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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Comments by User trigger
1. Connect your Reddit account
2. Configure Polling schedule
3. Configure Username
4. Optional- Configure Number of parents
5. Optional- Select a Time filter
6. Optional- Configure Include subreddit details?
Configure the Create Page action
1. Connect your Notion account
2. Select a Parent Page ID
3. Optional- Configure Page Title
4. Optional- Select one or more Meta Types
5. Optional- Configure Page Content
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 Comments by User on Reddit

Description:Emit new event each time a user posts a new comment.

Version:0.1.0

Key:reddit-new-comments-by-user

View on GitHub

Reddit Overview#

The Reddit API unlocks the potential to automate interactions with one of the largest online communities. With Pipedream, you can tap into the Reddit ecosystem to monitor trends, engage with audiences, or curate content. Whether it's tracking mentions of your brand, auto-posting to subreddits, or gathering data for analysis, the API offers a breadth of functionalities — from getting posts and comments to creating new threads and managing account settings.

Trigger Code#

import common from "../common.mjs";
const { reddit } = common.props;

export default {
  ...common,
  type: "source",
  key: "reddit-new-comments-by-user",
  name: "New Comments by User",
  description: "Emit new event each time a user posts a new comment.",
  version: "0.1.0",
  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    ...common.props,
    username: {
      propDefinition: [
        reddit,
        "username",
      ],
    },
    numberOfParents: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Number of parents",
      description:
        "The emitted events will contain the new comment plus the parents of said comment up to the number indicated in this property.",
      optional: true,
      min: 2,
      max: 10,
      default: 2,
    },
    timeFilter: {
      propDefinition: [
        reddit,
        "timeFilter",
      ],
    },
    includeSubredditDetails: {
      propDefinition: [
        reddit,
        "includeSubredditDetails",
      ],
    },
  },
  hooks: {
    async deploy() {
      // Emits sample events on the first run during deploy.
      var redditComments = await this.reddit.getNewUserComments(
        null,
        this.username,
        this.numberOfParents,
        this.timeFilter,
        this.includeSubredditDetails,
        10,
      );
      const { children: comments = [] } = redditComments.data;
      if (comments.length === 0) {
        console.log("No data available, skipping iteration");
        return;
      }
      const { name = this._getBefore() } = comments[0].data;
      this._setBefore(name);
      const {
        cache,
        keys,
      } = this.getAllCommentsData(comments);
      this._setCache(cache);
      this._setKeys(keys);
      comments.reverse().forEach(this.emitRedditEvent);
    },
  },
  methods: {
    ...common.methods,
    generateEventMetadata(redditEvent) {
      return {
        id: redditEvent.data.name,
        summary: redditEvent.data.body,
        ts: redditEvent.data.created,
      };
    },
    async isBeforeValid(before, cache) {
      // verify this comment still exists as a comment by this user
      const res = await this.reddit.getComment(cache[before]);
      const author = res[1]?.data?.children[0]?.data?.author;
      return author === this.username;
    },
    getCommentData(comment) {
      return {
        name: comment?.data?.name,
        id: comment?.data?.id,
        article: comment?.data?.link_id.slice(3),
        subreddit: comment?.data?.subreddit,
      };
    },
    getAllCommentsData(comments) {
      const cache = this._getCache();
      const keys = this._getKeys();
      comments.reverse().forEach((comment) => {
        cache[comment?.data?.name] = this.getCommentData(comment);
        keys.push(comment?.data?.name);
      });
      return {
        cache,
        keys,
      };
    },
  },
  async run() {
    let redditComments;
    const {
      cache: previousEmittedEvents,
      keys,
    } = await this.validateBefore(this._getCache(),
      this._getBefore(),
      this._getKeys());
    do {
      redditComments = await this.reddit.getNewUserComments(
        this._getBefore(),
        this.username,
        this.numberOfParents,
        this.timeFilter,
        this.includeSubredditDetails,
      );
      const { children: comments = [] } = redditComments.data;
      if (comments.length === 0) {
        console.log("No data available, skipping iteration");
        break;
      }
      const { name = this._getBefore() } = comments[0].data;
      this._setBefore(name);

      comments.reverse().forEach((comment) => {
        if (!previousEmittedEvents[comment.data.name]) {
          previousEmittedEvents[comment.data.name] = this.getCommentData(comment);
          keys.push(comment.data.name);
          this.emitRedditEvent(comment);
        }
      });
    } while (redditComments);
    this._setCache(previousEmittedEvents);
    this._setKeys(keys);
  },
};

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
Reddit	`reddit`	`app`	This component uses the Reddit app.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
Polling schedule	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`	Pipedream polls Reddit for events on this schedule.
Username	`username`	`string`	The username you'd like to watch.
Number of parents	`numberOfParents`	`integer`	The emitted events will contain the new comment plus the parents of said comment up to the number indicated in this property.
Time filter	`timeFilter`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`hourdayweekmonthyearall`
Include subreddit details?	`includeSubredditDetails`	`boolean`	If set to `true`, subreddit details will be expanded/included.

Trigger Authentication#

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

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

accountidentityedithistoryreadsubmitmysubredditssubscribe

About Reddit#

Reddit is a network of communities based on people's interests. Find communities you're interested in, and become part of an online community!

Action#

Create Page on Notion

Description:Creates a page from a parent page. The only valid property is *title*. [See the documentation](https://developers.notion.com/reference/post-page)

Version:0.2.12

Key:notion-create-page

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Notion Overview#

Notion's API allows for the creation, reading, updating, and deleting of pages, databases, and their contents within Notion. Using Pipedream's platform, you can build workflows that connect Notion with various other services to automate tasks such as content management, task tracking, and data synchronization. With Pipedream's serverless execution, you can trigger these workflows on a schedule, or by external events from other services, without managing any infrastructure.

Action Code#

import utils from "../../common/utils.mjs";
import notion from "../../notion.app.mjs";
import base from "../common/base-page-builder.mjs";

export default {
  ...base,
  key: "notion-create-page",
  name: "Create Page",
  description: "Creates a page from a parent page. The only valid property is *title*. [See the documentation](https://developers.notion.com/reference/post-page)",
  version: "0.2.12",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    notion,
    parent: {
      propDefinition: [
        notion,
        "pageId",
      ],
      label: "Parent Page ID",
      description: "The identifier for a Notion parent page",
      reloadProps: true,
    },
    title: {
      propDefinition: [
        notion,
        "title",
      ],
    },
    metaTypes: {
      propDefinition: [
        notion,
        "metaTypes",
      ],
    },
    pageContent: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Page Content",
      description: "Content of the page. You can use Markdown syntax [See docs](https://www.notion.so/help/writing-and-editing-basics#markdown-&-shortcuts)",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async additionalProps() {
    return this.buildAdditionalProps({
      meta: this.metaTypes,
    });
  },
  methods: {
    ...base.methods,
    /**
     * Builds a page from a parent page
     * @param parentPage - the parent page
     * @returns the constructed page in Notion format
     */
    buildPage(parentPage) {
      const meta = this.buildPageMeta(parentPage);
      const children = this.createBlocks(this.pageContent);

      const properties = {};
      if (this.title) {
        properties.title = {
          title: utils.buildTextProperty(this.title),
        };
      }

      return {
        ...meta,
        properties,
        children,
      };
    },
    splitChildrenArray(children) {
      const first100Children = children.slice(0, 100);
      const restOfChildren = children.slice(100);
      return {
        first100Children,
        restOfChildren,
      };
    },
    async appendChildren(pageId, children) {
      while (children.length) {
        const {
          first100Children, restOfChildren,
        } = this.splitChildrenArray(children);
        await this.notion.appendBlock(pageId, first100Children);
        children = restOfChildren;
      }
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const parentPage = await this.notion.retrievePage(this.parent);
    const page = this.buildPage(parentPage);

    // Notion restricts children array length to <= 100
    const {
      first100Children, restOfChildren,
    } = this.splitChildrenArray(page.children);
    page.children = first100Children;

    const response = await this.notion.createPage(page);

    if (restOfChildren.length) {
      await this.appendChildren(response.id, restOfChildren);
    }

    $.export("$summary", "Created page successfully");
    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
Notion	`notion`	`app`	This component uses the Notion app.
Parent Page ID	`parent`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Page Title	`title`	`string`	The page title. Defaults to `Untitled`.
Meta Types	`metaTypes`	`string[]`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`iconcover`
Page Content	`pageContent`	`string`	Content of the page. You can use Markdown syntax See docs

Action Authentication#

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

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

Create Page with Notion API on New Comments by User from Reddit API

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