Append to Thread in Automation Run with Testmo API on New Direct Message from Slack Bot API

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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a Slack Bot trigger and Testmo 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 trigger
1. Connect your Slack Bot account
2. Configure Polling schedule
3. Select a User Channel
Configure the Append to Thread in Automation Run action
1. Connect your Testmo account
2. Select a Project Id
3. Select a Automation Run Id
4. Select a Thread Id
5. Optional- Configure Elapsed Observed
6. Optional- Configure Artifacts
7. Optional- Configure Number of Fields
8. Optional- Configure Number of Tests
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 on Slack Bot

Description:Emit new event when a message is posted in a direct message channel (Bot). To open a conversation, use the Pipedream Action "Send a Direct Message" to send a message from the Bot, or enable direct messages to the Bot in your App Settings (Settings->App Home->Show Tabs->Messages Tab), and send a direct message to the Bot.

Version:0.0.4

Key:slack_bot-new-direct-message

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Slack Bot Overview#

The Slack Bot API allows you to build rich, interactive bots for Slack workspaces. These bots can respond to messages, post updates, and interact with users in various ways. With the Slack Bot API on Pipedream, developers can create automated workflows that trigger on specific events in Slack, such as new messages or reactions, and then perform defined actions, like sending data to other apps or processing the information within Pipedream's serverless platform. This tight integration with Pipedream enables both simple and complex automations, leveraging Pipedream's ability to connect with numerous apps and its powerful built-in code steps.

Trigger Code#

import common from "../common/base.mjs";
import constants from "../../common/constants.mjs";
import utils from "../../common/utils.mjs";

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "slack_bot-new-direct-message",
  name: "New Direct Message",
  version: "0.0.4",
  description: "Emit new event when a message is posted in a direct message channel (Bot). To open a conversation, use the Pipedream Action \"Send a Direct Message\" to send a message from the Bot, or enable direct messages to the Bot in your App Settings (Settings->App Home->Show Tabs->Messages Tab), and send a direct message to the Bot.",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    ...common.props,
    channelId: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.app,
        "channelId",
        () => ({
          types: [
            constants.CHANNEL_TYPE.IM,
          ],
        }),
      ],
      label: "User Channel",
      description: `Events will only be emitted for direct messages between this user and the Bot. ${utils.CONVERSATION_PERMISSION_MESSAGE}`,
    },
  },
  methods: {
    ...common.methods,
    getResourceName() {
      return constants.RESOURCE_NAME.MESSAGES;
    },
    getResourceFn() {
      return this.app.conversationsHistory;
    },
    getResourceFnArgs() {
      return {
        channel: this.channelId,
        limit: constants.LIMIT,
        oldest: this.getLastTimestamp(),
        inclusive: false,
      };
    },
    generateMeta(resource) {
      return {
        id: resource.ts,
        ts: resource.ts,
        summary: `New Message Timestamp ${resource.ts}`,
      };
    },
  },
};

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 Bot	`app`	`app`	This component uses the Slack Bot app.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
Polling schedule	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`	How often to poll the Slack API
User Channel	`channelId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.

Trigger Authentication#

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

In the settings for your Slack app, visit the OAuth & Permissions section on the left. You'll see a token labeled Bot User OAuth Access Token. Copy and paste that below.

See Slack's docs on Bot User Tokens for more info.

About Slack Bot#

Interact with Slack with your own bot user

Action#

Append to Thread in Automation Run on Testmo

Description:Appends test artifacts, fields or test results to an existing thread in an automation run. [See the documentation](https://docs.testmo.com/api/reference/automation-runs#post-automation-runs-threads-automation_run_thread_id-append)

Version:0.0.1

Key:testmo-append-to-thread

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Testmo Overview#

The Testmo API enables automation and integration of your testing workflows into the broader CI/CD pipeline. With Pipedream, you can use this API to trigger tests, update test cases, log results, and sync status with other project management tools. By creating custom serverless workflows on Pipedream, you can connect Testmo to various apps, manage test lifecycles, and respond to events from other services in real-time.

Action Code#

import testmo from "../../testmo.app.mjs";
import constants from "../../common/constants.mjs";

export default {
  key: "testmo-append-to-thread",
  name: "Append to Thread in Automation Run",
  version: "0.0.1",
  description: "Appends test artifacts, fields or test results to an existing thread in an automation run. [See the documentation](https://docs.testmo.com/api/reference/automation-runs#post-automation-runs-threads-automation_run_thread_id-append)",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    testmo,
    projectId: {
      propDefinition: [
        testmo,
        "projectId",
      ],
    },
    automationRunId: {
      propDefinition: [
        testmo,
        "automationRunId",
        (c) => ({
          projectId: c.projectId,
        }),
      ],
    },
    threadId: {
      propDefinition: [
        testmo,
        "threadId",
        (c) => ({
          automationRunId: c.automationRunId,
        }),
      ],
    },
    elapsedObserved: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Elapsed Observed",
      description: "Partial observed elapsed (execution time) in microseconds to add to the overall observed time of the thread.",
      optional: true,
    },
    artifacts: {
      propDefinition: [
        testmo,
        "artifacts",
      ],
    },
    numFields: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Number of Fields",
      description: "Number of fields to append",
      optional: true,
      reloadProps: true,
    },
    numTests: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Number of Tests",
      description: "Number of tests to append",
      optional: true,
      reloadProps: true,
    },
  },
  async additionalProps() {
    const props = {};
    if (this.numFields) {
      for (let i = 1; i <= this.numFields; i++) {
        props[`fieldName_${i}`] = {
          type: "string",
          label: `Field ${i} - Name`,
        };
        props[`type_${i}`] = {
          type: "integer",
          label: `Field ${i} - Type`,
          options: constants.FIELD_TYPES,
        };
        props[`value_${i}`] = {
          type: "string",
          label: `Field ${i} - Value`,
          optional: true,
        };
      }
    }
    if (this.numTests) {
      for (let i = 1; i <= this.numTests; i++) {
        props[`key_${i}`] = {
          type: "string",
          label: `Test ${i} - Key`,
          description: "Key used to identify tests across multiple automation runs (in the context of the same source)",
        };
        props[`testName_${i}`] = {
          type: "string",
          label: `Test ${i} - Name`,
          description: "Name of the test",
        };
        props[`status_${i}`] = {
          type: "string",
          label: `Test ${i} - Status`,
          description: "Alias of the status for the result of the test (for example, `failed` or `passed`). The status aliases can be configured in Testmo's admin area.",
        };
        props[`folder_${i}`] = {
          type: "string",
          label: `Test ${i} - Folder`,
          description: "Fully qualified name of the target folder of the test. Folders can be used to group related tests and usually map to class or type names as defined in the test automation suite",
        };
      }
    }
    return props;
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const artifacts = this.artifacts?.map((artifact) => ({
      name: artifact,
      url: artifact,
    }));
    const fields = [];
    for (let i = 1; i <= this.numFields; i++) {
      fields.push({
        name: this[`fieldName_${i}`],
        type: this[`type_${i}`],
        value: this[`value_${i}`],
      });
    }
    const tests = [];
    for (let i = 1; i <= this.numTests; i++) {
      tests.push({
        key: this[`key_${i}`],
        name: this[`testName_${i}`],
        status: this[`status_${i}`],
        folder: this[`folder_${i}`],
      });
    }

    const response = await this.testmo.appendToThread({
      threadId: this.threadId,
      data: {
        elapsed_observed: this.elapsedObserved,
        artifacts,
        fields,
        tests,
      },
      $,
    });

    $.export("$summary", `Successfully appended data to automation run thread with ID ${this.threadId}.`);

    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
Testmo	`testmo`	`app`	This component uses the Testmo app.
Project Id	`projectId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Automation Run Id	`automationRunId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Thread Id	`threadId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Elapsed Observed	`elapsedObserved`	`integer`	Partial observed elapsed (execution time) in microseconds to add to the overall observed time of the thread.
Artifacts	`artifacts`	`string[]`	List of URLs of externally stored test artifacts to link to the thread (such as log files, screenshots or test data)
Number of Fields	`numFields`	`integer`	Number of fields to append
Number of Tests	`numTests`	`integer`	Number of tests to append

Action Authentication#

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

To retrieve your API Key,

Navigate to your Testmo account and sign in
Click the dropdown on the top right
Go to “My profile & settings” > “API access”

About Testmo#

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