Generate Alt Text with AltText.ai API on New Role from Snowflake API

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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Role trigger
1. Connect your Snowflake account
2. Configure timer
Configure the Generate Alt Text action
1. Connect your AltText.ai account
2. Optional- Configure Image Data
3. Optional- Configure Image URL
4. Optional- Configure Image File Path
5. Optional- Configure Keywords
6. Optional- Configure Negative Keywords
7. Optional- Configure Keyword Source
8. Optional- Select a Language
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 Role on Snowflake

Description:Emit new event when a role is created

Version:0.1.2

Key:snowflake-new-role

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Snowflake Overview#

Snowflake offers a cloud database and related tools to help developers create robust, secure, and scalable data warehouses. See Snowflake's Key Concepts & Architecture.

Getting Started

1. Create a user, role and warehouse in Snowflake

Snowflake recommends you create a new user, role, and warehouse when you integrate a third-party tool like Pipedream. This way, you can control permissions via the user / role, and separate Pipedream compute and costs with the warehouse. You can do this directly in the Snowflake UI.

We recommend you create a read-only account if you only need to query Snowflake. If you need to insert data into Snowflake, add permissions on the appropriate objects after you create your user.

2. Enter those details in Pipedream

Visit https://pipedream.com/accounts. Click the button to Connect an App. Enter the required Snowflake account data.

You'll only need to connect your account once in Pipedream. You can connect this account to multiple workflows to run queries against Snowflake, insert data, and more.

3. Build your first workflow

Visit https://pipedream.com/new to build your first workflow. Pipedream workflows let you connect Snowflake with 1,000+ other apps. You can trigger workflows on Snowflake queries, sending results to Slack, Google Sheets, or any app that exposes an API. Or you can accept data from another app, transform it with Python, Node.js, Go or Bash code, and insert it into Snowflake.

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Trigger Code#

import common from "../common.mjs";

export default {
  ...common,
  type: "source",
  key: "snowflake-new-role",
  name: "New Role",
  description: "Emit new event when a role is created",
  version: "0.1.2",
  methods: {
    ...common.methods,
    alwaysRunInSingleProcessMode() {
      return true;
    },
    generateMeta({
      row,
      timestamp: ts,
    }) {
      return {
        id: row.name,
        summary: row.name,
        ts,
      };
    },
    getStatement() {
      return {
        sqlText: "show roles",
      };
    },
  },
};

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
Snowflake	`snowflake`	`app`	This component uses the Snowflake app.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`	Watch for changes on this schedule

Trigger Authentication#

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

We recommend you create a read-only account if you only need to query Snowflake. If you need to insert data into Snowflake, add permissions on the appropriate objects after you create your user.

About Snowflake#

A data warehouse built for the cloud

Action#

Generate Alt Text on AltText.ai

Description:Generates a descriptive alt text for a given image. [See the documentation](https://alttext.ai/apidocs#tag/Images/operation/create-image)

Version:0.0.1

Key:alttext_ai-generate-alt-text

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AltText.ai Overview#

AltText.ai provides an API that leverages artificial intelligence to generate alternative text (alt text) for images, which is crucial for web accessibility and SEO. With AltText.ai, you can automate the process of creating descriptive, keyword-rich, and meaningful alt text for images on websites, blogs, or online stores. In Pipedream, you can create workflows that trigger on various events to send images to the AltText.ai API and receive alt text, which you can then store or apply to your content management system automatically.

Action Code#

import alttextAi from "../../alttext_ai.app.mjs";
import fs from "fs";
import { LANGUAGE_OPTIONS } from "../../commons/constants.mjs";
import { ConfigurationError } from "@pipedream/platform";

export default {
  key: "alttext_ai-generate-alt-text",
  name: "Generate Alt Text",
  description:
    "Generates a descriptive alt text for a given image. [See the documentation](https://alttext.ai/apidocs#tag/Images/operation/create-image)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    alttextAi,
    imageData: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Image Data",
      description:
        "The image data in base64 format. Only one of `Image Data`, `Image File Path` or `Image URL` should be specified.",
      optional: true,
    },
    imageUrl: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Image URL",
      description:
        "The public URL to an image. Only one of `Image URL`, `Image Data` or `Image File Path` should be specified.",
      optional: true,
    },
    imageFilePath: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Image File Path",
      description:
        "The path to an image file in the `/tmp` directory. [See the documentation on working with files](https://pipedream.com/docs/code/nodejs/working-with-files/#the-tmp-directory). Only one of `Image File Path`, `Image URL` or `Image Data` should be specified.",
      optional: true,
    },
    keywords: {
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Keywords",
      description:
        "Keywords / phrases to be considered when generating the alt text. Keywords must be in English, even if requesting alt text in another language. Max 6 items.",
      optional: true,
    },
    negativeKeywords: {
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Negative Keywords",
      description:
        "Negative keywords / phrases to be removed from any generated alt text. Negative keywords must be in English, even if requesting alt text in another language. Max 6 items.",
      optional: true,
    },
    keywordSource: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Keyword Source",
      description:
        "Text to use as the source of keywords for the alt text. Will only be used if `Keywords` is not provided. This text might be a product description, or a paragraph that describes the context of the images, etc. Max 1024 characters.",
      optional: true,
    },
    language: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Language",
      description: "The language for the generated alt text.",
      options: LANGUAGE_OPTIONS,
      default: "en",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    if (
      (!this.imageData && !this.imageFilePath && !this.imageUrl)
      || (this.imageData && this.imageFilePath)
      || (this.imageData && this.imageUrl)
      || (this.imageFilePath && this.imageUrl)
    ) {
      throw new ConfigurationError("Only one of `Image Data`, `Image File Path` or `Image URL` should be specified.");
    }

    const response = await this.alttextAi.generateAltText({
      $,
      data: {
        image: {
          url: this.imageUrl,
          raw:
            this.imageData ??
            (this.imageFilePath &&
              fs.readFileSync(
                this.imageFilePath.includes("tmp/")
                  ? this.imageFilePath
                  : `/tmp/${this.imageFilePath}`,
                {
                  encoding: "base64",
                },
              )),
        },
        keywords: this.keywords,
        negative_keywords: this.negativeKeywords,
        keyword_source: this.keywordSource,
        lang: this.language,
      },
    });

    $.export("$summary", "Generated alt text successfully");
    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
AltText.ai	`alttextAi`	`app`	This component uses the AltText.ai app.
Image Data	`imageData`	`string`	The image data in base64 format. Only one of `Image Data`, `Image File Path` or `Image URL` should be specified.
Image URL	`imageUrl`	`string`	The public URL to an image. Only one of `Image URL`, `Image Data` or `Image File Path` should be specified.
Image File Path	`imageFilePath`	`string`	The path to an image file in the `/tmp` directory. See the documentation on working with files. Only one of `Image File Path`, `Image URL` or `Image Data` should be specified.
Keywords	`keywords`	`string[]`	Keywords / phrases to be considered when generating the alt text. Keywords must be in English, even if requesting alt text in another language. Max 6 items.
Negative Keywords	`negativeKeywords`	`string[]`	Negative keywords / phrases to be removed from any generated alt text. Negative keywords must be in English, even if requesting alt text in another language. Max 6 items.
Keyword Source	`keywordSource`	`string`	Text to use as the source of keywords for the alt text. Will only be used if `Keywords` is not provided. This text might be a product description, or a paragraph that describes the context of the images, etc. Max 1024 characters.
Language	`language`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`{ "label": "Afrikaans", "value": "af" }{ "label": "Albanian", "value": "sq" }{ "label": "Amharic", "value": "am" }{ "label": "Arabic", "value": "ar" }{ "label": "Armenian", "value": "hy" }{ "label": "Assamese", "value": "as" }{ "label": "Aymara", "value": "ay" }{ "label": "Azerbaijani", "value": "az" }{ "label": "Bambara", "value": "bm" }{ "label": "Basque", "value": "eu" }{ "label": "Belarusian", "value": "be" }{ "label": "Bengali", "value": "bn" }{ "label": "Bhojpuri", "value": "bho" }{ "label": "Bosnian", "value": "bs" }{ "label": "Bulgarian", "value": "bg" }{ "label": "Catalan", "value": "ca" }{ "label": "Cebuano", "value": "ceb" }{ "label": "Chinese (Simplified)", "value": "zh-CN" }{ "label": "Chinese (Traditional)", "value": "zh-TW" }{ "label": "Corsican", "value": "co" }{ "label": "Croatian", "value": "hr" }{ "label": "Czech", "value": "cs" }{ "label": "Danish", "value": "da" }{ "label": "Dhivehi", "value": "dv" }{ "label": "Dogri", "value": "doi" }{ "label": "Dutch", "value": "nl" }{ "label": "English", "value": "en" }{ "label": "Esperanto", "value": "eo" }{ "label": "Estonian", "value": "et" }{ "label": "Ewe", "value": "ee" }{ "label": "Filipino (Tagalog)", "value": "fil" }{ "label": "Finnish", "value": "fi" }{ "label": "French", "value": "fr" }{ "label": "Frisian", "value": "fy" }{ "label": "Galician", "value": "gl" }{ "label": "Georgian", "value": "ka" }{ "label": "German", "value": "de" }{ "label": "Greek", "value": "el" }{ "label": "Guarani", "value": "gn" }{ "label": "Gujarati", "value": "gu" }{ "label": "Haitian Creole", "value": "ht" }{ "label": "Hausa", "value": "ha" }{ "label": "Hawaiian", "value": "haw" }{ "label": "Hebrew", "value": "he" }{ "label": "Hindi", "value": "hi" }{ "label": "Hmong", "value": "hmn" }{ "label": "Hungarian", "value": "hu" }{ "label": "Icelandic", "value": "is" }{ "label": "Igbo", "value": "ig" }{ "label": "Ilocano", "value": "ilo" }{ "label": "Indonesian", "value": "id" }{ "label": "Irish", "value": "ga" }{ "label": "Italian", "value": "it" }{ "label": "Japanese", "value": "ja" }{ "label": "Javanese", "value": "jv" }{ "label": "Kannada", "value": "kn" }{ "label": "Kazakh", "value": "kk" }{ "label": "Khmer", "value": "km" }{ "label": "Kinyarwanda", "value": "rw" }{ "label": "Konkani", "value": "gom" }{ "label": "Korean", "value": "ko" }{ "label": "Krio", "value": "kri" }{ "label": "Kurdish", "value": "ku" }{ "label": "Kurdish (Sorani)", "value": "ckb" }{ "label": "Kyrgyz", "value": "ky" }{ "label": "Lao", "value": "lo" }{ "label": "Latin", "value": "la" }{ "label": "Latvian", "value": "lv" }{ "label": "Lingala", "value": "ln" }{ "label": "Lithuanian", "value": "lt" }{ "label": "Luganda", "value": "lg" }{ "label": "Luxembourgish", "value": "lb" }{ "label": "Macedonian", "value": "mk" }{ "label": "Maithili", "value": "mai" }{ "label": "Malagasy", "value": "mg" }{ "label": "Malay", "value": "ms" }{ "label": "Malayalam", "value": "ml" }{ "label": "Maltese", "value": "mt" }{ "label": "Maori", "value": "mi" }{ "label": "Marathi", "value": "mr" }{ "label": "Meiteilon (Manipuri)", "value": "mni-Mtei" }{ "label": "Mizo", "value": "lus" }{ "label": "Mongolian", "value": "mn" }{ "label": "Myanmar (Burmese)", "value": "my" }{ "label": "Nepali", "value": "ne" }{ "label": "Norwegian", "value": "no" }{ "label": "Nyanja (Chichewa)", "value": "ny" }{ "label": "Odia (Oriya)", "value": "or" }{ "label": "Oromo", "value": "om" }{ "label": "Pashto", "value": "ps" }{ "label": "Persian", "value": "fa" }{ "label": "Polish", "value": "pl" }{ "label": "Portuguese", "value": "pt" }{ "label": "Punjabi", "value": "pa" }{ "label": "Quechua", "value": "qu" }{ "label": "Romanian", "value": "ro" }{ "label": "Russian", "value": "ru" }{ "label": "Samoan", "value": "sm" }{ "label": "Sanskrit", "value": "sa" }{ "label": "ScotsGaelic", "value": "gd" }{ "label": "Sepedi", "value": "nso" }{ "label": "Serbian", "value": "sr" }{ "label": "Sesotho", "value": "st" }{ "label": "Shona", "value": "sn" }{ "label": "Sindhi", "value": "sd" }{ "label": "Sinhala (Sinhalese)", "value": "si" }{ "label": "Slovak", "value": "sk" }{ "label": "Slovenian", "value": "sl" }{ "label": "Somali", "value": "so" }{ "label": "Spanish", "value": "es" }{ "label": "Sundanese", "value": "su" }{ "label": "Swahili", "value": "sw" }{ "label": "Swedish", "value": "sv" }{ "label": "Tagalog (Filipino)", "value": "tl" }{ "label": "Tajik", "value": "tg" }{ "label": "Tamil", "value": "ta" }{ "label": "Tatar", "value": "tt" }{ "label": "Telugu", "value": "te" }{ "label": "Thai", "value": "th" }{ "label": "Tigrinya", "value": "ti" }{ "label": "Tsonga", "value": "ts" }{ "label": "Turkish", "value": "tr" }{ "label": "Turkmen", "value": "tk" }{ "label": "Twi (Akan)", "value": "ak" }{ "label": "Ukrainian", "value": "uk" }{ "label": "Urdu", "value": "ur" }{ "label": "Uyghur", "value": "ug" }{ "label": "Uzbek", "value": "uz" }{ "label": "Vietnamese", "value": "vi" }{ "label": "Welsh", "value": "cy" }{ "label": "Xhosa", "value": "xh" }{ "label": "Yiddish", "value": "yi" }{ "label": "Yoruba", "value": "yo" }{ "label": "Zulu", "value": "zu" }`