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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a Stack Exchange (Stack Overflow) trigger and Scrapeless action. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Select this integration
Configure the New Answers from Specific Users trigger
1. Connect your Stack Exchange (Stack Overflow) account
2. Select a Site
3. Select one or more Users
4. Configure timer
Configure the Submit Scrape Job action
1. Connect your Scrapeless account
2. Configure Actor
3. Configure Input URL
4. Select a Proxy Country
5. Configure Async Mode
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 Answers from Specific Users on Stack Exchange (Stack Overflow)

Description:Emits an event when a new answer is posted by one of the specified users

Version:0.0.3

Key:stack_exchange-new-answers-from-users

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Stack Exchange (Stack Overflow) Overview#

The Stack Exchange API provides programmatic access to Stack Overflow and other sites on the Stack Exchange network. With this API, you can fetch questions, answers, comments, user profiles, and other data that enables you to integrate Stack Exchange's wealth of knowledge and community activities into your own applications. Using Pipedream, you can harness this data to create custom workflows that react to events on Stack Exchange, compile reports, or even automate interactions, providing a powerful tool for developers, data analysts, and content creators.

Trigger Code#

const stack_exchange = require("../../stack_exchange.app");
const { DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL } = require("@pipedream/platform");

module.exports = {
  key: "stack_exchange-new-answers-from-users",
  name: "New Answers from Specific Users",
  description: "Emits an event when a new answer is posted by one of the specified users",
  version: "0.0.3",
  dedupe: "unique",
  type: "source",
  props: {
    stack_exchange,
    db: "$.service.db",
    siteId: {
      propDefinition: [
        stack_exchange,
        "siteId",
      ],
    },
    userIds: {
      propDefinition: [
        stack_exchange,
        "userIds",
        (c) => ({
          siteId: c.siteId,
        }),
      ],
    },
    timer: {
      type: "$.interface.timer",
      default: {
        intervalSeconds: DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL,
      },
    },
  },
  hooks: {
    async activate() {
      const fromDate = this._getCurrentEpoch();
      this.db.set("fromDate", fromDate);
    },
  },
  methods: {
    _getCurrentEpoch() {
      // The StackExchange API works with Unix epochs in seconds.
      return Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
    },
    generateMeta(data) {
      const {
        answer_id: id,
        owner: owner,
        creation_date: ts,
      } = data;
      const { display_name: username } = owner;
      const summary = `New answer from ${username}`;
      return {
        id,
        summary,
        ts,
      };
    },
  },
  async run() {
    const fromDate = this.db.get("fromDate");
    const toDate = this._getCurrentEpoch();
    const filter = "!SWKA(ozr4ec2cHE9JK"; // See https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/filters
    const searchParams = {
      fromDate,
      toDate,
      filter,
      sort: "creation",
      order: "asc",
      site: this.siteId,
    };

    const items = this.stack_exchange.answersFromUsers(this.userIds, searchParams);
    for await (const item of items) {
      const meta = this.generateMeta(item);
      this.$emit(item, meta);
    }

    this.db.set("fromDate", toDate);
  },
};

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
Stack Exchange (Stack Overflow)	`stack_exchange`	`app`	This component uses the Stack Exchange (Stack Overflow) app.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
Site	`siteId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Users	`userIds`	`string[]`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`

Trigger Authentication#

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

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

read_inboxno_expirywrite_accessprivate_info

About Stack Exchange (Stack Overflow)#

Community-powered Q&A sites, including Stack Overflow

Action#

Submit Scrape Job on Scrapeless

Description:Submit a new web scraping job with specified target URL and extraction rules. [See the documentation](https://apidocs.scrapeless.com/api-11949852)

Version:0.0.2

Key:scrapeless-submit-scrape-job

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Scrapeless Overview#

Scrapeless – your go-to platform for powerful, compliant web data extraction. With tools like Universal Scraping API, Scrapeless makes it easy to access and gather data from complex sites. Focus on insights while we handle the technical hurdles. Scrapeless – data extraction made simple.

Action Code#

import { COUNTRY_OPTIONS } from "../../common/constants.mjs";
import { log } from "../../common/utils.mjs";
import scrapeless from "../../scrapeless.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "scrapeless-submit-scrape-job",
  name: "Submit Scrape Job",
  description: "Submit a new web scraping job with specified target URL and extraction rules. [See the documentation](https://apidocs.scrapeless.com/api-11949852)",
  version: "0.0.2",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    scrapeless,
    actor: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Actor",
      default: "scraper.shopee",
      description: "The actor to use for the scrape job. This can be a specific user or a system account.",
    },
    inputUrl: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Input URL",
      description: "Target URL to scrape. This is the URL of the web page you want to extract data from.",
    },
    proxyCountry: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Proxy Country",
      description: "The country to route the request through. This can help in bypassing geo-restrictions.",
      default: "ANY",
      options: COUNTRY_OPTIONS.map((country) => ({
        label: country.label,
        value: country.value,
      })),
    },
    asyncMode: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Async Mode",
      default: true,
      description: "Whether to run the scrape job in asynchronous mode. If set to true, the job will be processed in the background.",
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    try {
      const data = {
        actor: this.actor,
        input: {
          url: this.inputUrl,
        },
        proxy: {
          country: this.proxyCountry,
        },
        async: this.asyncMode,
      };

      const response = await this.scrapeless.submitScrapeJob({
        $,
        data,
      });
      log(response);

      $.export("$summary", this.asyncMode
        ? `Successfully submitted scrape job with ID: ${response.taskId}`
        : "Successfully scraped the target configuration.");
      return response;
    } catch (error) {
      throw new Error(error.message);
    }
  },
};

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
Scrapeless	`scrapeless`	`app`	This component uses the Scrapeless app.
Actor	`actor`	`string`	The actor to use for the scrape job. This can be a specific user or a system account.
Input URL	`inputUrl`	`string`	Target URL to scrape. This is the URL of the web page you want to extract data from.
Proxy Country	`proxyCountry`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`{ "label": "World Wide", "value": "ANY" }{ "label": "Albania", "value": "AL" }{ "label": "Algeria", "value": "DZ" }{ "label": "Bhutan", "value": "BT" }{ "label": "Bolivia", "value": "BO" }{ "label": "Austria", "value": "AT" }{ "label": "Bahrain", "value": "BH" }{ "label": "Argentina", "value": "AR" }{ "label": "Azerbaijan", "value": "AZ" }{ "label": "Cyprus", "value": "CY" }{ "label": "Burundi", "value": "BI" }{ "label": "Cameroon", "value": "CM" }{ "label": "Croatia", "value": "HR" }{ "label": "Dominican Republic", "value": "DO" }{ "label": "Australia", "value": "AU" }{ "label": "Belarus", "value": "BY" }{ "label": "Angola", "value": "AO" }{ "label": "Bulgaria", "value": "BG" }{ "label": "Democratic Republic of the Congo", "value": "CD" }{ "label": "Aruba", "value": "AW" }{ "label": "Armenia", "value": "AM" }{ "label": "Bangladesh", "value": "BD" }{ "label": "Belgium", "value": "BE" }{ "label": "Cambodia", "value": "KH" }{ "label": "Czech Republic", "value": "CZ" }{ "label": "Denmark", "value": "DK" }{ "label": "Burkina Faso", "value": "BF" }{ "label": "Canada", "value": "CA" }{ "label": "Cuba", "value": "CU" }{ "label": "China", "value": "CN" }{ "label": "Gambia The", "value": "GM" }{ "label": "Georgia", "value": "GE" }{ "label": "Chile", "value": "CL" }{ "label": "Congo", "value": "CG" }{ "label": "Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)", "value": "CI" }{ "label": "Gabon", "value": "GA" }{ "label": "Colombia", "value": "CO" }{ "label": "Costa Rica", "value": "CR" }{ "label": "Indonesia", "value": "ID" }{ "label": "French Polynesia", "value": "PF" }{ "label": "Luxembourg", "value": "LU" }{ "label": "Malta", "value": "MT" }{ "label": "Mali", "value": "ML" }{ "label": "Mexico", "value": "MX" }{ "label": "Mauritius", "value": "MU" }{ "label": "Madagascar", "value": "MG" }{ "label": "Malawi", "value": "MW" }{ "label": "Montenegro", "value": "ME" }{ "label": "Netherlands", "value": "NL" }{ "label": "Macau S.A.R.", "value": "MO" }{ "label": "Moldova", "value": "MD" }{ "label": "Malaysia", "value": "MY" }{ "label": "Mongolia", "value": "MN" }{ "label": "Man (Isle of)", "value": "IM" }{ "label": "Fiji Islands", "value": "FJ" }{ "label": "Finland", "value": "FI" }{ "label": "France", "value": "FR" }{ "label": "India", "value": "IN" }{ "label": "Iceland", "value": "IS" }{ "label": "North Macedonia", "value": "MK" }{ "label": "New Zealand", "value": "NZ" }{ "label": "Nicaragua", "value": "NI" }{ "label": "Norway", "value": "NO" }{ "label": "Haiti", "value": "HT" }{ "label": "Honduras", "value": "HN" }{ "label": "Hungary", "value": "HU" }{ "label": "Guyana", "value": "GY" }{ "label": "Hong Kong S.A.R.", "value": "HK" }{ "label": "Nigeria", "value": "NG" }{ "label": "Oman", "value": "OM" }{ "label": "Peru", "value": "PE" }{ "label": "Pakistan", "value": "PK" }{ "label": "Palestinian Territory Occupied", "value": "PS" }{ "label": "Papua new Guinea", "value": "PG" }{ "label": "Poland", "value": "PL" }{ "label": "Paraguay", "value": "PY" }{ "label": "Panama", "value": "PA" }{ "label": "Philippines", "value": "PH" }{ "label": "Ethiopia", "value": "ET" }{ "label": "Guatemala", "value": "GT" }{ "label": "Greece", "value": "GR" }{ "label": "Guinea-Bissau", "value": "GW" }{ "label": "Estonia", "value": "EE" }{ "label": "Guinea", "value": "GN" }{ "label": "Saudi Arabia", "value": "SA" }{ "label": "Serbia", "value": "RS" }{ "label": "The Bahamas", "value": "BS" }{ "label": "Ecuador", "value": "EC" }{ "label": "Grenada", "value": "GD" }{ "label": "Bosnia and Herzegovina", "value": "BA" }{ "label": "Brazil", "value": "BR" }{ "label": "Germany", "value": "DE" }{ "label": "Ghana", "value": "GH" }{ "label": "Rwanda", "value": "RW" }{ "label": "Senegal", "value": "SN" }{ "label": "Thailand", "value": "TH" }{ "label": "Tajikistan", "value": "TJ" }{ "label": "Tanzania", "value": "TZ" }{ "label": "Egypt", "value": "EG" }{ "label": "El Salvador", "value": "SV" }{ "label": "Gibraltar", "value": "GI" }{ "label": "Saint Vincent And The Grenadines", "value": "VC" }{ "label": "Slovakia", "value": "SK" }{ "label": "Slovenia", "value": "SI" }{ "label": "Trinidad And Tobago", "value": "TT" }{ "label": "Tunisia", "value": "TN" }{ "label": "Turkey", "value": "TR" }{ "label": "Uganda", "value": "UG" }{ "label": "Turks And Caicos Islands", "value": "TC" }{ "label": "Ukraine", "value": "UA" }{ "label": "Togo", "value": "TG" }{ "label": "United States", "value": "US" }{ "label": "Portugal", "value": "PT" }{ "label": "Puerto Rico", "value": "PR" }{ "label": "United Arab Emirates", "value": "AE" }{ "label": "United Kingdom", "value": "GB" }{ "label": "Vietnam", "value": "VN" }{ "label": "Kazakhstan", "value": "KZ" }{ "label": "Israel", "value": "IL" }{ "label": "Jamaica", "value": "JM" }{ "label": "Virgin Islands (US)", "value": "VI" }{ "label": "Kyrgyzstan", "value": "KG" }{ "label": "Latvia", "value": "LV" }{ "label": "Nepal", "value": "NP" }{ "label": "Zambia", "value": "ZM" }{ "label": "Libya", "value": "LY" }{ "label": "Namibia", "value": "NA" }{ "label": "Reunion", "value": "RE" }{ "label": "Qatar", "value": "QA" }{ "label": "Russia", "value": "RU" }{ "label": "Jersey", "value": "JE" }{ "label": "Kuwait", "value": "KW" }{ "label": "Lithuania", "value": "LT" }{ "label": "Morocco", "value": "MA" }{ "label": "Ireland", "value": "IE" }{ "label": "Italy", "value": "IT" }{ "label": "Myanmar", "value": "MM" }{ "label": "Zimbabwe", "value": "ZW" }{ "label": "Lesotho", "value": "LS" }{ "label": "Yemen", "value": "YE" }{ "label": "Romania", "value": "RO" }{ "label": "Mozambique", "value": "MZ" }{ "label": "Japan", "value": "JP" }{ "label": "Jordan", "value": "JO" }{ "label": "Kenya", "value": "KE" }{ "label": "Venezuela", "value": "VE" }{ "label": "Uzbekistan", "value": "UZ" }{ "label": "Uruguay", "value": "UY" }{ "label": "Sri Lanka", "value": "LK" }{ "label": "Sudan", "value": "SD" }{ "label": "Switzerland", "value": "CH" }{ "label": "South Korea", "value": "KR" }{ "label": "Suriname", "value": "SR" }{ "label": "South Africa", "value": "ZA" }{ "label": "Spain", "value": "ES" }{ "label": "Taiwan", "value": "TW" }{ "label": "Sweden", "value": "SE" }{ "label": "Somalia", "value": "SO" }{ "label": "Lebanon", "value": "LB" }{ "label": "Singapore", "value": "SG" }`
Async Mode	`asyncMode`	`boolean`	Whether to run the scrape job in asynchronous mode. If set to true, the job will be processed in the background.

Action Authentication#

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