Can I use custom actions as functions within a Node.js code step in my workflow?

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To use a method from an npm package like @pipedream/rss in a Node.js component, you can import the method and then use it in your code. However, I couldn’t find a specific “listItems” method in the @pipedream/rss package. If you could provide more information about the method or the package, I’d be happy to help you with an example. In the meantime, here’s a general example of how to import a method from an npm package and use it in a Pipedream component: import { someMethod } from "some-package"; export default { async run() { const result = await someMethod(); console.log(result); }, }; Replace someMethod with the actual method you want to use, and some-package with the correct package name.

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Can users create custom apps? This is effectively be what I was looking for

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e.g. import {gpt} from "@pipedream/henrikskog"

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Not today, but soon! If you want us to add a new integrations, we can always do that, but there’s not a concept of private apps today. Leo’s suggestion to create your own npm package to distribute code is the best way to do what you’d like here.

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Okay, thanks for the help! :smile: Is this documented? I might have missed it, but if not I think it would be of great use as its pretty common to want something like this I think. Loving the product so far though!

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It was, trying to find it now though… it may have been errantly removed in one of our prior updates

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I put it on the docs backlog

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Nice:+1::skin-tone-2:

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I’m trying to use the methods exposed in the app file for the openai component, but I’m a bit confused. @pipedream/openaisimply returns the whole object defined in the components/openai/app/openai.app.mjs file. Was this what you were referring to ?

**import** all **from** "@pipedream/openai"

// To use previous step data, pass the steps object to the run() function
export **default** defineComponent({
**async** run({ steps, $ }) {
// Return data to use it in future steps
_const models =_ **await a**ll.methods.getChatCompletionModels()
console.log(models)
**return** steps.trigger.event
},
})

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apologies, Mario didn’t return an accurate response now that I look at it. I’ll also add these docs so it knows how to work with components. Try this:

import openai from "@pipedream/openai"

// To use previous step data, pass the steps object to the run() function
export default defineComponent({
  props: {
    openai,
  },
  async run({ steps, $ }) {
    // Return data to use it in future steps
const models = await this.openai.getChatCompletionModels()
    console.log(models)
    return steps.trigger.event
  },
})
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The openai export is an object of type app, so we can pass it to props directly as a standard app prop. Then this.openai should expose the methods directly

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Aha I see, thanks!