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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Direct Message (Instant) trigger
1. Connect your Slack account
2. Configure slackApphook
3. Optional- Configure Ignore Bots
4. Optional- Configure Ignore Messages from Yourself
Configure the AI Data Extraction action
1. Connect your Scrapfly account
2. Configure Body
3. Select a Content Type
4. Configure URL
5. Optional- Configure Charset
6. Optional- Configure Extraction Template
7. Optional- Configure Extraction Prompt
8. Optional- Configure Extraction Model
9. Optional- Configure Webhook Name
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 Direct Message (Instant) on Slack

Description:Emit new event when a message was posted in a direct message channel

Version:1.0.20

Key:slack-new-direct-message

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Slack Overview#

The Pipedream Slack app enables you to build event-driven workflows that interact with the Slack API. Once you authorize the Pipedream app's access to your workspace, you can use Pipedream workflows to perform common Slack actions or write your own code against the Slack API.

The Pipedream Slack app is not a typical app. You don't interact with it directly as a bot, and it doesn't add custom functionality to your workspace out of the box. It makes it easier to automate anything you'd typically use the Slack API for, using Pipedream workflows.

Automate posting updates to your team channels
Create a bot to answer common questions
Integrate with your existing tools and services
And much more!

Trigger Code#

import common from "../common/base.mjs";
import sampleEmit from "./test-event.mjs";

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "slack-new-direct-message",
  name: "New Direct Message (Instant)",
  version: "1.0.20",
  description: "Emit new event when a message was posted in a direct message channel",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    ...common.props,
    // eslint-disable-next-line pipedream/props-description,pipedream/props-label
    slackApphook: {
      type: "$.interface.apphook",
      appProp: "slack",
      async eventNames() {
        return [
          "message.im",
        ];
      },
    },
    ignoreBot: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.slack,
        "ignoreBot",
      ],
    },
    ignoreSelf: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Ignore Messages from Yourself",
      description: "Ignores messages sent to yourself",
      default: false,
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  methods: {
    ...common.methods,
    getSummary() {
      return "New direct message received";
    },
    processEvent(event) {
      if ((this.ignoreSelf && event.user == this.slack.mySlackId())
        || ((this.ignoreBot) && (event.subtype === "bot_message" || event.bot_id))
        || (event.subtype === "message_changed")) {
        return;
      }
      return event;
    },
  },
  sampleEmit,
};

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
Slack	`slack`	`app`	This component uses the Slack app.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
	`slackApphook`	`$.interface.apphook`
Ignore Bots	`ignoreBot`	`boolean`	Ignore messages from bots
Ignore Messages from Yourself	`ignoreSelf`	`boolean`	Ignores messages sent to yourself

Trigger Authentication#

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

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

bookmarks:writecalls:readcalls:writechannels:historychannels:readchannels:writednd:readdnd:writeemoji:readfiles:readgroups:historygroups:readgroups:writeim:historyim:readim:writelinks:readlinks:writempim:historympim:readmpim:writepins:readpins:writereactions:readreactions:writereminders:readreminders:writeremote_files:readremote_files:sharestars:readstars:writeteam:readusergroups:readusergroups:writeusers:readusers:read.emailusers:writechat:write:botchat:write:usercommandsfiles:write:userusers.profile:writeusers.profile:readsearch:read

About Slack#

Slack is a channel-based messaging platform. With Slack, people can work together more effectively, connect all their software tools and services, and find the information they need to do their best work — all within a secure, enterprise-grade environment.

Action#

AI Data Extraction on Scrapfly

Description:Automate content extraction from any text-based source using AI, LLM, and custom parsing. [See the documentation](https://scrapfly.io/docs/extraction-api/getting-started)

Version:0.0.1

Key:scrapfly-ai-data-extraction

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Action Code#

import { ConfigurationError } from "@pipedream/platform";
import fs from "fs";
import { checkTmp } from "../../common/utils.mjs";
import scrapfly from "../../scrapfly.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "scrapfly-ai-data-extraction",
  name: "AI Data Extraction",
  description: "Automate content extraction from any text-based source using AI, LLM, and custom parsing. [See the documentation](https://scrapfly.io/docs/extraction-api/getting-started)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    scrapfly,
    body: {
      propDefinition: [
        scrapfly,
        "body",
      ],
    },
    contentType: {
      propDefinition: [
        scrapfly,
        "contentType",
      ],
    },
    url: {
      propDefinition: [
        scrapfly,
        "url",
      ],
    },
    charset: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Charset",
      description: "Charset of the document pass in the body. If you are not sure, you can use the `auto` value and we will try to detect it. Bad charset can lead to bad extraction, so it's important to set it correctly. **The most common charset is `utf-8` for text document and `ascii` for binary**. The symptom of a bad charset is that the text is not correctly displayed (accent, special characters, etc).",
      default: "auto",
      optional: true,
    },
    extractionTemplate: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Extraction Template",
      description: "Define an extraction template to get structured data. Use an ephemeral template (declared on the fly on the API call) or a stored template (declared in the dashboard) by using the template name.",
      optional: true,
    },
    extractionPrompt: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Extraction Prompt",
      description: "Instruction to extract data or ask a question on the scraped content with an LLM (Large Language Model). [Must be url encoded](https://scrapfly.io/web-scraping-tools/urlencode).",
      optional: true,
    },
    extractionModel: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Extraction Model",
      description: "AI Extraction to auto parse document to get structured data. E.g., `product`, `review`, `real-estate`, `article`.",
      optional: true,
    },
    webhookName: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Webhook Name",
      description: "Queue you scrape request and redirect API response to a provided webhook endpoint. You can create a webhook endpoint from your `dashboard`, it takes the name of the webhook. Webhooks are scoped to the given project/env.",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    if (!this.extractionTemplate && !this.extractionPrompt && !this.extractionModel) {
      throw new ConfigurationError("You must provide at least **Extraction Template**, **Extraction Prompt** or **Extraction Model**");
    }
    const response = await this.scrapfly.automateContentExtraction({
      $,
      headers: {
        "content-type": this.contentType,
      },
      maxBodyLength: Infinity,
      params: {
        url: this.url,
        charset: this.charset,
        extraction_template: this.extractionTemplate,
        extraction_prompt: this.extractionPrompt,
        extraction_model: this.extractionModel,
        webhook_name: this.webhookName,
      },
      data: fs.readFileSync(checkTmp(this.body)).toString(),
    });

    $.export("$summary", "Successfully extracted content");
    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
Scrapfly	`scrapfly`	`app`	This component uses the Scrapfly app.
Body	`body`	`string`	The request body must contain the content of the page you want to extract data from. The content must be in the format specified by the `content-type` header or via the `content_type` HTTP parameter. Provide a file from `/tmp`. To upload a file to `/tmp` folder, please follow the doc here
Content Type	`contentType`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`application/jsonapplication/jsonldapplication/xmltext/plaintext/htmltext/markdowntext/csvapplication/xhtml+xml`
URL	`url`	`string`	This URL is used to transform any relative URLs in the document into absolute URLs automatically. It can be either the base URL or the exact URL of the document. Must be url encoded.
Charset	`charset`	`string`	Charset of the document pass in the body. If you are not sure, you can use the `auto` value and we will try to detect it. Bad charset can lead to bad extraction, so it's important to set it correctly. The most common charset is `utf-8` for text document and `ascii` for binary. The symptom of a bad charset is that the text is not correctly displayed (accent, special characters, etc).
Extraction Template	`extractionTemplate`	`string`	Define an extraction template to get structured data. Use an ephemeral template (declared on the fly on the API call) or a stored template (declared in the dashboard) by using the template name.
Extraction Prompt	`extractionPrompt`	`string`	Instruction to extract data or ask a question on the scraped content with an LLM (Large Language Model). Must be url encoded.
Extraction Model	`extractionModel`	`string`	AI Extraction to auto parse document to get structured data. E.g., `product`, `review`, `real-estate`, `article`.
Webhook Name	`webhookName`	`string`	Queue you scrape request and redirect API response to a provided webhook endpoint. You can create a webhook endpoint from your `dashboard`, it takes the name of the webhook. Webhooks are scoped to the given project/env.

AI Data Extraction with Scrapfly API on New Direct Message (Instant) from Slack API

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