }
      });
    },
    async getTeamName(id) {
      return this.maybeCached(`team:${id}`, async () => {
        try {
          const info = await this.slack.sdk().team.info({
            team: id,
          });
          return info.team.name;
        } catch (err) {
          console.log("Error getting team name, probably need to re-connect the account at pipedream.com/apps", err);
          return id;
        }
      });
    },
  },
  async run(event) {
    if (event.type !== "message") {
      console.log(`Ignoring event with unexpected type "${event.type}"`);
      return;
    }
    if (event.subtype != null && event.subtype != "bot_message" && event.subtype != "file_share") {
      // This source is designed to just emit an event for each new message received.
      // Due to inconsistencies with the shape of message_changed and message_deleted
      // events, we are ignoring them for now. If you want to handle these types of
      // events, feel free to change this code!!
      console.log("Ignoring message with subtype.");
      return;
    }
    if (this.ignoreMyself && event.user == this.slack.mySlackId()) {
      return;
    }
    if (this.ignoreBot) {
      if (event.subtype == "bot_message" || event.bot_id) {
        return;
      }
    }
    if (this.resolveNames) {
      if (event.user) {
        event.user_id = event.user;
        event.user = await this.getUserName(event.user);
      } else if (event.bot_id) {
        event.bot = await this.getBotName(event.bot_id);
      }
      event.channel_id = event.channel;
      event.channel = await this.getConversationName(event.channel);
      if (event.team) {
        event.team_id = event.team;
        event.team = await this.getTeamName(event.team);
      }
    }
    if (!event.client_msg_id) {
      event.pipedream_msg_id = `pd_${Date.now()}_${Math.random().toString(36)
        .substr(2, 10)}`;
    }

    this.$emit(event, {
      id: event.client_msg_id || event.pipedream_msg_id,
    });
  },
};

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
SlackslackappThis component uses the Slack app.
Channelsconversationsstring[]Select a value from the drop down menu.
slackApphook$.interface.apphook
Ignore myselfignoreMyselfboolean

Ignore messages from me

Resolve namesresolveNamesboolean

Resolve user and channel names (incurs extra API calls)

Ignore botsignoreBotboolean

Ignore messages from bots

N/AnameCache$.service.dbThis component uses $.service.db to maintain state between component invocations.

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:

bookmarks:writecalls:readcalls:writechannels:historychannels:readchannels:writednd:readdnd:writeemoji:readfiles:readgroups:historygroups:readgroups:writeim:historyim:readim:writelinks:readlinks:writempim:historympim:readmpim:writepins:readpins:writereactions:readreactions:writereminders:readreminders:writeremote_files:readremote_files:sharestars:readstars:writeteam:readusergroups:readusergroups:writeusers:readusers:read.emailusers:writechat:write:botchat:write:usercommandsfiles:write:userusers.profile:writeusers.profile:readsearch: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

Simple Search on Twitter
Description:Return Tweets that matches your search criteria. [See the docs here](https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/v1/tweets/search/api-reference/get-search-tweets)
Version:0.0.7
Key:twitter-simple-search

Action Code

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

export default {
  key: "twitter-simple-search",
  name: "Simple Search",
  description: "Return Tweets that matches your search criteria. [See the docs here](https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/v1/tweets/search/api-reference/get-search-tweets)",
  version: "0.0.7",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    twitter,
    q: {
      propDefinition: [
        twitter,
        "q",
      ],
    },
    resultType: {
      propDefinition: [
        twitter,
        "resultType",
      ],
    },
    includeRetweets: {
      propDefinition: [
        twitter,
        "includeRetweets",
      ],
    },
    includeReplies: {
      propDefinition: [
        twitter,
        "includeReplies",
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const {
      resultType,
      enrichTweets,
      includeReplies,
      includeRetweets,
      maxRequests,
      count,
    } = this;
    let q = this.q;

    // run paginated search
    const res = await this.twitter.paginatedSearch({
      $,
      q,
      resultType,
      enrichTweets,
      includeReplies,
      includeRetweets,
      maxRequests,
      count,
      limitFirstPage: false,
    });
    $.export("$summary", "Search completed successfully");
    return res;
  },
};

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
TwittertwitterappThis component uses the Twitter app.
Search Termqstring

Search for keywords star wars, screen names @starwars, or hashtags #starwars. You can also use Twitter's standard search operators.

Result TyperesultTypestringSelect a value from the drop down menu:{ "label": "Recent", "value": "recent" }{ "label": "Popular", "value": "popular" }{ "label": "Mixed", "value": "mixed" }
RetweetsincludeRetweetsstringSelect a value from the drop down menu:{ "label": "Include", "value": "include" }{ "label": "Exclude", "value": "exclude" }{ "label": "Only include retweets", "value": "filter" }
RepliesincludeRepliesstringSelect a value from the drop down menu:{ "label": "Include", "value": "include" }{ "label": "Exclude", "value": "exclude" }{ "label": "Only include replies", "value": "filter" }

Action Authentication

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

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

About Twitter

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