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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 Follower trigger
1. Connect your Wordpress.com account
2. Select a Site ID or Domain
3. Select a Follower Type
4. 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 Follower on Wordpress.com

Description:Emit new event for each new follower that subscribes to the site.

Version:0.0.2

Key:wordpress_com-new-follower

View on GitHub

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-follower",
  name: "New Follower",
  description: "Emit new event for each new follower that subscribes to the site.",
  version: "0.0.2",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  methods: {
    getWordpressFollowers($) {

      return this.wordpress.getWordpressFollowers({
        $,
        site: this.site,
        type: this.type,
      });

    },
  },
  props: {
    wordpress,
    db: "$.service.db",
    site: {
      propDefinition: [
        wordpress,
        "siteId",
      ],
    },
    type: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Follower Type",
      description: "Select the type of followers to fetch: those who clicked Subscribe or those manually added in the dashboard.",
      options: [
        {
          label: "WordPress.com Followers",
          value: "wpcom",
        },
        {
          label: "Email-only Followers",
          value: "email",
        },
      ],
      default: "wpcom",
    },
    timer: {
      type: "$.interface.timer",
      label: "Timer",
      description: "How often to poll WordPress for new followers.",
      default: {
        intervalSeconds: DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL,
      },
    },
  },
  hooks: {
    async activate() {

      const {
        wordpress,
        db,
      } = this;

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

      const response = await this.getWordpressFollowers();

      const followers = response.subscribers || [];

      await wordpress.initialize(followers, db, "lastFollowerId");
    },
  },

  async run({ $ }) {
    const {
      wordpress,
      db,
    } = this;

    const response = await this.getWordpressFollowers($);

    const followers = response.subscribers || [];

    const lastFollowerId = Number(await db.get("lastFollowerId"));

    if (!lastFollowerId) await wordpress.initialize(followers, db, "lastFollowerId");

    let maxFollowerIdTracker = lastFollowerId;
    const newFollowers = [];

    for (const follower of followers) {
      if (Number(follower.ID) > lastFollowerId) {
        newFollowers.push(follower);
        if (Number(follower.ID) > maxFollowerIdTracker) {
          maxFollowerIdTracker = follower.ID;
        }
      }
    }

    for (const follower of newFollowers) {
      this.$emit(follower, {
        id: follower.ID,
        summary: follower.label || follower.login || "Anonymous Follower",
        ts: follower.date_subscribed && +new Date(follower.date_subscribed),
      });
    }

    // Update last seen follower ID
    if (newFollowers.length > 0) {
      await db.set("lastFollowerId", maxFollowerIdTracker);
      console.log(`Checked for new followers. Emitted ${newFollowers.length} follower(s).`);
    } else {
      console.log("No new followers 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.
Follower Type	`type`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`{ "label": "WordPress.com Followers", "value": "wpcom" }{ "label": "Email-only Followers", "value": "email" }`
Timer	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`	How often to poll WordPress for new followers.

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

View on GitHub

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.