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Getting Started#

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

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Configure the New Item in Feed trigger
1. Connect your RSS account
2. Configure timer
3. Configure Feed URL
4. Configure Published After
Configure the Create Affiliate action
1. Connect your Refersion account
2. Configure First Name
3. Configure Last Name
4. Configure Email
5. Configure Password
6. Select a Status
7. Optional- Configure Offer
8. Optional- Configure Company
9. Optional- Configure Paypal Email
10. Optional- Configure Address 1
11. Optional- Configure Address 2
12. Optional- Configure City
13. Optional- Configure State
14. Optional- Configure Zip
15. Optional- Select a Country
16. Optional- Configure Phone
17. Optional- Configure Send Welcome
18. Optional- Configure Conversion Trigger Coupon
19. Optional- Configure Unique Merchant 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 Item in Feed on RSS

Description:Emit new items from an RSS feed

Version:1.2.7

Key:rss-new-item-in-feed

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RSS Overview#

The RSS app allows users to automatically fetch and parse updates from web feeds. This functionality is pivotal for staying abreast of content changes or updates from websites, blogs, and news outlets that offer RSS feeds. With Pipedream, you can harness the RSS API to trigger workflows that enable a broad range of automations, like content aggregation, monitoring for specific keywords, notifications, and data synchronization across platforms.

Trigger Code#

import { defineSource } from "@pipedream/types";
import rss from "../../app/rss.app.mjs";
import rssCommon from "../common/common.mjs";
export default defineSource({
    ...rssCommon,
    key: "rss-new-item-in-feed",
    name: "New Item in Feed",
    description: "Emit new items from an RSS feed",
    version: "1.2.7",
    type: "source",
    dedupe: "unique",
    props: {
        ...rssCommon.props,
        url: {
            propDefinition: [
                rss,
                "url",
            ],
        },
        publishedAfter: {
            type: "string",
            label: "Published After",
            description: "Emit items published after the specified date in ISO 8601 format .e.g `2022-12-07T12:57:10+07:00`",
            default: new Date(Date.now() - 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000).toISOString(), // default to one day ago
        },
    },
    hooks: {
        async activate() {
            // Try to parse the feed one time to confirm we can fetch and parse.
            // The code will throw any errors to the user.
            await this.rss.fetchAndParseFeed(this.url);
        },
    },
    methods: {
        ...rssCommon.methods,
        generateMeta: function (item) {
            return {
                id: this.rss.itemKey(item),
                summary: item.title,
                ts: Date.now(),
            };
        },
    },
    async run() {
        const items = await this.rss.fetchAndParseFeed(this.url);
        for (const item of items.reverse()) {
            const publishedAfter = +new Date(this.publishedAfter);
            const ts = this.rss.itemTs(item);
            if (Number.isNaN(publishedAfter) || publishedAfter > ts) {
                continue;
            }
            const meta = this.generateMeta(item);
            this.$emit(item, meta);
        }
    },
});

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
RSS	`rss`	`app`	This component uses the RSS app.
	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`	How often you want to poll the feed for new items
Feed URL	`url`	`string`	Enter the URL for any public RSS feed
Published After	`publishedAfter`	`string`	Emit items published after the specified date in ISO 8601 format .e.g `2022-12-07T12:57:10+07:00`

Trigger Authentication#

The RSS API does not require authentication.

About RSS#

Real Simple Syndication

Action#

Create Affiliate on Refersion

Description:Create a new affiliate. [See the docs here](https://www.refersion.dev/reference/new_affiliate)

Version:0.0.1

Key:refersion-create-affiliate

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Refersion Overview#

Refersion is a powerful affiliate tracking platform that streamlines the process of managing, tracking, and growing your affiliate network. Through its API, you can automate affiliate registrations, commission tracking, and payout processes. Pipedream's serverless platform allows you to connect Refersion with hundreds of other apps to automate workflows, sync data across platforms, and respond to events in real time.

Action Code#

import app from "../../refersion.app.mjs";
import options from "../../common/options.mjs";
import { ConfigurationError } from "@pipedream/platform";

export default {
  name: "Create Affiliate",
  description: "Create a new affiliate. [See the docs here](https://www.refersion.dev/reference/new_affiliate)",
  key: "refersion-create-affiliate",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    app,
    firstName: {
      type: "string",
      label: "First Name",
      description: "First name of the affiliate",
    },
    lastName: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Last Name",
      description: "Last name of the affiliate",
    },
    email: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Email",
      description: "Email of the affiliate",
    },
    password: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Password",
      description: "Has at least 9 characters. The password is NOT more than 72 characters. Has at least 1 upper case character. Has at least 1 lower case character. Has at least 1 numerical character. Has at least 1 special character. Does NOT have the same character repeated more than 3 times in a row. Password does NOT match the email of the user.",
    },
    status: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Status",
      description: "Status of the affiliate",
      options: options.AFFILIATE_STATUS,
    },
    offer: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Offer",
      description: "Specific Offer ID to opt affiliate into, otherwise your default offer is used.",
      optional: true,
    },
    company: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Company",
      description: "Company of the affiliate",
      optional: true,
    },
    paypalEmail: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Paypal Email",
      description: "Paypal email of the affiliate",
      optional: true,
    },
    address1: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Address 1",
      description: "Address 1 of the affiliate",
      optional: true,
    },
    address2: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Address 2",
      description: "Address 2 of the affiliate",
      optional: true,
    },
    city: {
      type: "string",
      label: "City",
      description: "City of the affiliate",
      optional: true,
    },
    state: {
      type: "string",
      label: "State",
      description: "State of the affiliate",
      optional: true,
    },
    zip: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Zip",
      description: "Zip of the affiliate",
      optional: true,
    },
    country: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Country",
      description: "Country of the affiliate",
      optional: true,
      options: options.COUNTRIES,
    },
    phone: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Phone",
      description: "Phone of the affiliate",
      optional: true,
    },
    sendWelcome: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Send Welcome",
      description: "Send welcome email to affiliate",
      optional: true,
    },
    conversionTriggerCoupon: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Conversion Trigger Coupon",
      description: "A unique coupon code to assign to this affiliate as a conversion trigger.",
      optional: true,
    },
    uniqueMerchantId: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Unique Merchant ID",
      description: "An optional alphanumeric identifier for the affiliate for your team's internal use.",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const data = {
      first_name: this.firstName,
      last_name: this.lastName,
      email: this.email,
      password: this.password,
      status: this.status,
      offer: this.offer,
      company: this.company,
      paypal_email: this.paypalEmail,
      address1: this.address1,
      address2: this.address2,
      city: this.city,
      state: this.state,
      zip: this.zip,
      country: this.country,
      phone: this.phone,
      send_welcome: this.sendWelcome
        ? "TRUE"
        : "FALSE",
      conversion_trigger_coupon: this.conversionTriggerCoupon,
      unique_merchant_id: this.uniqueMerchantId,
    };
    const res = await this.app.createAffiliate(data, $);
    if (res.error) {
      throw new ConfigurationError(res.error);
    }
    $.export("$summary", `Affiliate successfully created with id "${res.id}"`);
    return res;
  },
};

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
Refersion	`app`	`app`	This component uses the Refersion app.
First Name	`firstName`	`string`	First name of the affiliate
Last Name	`lastName`	`string`	Last name of the affiliate
Email	`email`	`string`	Email of the affiliate
Password	`password`	`string`	Has at least 9 characters. The password is NOT more than 72 characters. Has at least 1 upper case character. Has at least 1 lower case character. Has at least 1 numerical character. Has at least 1 special character. Does NOT have the same character repeated more than 3 times in a row. Password does NOT match the email of the user.
Status	`status`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`PENDINGACTIVE`
Offer	`offer`	`string`	Specific Offer ID to opt affiliate into, otherwise your default offer is used.
Company	`company`	`string`	Company of the affiliate
Paypal Email	`paypalEmail`	`string`	Paypal email of the affiliate
Address 1	`address1`	`string`	Address 1 of the affiliate
Address 2	`address2`	`string`	Address 2 of the affiliate
City	`city`	`string`	City of the affiliate
State	`state`	`string`	State of the affiliate
Zip	`zip`	`string`	Zip of the affiliate
Country	`country`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`{ "value": "US", "label": "United States" }{ "value": "AE", "label": "United Arab Emirates" }{ "value": "AR", "label": "Argentina" }{ "value": "AS", "label": "American Samoa" }{ "value": "AT", "label": "Austria" }{ "value": "AU", "label": "Australia" }{ "value": "BA", "label": "Bosnia and Herzegovina" }{ "value": "BD", "label": "Bangladesh" }{ "value": "BE", "label": "Belgium" }{ "value": "BG", "label": "Bulgaria" }{ "value": "BR", "label": "Brazil" }{ "value": "CA", "label": "Canada" }{ "value": "CH", "label": "Switzerland" }{ "value": "CL", "label": "Chile" }{ "value": "CN", "label": "China" }{ "value": "CO", "label": "Colombia" }{ "value": "CR", "label": "Costa Rica" }{ "value": "CZ", "label": "Czech Republic" }{ "value": "DE", "label": "Germany" }{ "value": "DK", "label": "Denmark" }{ "value": "DZ", "label": "Algeria" }{ "value": "EE", "label": "Estonia" }{ "value": "ES", "label": "Spain" }{ "value": "FI", "label": "Finland" }{ "value": "FM", "label": "Micronesia, Federated States of" }{ "value": "FO", "label": "Faroe Islands" }{ "value": "FR", "label": "France" }{ "value": "GB", "label": "United Kingdom" }{ "value": "GH", "label": "Ghana" }{ "value": "GR", "label": "Greece" }{ "value": "GU", "label": "Guam" }{ "value": "HK", "label": "Hong Kong" }{ "value": "HN", "label": "Honduras" }{ "value": "HR", "label": "Croatia" }{ "value": "HU", "label": "Hungary" }{ "value": "ID", "label": "Indonesia" }{ "value": "IE", "label": "Ireland" }{ "value": "IL", "label": "Israel" }{ "value": "IM", "label": "Isle of Man" }{ "value": "IN", "label": "India" }{ "value": "IS", "label": "Iceland" }{ "value": "IT", "label": "Italy" }{ "value": "JM", "label": "Jamaica" }{ "value": "JP", "label": "Japan" }{ "value": "KR", "label": "South Korea" }{ "value": "KW", "label": "Kuwait" }{ "value": "LT", "label": "Lithuania" }{ "value": "LU", "label": "Luxembourg" }{ "value": "LV", "label": "Latvia" }{ "value": "MA", "label": "Morocco" }{ "value": "MH", "label": "Marshall Islands" }{ "value": "MK", "label": "North Macedonia" }{ "value": "MP", "label": "Northern Mariana Islands" }{ "value": "MT", "label": "Malta" }{ "value": "MX", "label": "Mexico" }{ "value": "MY", "label": "Malaysia" }{ "value": "NG", "label": "Nigeria" }{ "value": "NL", "label": "Netherlands" }{ "value": "NO", "label": "Norway" }{ "value": "NZ", "label": "New Zealand" }{ "value": "OM", "label": "Oman" }{ "value": "PE", "label": "Peru" }{ "value": "PH", "label": "Philippines" }{ "value": "PK", "label": "Pakistan" }{ "value": "PL", "label": "Poland" }{ "value": "PR", "label": "Puerto Rico" }{ "value": "PT", "label": "Portugal" }{ "value": "PW", "label": "Palau" }{ "value": "QA", "label": "Qatar" }{ "value": "RO", "label": "Romania" }{ "value": "RS", "label": "Serbia" }{ "value": "RU", "label": "Russia" }{ "value": "SA", "label": "Saudi Arabia" }{ "value": "SE", "label": "Sweden" }{ "value": "SG", "label": "Singapore" }{ "value": "SI", "label": "Slovenia" }{ "value": "SK", "label": "Slovakia" }{ "value": "SV", "label": "El Salvador" }{ "value": "TH", "label": "Thailand" }{ "value": "TN", "label": "Tunisia" }{ "value": "TR", "label": "Turkey" }{ "value": "TW", "label": "Taiwan" }{ "value": "TZ", "label": "Tanzania" }{ "value": "UA", "label": "Ukraine" }{ "value": "UY", "label": "Uruguay" }{ "value": "VG", "label": "British Virgin Islands" }{ "value": "VI", "label": "U.S. Virgin Islands" }{ "value": "VN", "label": "Vietnam" }{ "value": "WS", "label": "Samoa" }{ "value": "ZA", "label": "South Africa" }`
Phone	`phone`	`string`	Phone of the affiliate
Send Welcome	`sendWelcome`	`boolean`	Send welcome email to affiliate
Conversion Trigger Coupon	`conversionTriggerCoupon`	`string`	A unique coupon code to assign to this affiliate as a conversion trigger.
Unique Merchant ID	`uniqueMerchantId`	`string`	An optional alphanumeric identifier for the affiliate for your team's internal use.

Action Authentication#

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

To retrieve your Refersion Public and Secret keys,