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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Comment trigger
1. Connect your Wordpress.com account
2. Select a Site ID or Domain
3. Optional- Select a Post ID
4. Optional- Configure Maximum Comments to Fetch
5. Configure Timer
Configure the Create Team action
1. Connect your Appwrite account
2. Configure Team ID
3. Configure Name
4. Optional- Configure Roles
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 Comment on Wordpress.com

Description:Emit new event for each new comment added since the last run. If no new comments, emit nothing.

Version:0.0.2

Key:wordpress_com-new-comment

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Wordpress.com Overview#

The Wordpress.com API empowers developers to extend and integrate their website's capabilities with custom automations and connections to a multitude of apps. Through Pipedream's serverless platform, you have the ability to automate content management tasks such as posting new articles, managing comments, and synchronizing users. This can streamline content workflows, enhance user engagement, and keep your site's data in sync with other services like social media, email marketing platforms, and analytics tools.

Trigger Code#

import wordpress from "../../wordpress_com.app.mjs";
import { DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL } from "@pipedream/platform";

export default {
  key: "wordpress_com-new-comment",
  name: "New Comment",
  description: "Emit new event for each new comment added since the last run. If no new comments, emit nothing.",
  version: "0.0.2",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  methods: {
    getWordpressComments($) {
      return this.wordpress.getWordpressComments({
        $,
        site: this.site,
        postId: this.postId,
        number: this.number,
      });
    },
  },
  props: {
    wordpress,
    db: "$.service.db",
    site: {
      propDefinition: [
        wordpress,
        "siteId",
      ],
    },
    postId: {
      propDefinition: [
        wordpress,
        "postId",
        (c) => ({
          site: c.site,
        }),
      ],
      description: "Enter a specific post ID to fetch comments for only that post. Leave empty to fetch all comments.",
      optional: true,
    },
    number: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Maximum Comments to Fetch",
      description: "The number of most recent comments to fetch each time the source runs",
      default: 10,
      optional: true,
      min: 1,
      max: 100,
    },
    timer: {
      type: "$.interface.timer",
      label: "Timer",
      description: "How often to poll WordPress for new comments.",
      default: {
        intervalSeconds: DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL,
      },
    },
  },
  hooks: {
    async activate() {

      const {
        wordpress,
        db,
      } = this;

      await this.db.set("lastCommentId", null); //reset

      const response = await this.getWordpressComments();

      const comments = response.comments || [];

      await wordpress.initialize(comments, db, "lastCommentId");
    },
  },

  async run({ $ }) {

    const {
      wordpress,
      db,
    } = this;

    const response = await this.getWordpressComments({
      $,
    });

    const comments = response.comments || [];
    const lastCommentId = Number(await db.get("lastCommentId"));

    if (!lastCommentId)  await wordpress.initialize(comments, db, "lastCommentId");

    let maxCommentIdTracker = lastCommentId;
    const newComments = [];

    for (const comment of comments) {
      if (Number(comment.ID) > lastCommentId) {
        newComments.push(comment);
        if (Number(comment.ID) > maxCommentIdTracker) {
          maxCommentIdTracker = comment.ID;
        }
      }
    }

    for (const comment of newComments.reverse()) {
      this.$emit(comment, {
        id: comment.ID,
        summary: comment.author?.name || "Anonymous Comment",
        ts: comment.date && +new Date(comment.date),
      });
    }

    // Update last seen comment ID
    if (newComments.length > 0) {
      await db.set("lastCommentId", maxCommentIdTracker);
      console.log(`Checked for new comments. Emitted ${newComments.length} comment(s).`);
    } else {
      console.log("No new comments found.");
    }
  },
};

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
Wordpress.com	`wordpress`	`app`	This component uses the Wordpress.com app.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
Site ID or Domain	`site`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Post ID	`postId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Maximum Comments to Fetch	`number`	`integer`	The number of most recent comments to fetch each time the source runs
Timer	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`	How often to poll WordPress for new comments.

Trigger Authentication#

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

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

global

About Wordpress.com#

Hosted Wordpress

Action#

Create Team on Appwrite

Description:Create a new team. [See the documentation](https://appwrite.io/docs/references/cloud/client-rest/teams#create)

Version:0.0.1

Key:appwrite-create-team

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Appwrite Overview#

Appwrite is a secure backend server geared towards providing developers with a set of easy-to-use APIs to manage core backend needs such as user authentication, databases, file storage, and more. With Appwrite's API, you can streamline backend development processes, ensuring quick and secure application development. Integrating Appwrite with Pipedream allows for the automation of processes like user management, data manipulation, and real-time updates cross-platform.

Action Code#

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

export default {
  key: "appwrite-create-team",
  name: "Create Team",
  description: "Create a new team. [See the documentation](https://appwrite.io/docs/references/cloud/client-rest/teams#create)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    app,
    teamId: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Team ID",
      description: "Choose a custom ID or generate a random ID with ID.unique(). Valid chars are a-z, A-Z, 0-9, period, hyphen, and underscore.",
    },
    name: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "name",
      ],
      description: "Name of the team",
    },
    roles: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "roles",
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const response = await this.app.createTeam({
      $,
      data: {
        teamId: this.teamId,
        name: this.name,
        roles: this.roles,
      },
    });

    $.export("$summary", `Successfully created team '${response.name}'`);

    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
Appwrite	`app`	`app`	This component uses the Appwrite app.
Team ID	`teamId`	`string`	Choose a custom ID or generate a random ID with ID.unique(). Valid chars are a-z, A-Z, 0-9, period, hyphen, and underscore.
Name	`name`	`string`	Name of the team
Roles	`roles`	`string[]`	Use this prop to set the roles in the team for the user who created it.