Convert to PDF with PDF4me API on New Task Completed from iLovePDF API

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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a iLovePDF trigger and PDF4me action. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Select this integration
Configure the New Task Completed trigger
1. Connect your iLovePDF account
2. Configure timer
3. Optional- Select a Tool
Configure the Convert to PDF action
1. Connect your PDF4me account
2. Configure File Path or URL
3. Configure File 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 Task Completed on iLovePDF

Description:Emit new event for each new task. [See the documentation](https://developer.ilovepdf.com/docs/api-reference#task)

Version:0.0.1

Key:ilovepdf-new-task-completed

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iLovePDF Overview#

The iLovePDF API lets you automate PDF processing tasks like merging, splitting, compressing, and converting PDFs to other formats. iLovePDF's robust functionality can be harnessed in Pipedream workflows, which may include handling PDFs generated from various triggers, processing them as needed, and connecting to other services for storage, data extraction, or further actions based on the transformed PDFs.

Trigger Code#

import { DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL } from "@pipedream/platform";
import ilovepdf from "../../ilovepdf.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "ilovepdf-new-task-completed",
  name: "New Task Completed",
  description: "Emit new event for each new task. [See the documentation](https://developer.ilovepdf.com/docs/api-reference#task)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    ilovepdf,
    db: "$.service.db",
    timer: {
      type: "$.interface.timer",
      default: {
        intervalSeconds: DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL,
      },
    },
    tool: {
      propDefinition: [
        ilovepdf,
        "tool",
      ],
      description: "If specified, events will only be emitted for tasks with this tool",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  methods: {
    _setSavedItems(value) {
      this.db.set("tasks", value);
    },
    _getSavedItems() {
      return this.db.get("tasks") ?? [];
    },
    async getAndProcessItems() {
      const { token } = await this.ilovepdf.getAuthToken();

      const savedItems = this._getSavedItems();
      const tasks = await this.ilovepdf.listTasks({
        token,
        tool: this.tool,
      });

      tasks?.filter?.(({ task }) => !savedItems.includes(task)).forEach((task) => {
        const ts = Date.now();
        this.$emit(task, {
          id: task.task,
          summary: `New task (${task.tool}) - ${task.file_number} file${task.file_number == 1
            ? ""
            : "s"}`,
          ts,
        });
        savedItems.push(task.task);
      });

      this._setSavedItems(savedItems);
    },
  },
  hooks: {
    async deploy() {
      await this.getAndProcessItems();
    },
  },
  async run() {
    await this.getAndProcessItems();
  },
};

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
iLovePDF	`ilovepdf`	`app`	This component uses the iLovePDF app.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`
Tool	`tool`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`compressmergesplitpdfjpgimagepdfunlockpagenumberwatermarkofficepdfrepairrotateprotectpdfavalidatepdfahtmlpdfextract`

Trigger Authentication#

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

Sign in to your iLovePDF developer account. Navigate to Projects, and you will find your Public Key and Secret Key under API Keys.

About iLovePDF#

iLovePDF is an online service to work with PDF files completely free and easy to use. Merge PDF, split PDF, compress PDF, office to PDF, and more.

Action#

Convert to PDF on PDF4me

Description:Convert a document (e.g., DOCX, XLSX, PPTX) to PDF. [See the documentation](https://dev.pdf4me.com/apiv2/documentation/actions/convert-to-pdf/)

Version:0.1.0

Key:pdf4me-convert-to-pdf

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Action Code#

import pdf4me from "../../pdf4me.app.mjs";
import utils from "../../common/utils.mjs";

export default {
  key: "pdf4me-convert-to-pdf",
  name: "Convert to PDF",
  description: "Convert a document (e.g., DOCX, XLSX, PPTX) to PDF. [See the documentation](https://dev.pdf4me.com/apiv2/documentation/actions/convert-to-pdf/)",
  version: "0.1.0",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    pdf4me,
    filePath: {
      propDefinition: [
        pdf4me,
        "filePath",
      ],
    },
    filename: {
      propDefinition: [
        pdf4me,
        "filename",
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const filename = utils.checkForExtension(this.filename, "pdf");
    const fileContent = await utils.getBase64File(this.filePath);

    const response = await this.pdf4me.convertToPdf({
      $,
      data: {
        docContent: fileContent,
        docName: filename,
      },
      responseType: "arraybuffer",
    });

    const filedata = utils.downloadToTmp(response, this.filename);

    $.export("$summary", "Successfully converted file to PDF");
    return filedata;
  },
};

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
PDF4me	`pdf4me`	`app`	This component uses the PDF4me app.
File Path or URL	`filePath`	`string`	The file to process. Provide either a file URL or a path to a file in the `/tmp` directory (for example, `/tmp/myFile.doc`)
File Name	`filename`	`string`	The filename to save the resulting PDF in the /tmp directory