Base64 Decode String with Helper Functions API on New Outbound Message (Instant) from Salesforce API

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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Outbound Message (Instant) trigger
1. Connect your Salesforce account
2. Configure infoBox
Configure the Base64 Decode String action
1. Connect your Helper Functions account
2. Configure data
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 Outbound Message (Instant) on Salesforce

Description:Emit new event when a new outbound message is received in Salesforce.

Version:0.1.7

Key:salesforce_rest_api-new-outbound-message

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Salesforce Overview#

The Salesforce (REST API) provides a powerful platform for creating and managing customer relationships with a wide array of features like data manipulation, querying, and complex automation. With Pipedream's serverless execution, you can create workflows that automate your sales processes, sync data with other platforms, enhance customer engagement, and trigger actions based on specific events. Dive into Salesforce data, streamline lead management, track customer interactions, and push or pull data to or from Salesforce seamlessly.

Trigger Code#

import { XMLParser } from "fast-xml-parser";
import salesforce from "../../salesforce_rest_api.app.mjs";

export default {
  type: "source",
  name: "New Outbound Message (Instant)",
  key: "salesforce_rest_api-new-outbound-message",
  description: "Emit new event when a new outbound message is received in Salesforce.",
  version: "0.1.7",
  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    db: "$.service.db",
    http: {
      type: "$.interface.http",
      customResponse: true,
    },
    salesforce,
    infoBox: {
      type: "alert",
      alertType: "info",
      content: `See Salesforce's guide on [setting up Outbound Messaging](https://sforce.co/3JbZJom).
\\
Set the Outbound Message's \`Endpoint URL\` to the endpoint of this source, which you can view after it is created.
\\
The \`Send Session ID\` option must be enabled in Salesforce for validating outbound messages.`,
    },
  },
  methods: {
    _unwrapMessage(message) {
      const parser = new XMLParser({
        removeNSPrefix: true,
      });
      const obj = parser.parse(message);
      const notifications = obj["Envelope"]["Body"].notifications;
      return notifications;
    },
    _sendHttpResponse(successValue = true, status) {
      // eslint-disable-next-line multiline-ternary
      status = status ?? (successValue ? 200 : 400);
      this.http.respond({
        status,
        body: `
          <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
          xmlns:out="http://soap.sforce.com/2005/09/outbound">
            <soapenv:Header/>
            <soapenv:Body>
              <out:notificationsResponse>
                <out:Ack>${successValue}</out:Ack>
              </out:notificationsResponse>
            </soapenv:Body>
          </soapenv:Envelope>
        `,
        headers: {
          "content-type": "text/xml",
        },
      });
    },
    async _isValidSessionId(sessionId) {
      try {
        const data = await this.salesforce.getUserInfo(sessionId);
        return Boolean(data);
      } catch (err) {
        console.log("Error validating SessionId:", err);
        return false;
      }
    },
    async _isValidSource(data) {
      const { SessionId: sessionId } = data;
      if (!sessionId) {
        throw new Error("The outbound message is missing a Session ID. Please configure the outbound message to send Session ID to validate the webhook source.");
      }

      return this._isValidSessionId(sessionId);
    },
    generateMeta(data) {
      const {
        ActionId: actionId,
        Notification: { Id: eventId },
      } = data;
      const id = `${eventId}-${actionId}`;
      const summary = JSON.stringify(data);
      const ts = Date.now();
      return {
        id,
        summary,
        ts,
      };
    },
  },
  async run(event) {
    const { bodyRaw } = event;
    this._sendHttpResponse(true);
    const data = this._unwrapMessage(bodyRaw);
    if (!(await this._isValidSource(data))) {
      console.log("Skipping event from unrecognized source");
      return;
    }

    let notifications = data.Notification;
    if (!Array.isArray(notifications)) {
      notifications = [
        data.Notification,
      ];
    }

    notifications.forEach((n) => {
      const notification = Object.assign(data, {
        Notification: n,
      });
      this.$emit(notification, this.generateMeta(notification));
    });
  },
};

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
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.
Salesforce	`salesforce`	`app`	This component uses the Salesforce app.

Trigger Authentication#

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

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

About Salesforce#

Web services API for interacting with Salesforce

Action#

Base64 Decode String on Helper Functions

Description:Accepts a base64-encoded string, returns a decoded UTF-8 string

Version:0.1.1

Key:helper_functions-base64-decode-string

View on GitHub

Helper Functions Overview#

The Helper Functions app on Pipedream is a set of pre-built functions that streamline common tasks in your workflows. It acts like a Swiss Army knife for developers, providing essential tools such as format conversion, date manipulation, and text processing. By leveraging these functions, you can reduce the boilerplate code needed for routine operations, speeding up the development of intricate automations. The Helper Functions API can be a game changer when it comes to tasks like parsing dates in user-friendly formats, encoding and decoding data, or generating UUIDs, making them more efficient and less error-prone.

Action Code#

// legacy_hash_id: a_0Mio28
import helper_functions from "../../helper_functions.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "helper_functions-base64-decode-string",
  name: "Base64 Decode String",
  description: "Accepts a base64-encoded string, returns a decoded UTF-8 string",
  version: "0.1.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    helper_functions,
    data: {
      type: "string",
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const buffer = Buffer.from(this.data, "base64");
    $.export("data", buffer.toString("utf8"));
  },
};