Associate one identity with another with Segment API on New Channel Updates (Instant) from Telegram Bot API

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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Channel Updates (Instant) trigger
1. Connect your Telegram Bot account
Configure the Associate one identity with another action
1. Connect your Segment account
2. Optional- Configure Context
3. Optional- Configure Integrations
4. Configure Previous ID
5. Optional- Configure Timestamp
6. Optional- Configure User ID
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 Channel Updates (Instant) on Telegram Bot

Description:Emit new event each time a channel post is created or updated.

Version:0.1.5

Key:telegram_bot_api-channel-updates

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Telegram Bot Overview#

With the Telegram Bot API, you can build bots that perform a variety of tasks,
including:

Sending and receiving messages
Social networking
Content management
File sharing
Location sharing
Bot administration
And more!

Trigger Code#

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

export default {
  ...base,
  key: "telegram_bot_api-channel-updates",
  name: "New Channel Updates (Instant)",
  description: "Emit new event each time a channel post is created or updated.",
  version: "0.1.5",

  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  methods: {
    ...base.methods,
    getEventTypes() {
      return [
        "channel_post",
        "edited_channel_post",
      ];
    },
    getMeta(event, channelPost) {
      return {
        id: event.update_id,
        summary: `${channelPost.chat.title} - ${channelPost.text}`,
        ts: new Date(channelPost.edit_date ?? channelPost.date),
      };
    },
    processEvent(event) {
      const channelPost = event.edited_channel_post ?? event.channel_post;

      if (!channelPost?.chat) {
        throw new Error(`Expected event to contain a chat, but received: ${JSON.stringify(event)}`);
      }

      this.$emit(event, this.getMeta(event, channelPost));
    },
  },
  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
Telegram Bot	`telegramBotApi`	`app`	This component uses the Telegram Bot app.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
N/A	`http`	`$.interface.http`	This component uses `$.interface.http` to generate a unique URL when the component is first instantiated. Each request to the URL will trigger the `run()` method of the component.

Trigger Authentication#

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

To use the Telegram Bot API, you must first create a new bot by chatting with the BotFather.

After you create your bot, copy the bot token and add it below.

About Telegram Bot#

Telegram, is a cloud-based, cross-platform, encrypted instant messaging (IM) service.

Action#

Associate one identity with another on Segment

Description:Alias is how you associate one identity with another. See the docs [here](https://segment.com/docs/connections/sources/catalog/libraries/server/http-api/#alias)

Version:0.1.4

Key:segment-alias

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Segment Overview#

You can do a lot of amazing things with Segment's API. Segment's API enables
you to collect and connect customer data quickly and easily. With it, you can
power your analytics, marketing, and data warehousing requirements, and improve
your customer experience and performance.

The Segment API provides you with full control over your customer data,
including file storage, ETL, data modeling, data enrichment and
transformations, and data queries. With it, you can build powerful solutions
that help you uncover useful customer insights in real-time. Here are a few
examples of what you can do using the Segment API:

Collect and store customer data from multiple sources: You can collect
customer data from multiple sources such as web traffic, mobile and web apps,
ecommerce stores, CRMs, and marketing automation platforms.
Build custom data models to gain deeper insights into customer behavior: With
the Segment API, you can build custom models that organize customer data into
meaningful categories to gain deeper consumer insights.
Automatically enrich customer data with 3rd party APIs: The Segment API
allows you to automatically map, enrich, and clean customer data, creating a
single source of truth for better segmentation and decision making.
Analyze customer data in real-time for better decision making: With the
Segment API, you can monitor customer data in real-time, uncovering patterns
and creating reports in a few clicks.
Automate data pipelines to quickly and easily access data: You can quickly
and easily create data pipelines with the Segment API, and get accurate data
delivered on demand.
Connect customer data to over 250 cloud services: With the Segment API, you
can quickly and easily connect customer data to over 250 cloud services and
systems, such as analytics, marketing automation platforms, CRMs, and data
warehouses.

Action Code#

import segmentApp from "../../segment.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "segment-alias",
  name: "Associate one identity with another",
  description: "Alias is how you associate one identity with another. See the docs [here](https://segment.com/docs/connections/sources/catalog/libraries/server/http-api/#alias)",
  version: "0.1.4",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    segmentApp,
    context: {
      propDefinition: [
        segmentApp,
        "context",
      ],
    },
    integrations: {
      propDefinition: [
        segmentApp,
        "integrations",
      ],
    },
    previousId: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Previous ID",
      description: "Previous unique identifier for the user",
    },
    timestamp: {
      propDefinition: [
        segmentApp,
        "timestamp",
      ],
    },
    userId: {
      propDefinition: [
        segmentApp,
        "userId",
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    return this.segmentApp.alias({
      $,
      data: {
        context: this.context,
        integrations: this.integrations,
        previousId: this.previousId,
        timestamp: this.timestamp,
        userId: this.userId,
      },
    });
  },
};

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
Segment	`segmentApp`	`app`	This component uses the Segment app.
Context	`context`	`object`	Dictionary of extra information that provides useful context about a message, but is not directly related to the API call like ip address or locale
Integrations	`integrations`	`object`	Dictionary of destinations to either enable or disable
Previous ID	`previousId`	`string`	Previous unique identifier for the user
Timestamp	`timestamp`	`string`	Timestamp when the message itself took place, defaulted to the current time by the Segment Tracking API. It is an ISO-8601 date string. For example, `2022-04-08T17:32:11.318Z`
User ID	`userId`	`string`	Unique identifier for the user in your database., A User ID or an Anonymous ID is required.

Action Authentication#

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

Segment's APIs are accessed programmatically using access tokens, as well as write keys.

Access Token

Create access tokens via the Access Management page in your account: https://app.segment.com/{your-workspace-name}/settings/access-management. See "Get a Token" for more details. Please note, that you must be on a Team or Business plan to create an access token.

Write Key

You will also need to find your write key, which is a unique identifier for your Source. To find a write key, you first need to create a non-Cloud Source such as a website, server, or mobile source. (Cloud-sources do not have write keys, as they use a token or key from your account with that service.) Then, in the Source, go to “Settings’, and then go to “API Keys”. See "Locating Your Write Key" for more details.