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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Message In Channels (Instant) trigger
1. Connect your Slack account
2. Optional- Select one or more Channels
3. Configure slackApphook
4. Optional- Configure Resolve Names
5. Optional- Configure Ignore Bots
6. Optional- Configure Ignore replies in threads
Configure the Create Candidate action
1. Connect your CATS account
2. Configure Check Duplicate
3. Configure First Name
4. Optional- Configure Middle Name
5. Configure Last Name
6. Optional- Configure Title
7. Optional- Configure Emails
8. Optional- Configure Phones
9. Optional- Configure Street Address
10. Optional- Configure City Address
11. Optional- Configure State Address
12. Optional- Configure Address Postal Code
13. Optional- Configure Country Code
14. Optional- Configure Social Media URLs
15. Optional- Configure Website
16. Optional- Configure Best Time to Call
17. Optional- Configure Current Employer
18. Optional- Configure Date Available
19. Optional- Configure Current Pay
20. Optional- Configure Desired Pay
21. Optional- Configure Willing to Relocate
22. Optional- Configure Key Skills
23. Optional- Configure Notes
24. Optional- Configure Source
25. Optional- Select a Owner ID
26. Optional- Configure Is Active
27. Optional- Configure Is Hot
28. Optional- Configure password
29. Optional- Select one or more Custom Fields
30. Optional- Configure Work History
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 Message In Channels (Instant) on Slack

Description:Emit new event when a new message is posted to one or more channels

Version:1.0.22

Key:slack-new-message-in-channels

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Slack Overview#

The Pipedream Slack app enables you to build event-driven workflows that interact with the Slack API. Once you authorize the Pipedream app's access to your workspace, you can use Pipedream workflows to perform common Slack actions or write your own code against the Slack API.

The Pipedream Slack app is not a typical app. You don't interact with it directly as a bot, and it doesn't add custom functionality to your workspace out of the box. It makes it easier to automate anything you'd typically use the Slack API for, using Pipedream workflows.

Automate posting updates to your team channels
Create a bot to answer common questions
Integrate with your existing tools and services
And much more!

Trigger Code#

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

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "slack-new-message-in-channels",
  name: "New Message In Channels (Instant)",
  version: "1.0.22",
  description: "Emit new event when a new message is posted to one or more channels",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    ...common.props,
    conversations: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.slack,
        "conversation",
      ],
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Channels",
      description: "Select one or more channels to monitor for new messages.",
      optional: true,
    },
    // eslint-disable-next-line pipedream/props-description,pipedream/props-label
    slackApphook: {
      type: "$.interface.apphook",
      appProp: "slack",
      async eventNames() {
        return this.conversations || [
          "message",
        ];
      },
    },
    resolveNames: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.slack,
        "resolveNames",
      ],
    },
    ignoreBot: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.slack,
        "ignoreBot",
      ],
    },
    ignoreThreads: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Ignore replies in threads",
      description: "Ignore replies to messages in threads",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  methods: {
    ...common.methods,
    getSummary() {
      return "New message in channel";
    },
    async processEvent(event) {
      if (event.type !== "message") {
        console.log(`Ignoring event with unexpected type "${event.type}"`);
        return;
      }
      if (event.subtype && !constants.ALLOWED_MESSAGE_IN_CHANNEL_SUBTYPES.includes(event.subtype)) {
        // This source is designed to just emit an event for each new message received.
        // Due to inconsistencies with the shape of message_changed and message_deleted
        // events, we are ignoring them for now. If you want to handle these types of
        // events, feel free to change this code!!
        console.log("Ignoring message with subtype.");
        return;
      }
      if ((this.ignoreBot) && (event.subtype == "bot_message" || event.bot_id)) {
        return;
      }
      // There is no thread message type only the thread_ts field
      // indicates if the message is part of a thread in the event.
      if (this.ignoreThreads && event.thread_ts) {
        console.log("Ignoring reply in thread");
        return;
      }
      if (this.resolveNames) {
        if (event.user) {
          event.user_id = event.user;
          event.user = await this.getUserName(event.user);
        } else if (event.bot_id) {
          event.bot = await this.getBotName(event.bot_id);
        }
        event.channel_id = event.channel;
        event.channel = await this.getConversationName(event.channel);
        if (event.team) {
          event.team_id = event.team;
          event.team = await this.getTeamName(event.team);
        }
      }
      return event;
    },
  },
  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
Slack	`slack`	`app`	This component uses the Slack app.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
Channels	`conversations`	`string[]`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
	`slackApphook`	`$.interface.apphook`
Resolve Names	`resolveNames`	`boolean`	Instead of returning `channel`, `team`, and `user` as IDs, return their human-readable names.
Ignore Bots	`ignoreBot`	`boolean`	Ignore messages from bots
Ignore replies in threads	`ignoreThreads`	`boolean`	Ignore replies to messages in threads

Trigger Authentication#

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

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

channels:historychannels:readchannels:writeemoji:readgroups:historygroups:readgroups:writeim:historyim:readim:writelinks:readlinks:writempim:historympim:readmpim:writereactions:readreactions:writereminders:readreminders:writestars:readteam:readusergroups:readusergroups:writeusers:readusers:read.emailusers:writechat:write:botchat:write:userfiles:write:usercommandsusers.profile:writeusers.profile:read

About Slack#

Slack is a channel-based messaging platform. With Slack, people can work together more effectively, connect all their software tools and services, and find the information they need to do their best work — all within a secure, enterprise-grade environment.

Action#

Create Candidate on CATS

Description:Create a new candidate in your CATS database. [See the documentation](https://docs.catsone.com/api/v3/#candidates-create-a-candidate)

Version:0.0.1

Key:cats-create-candidate

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Action Code#

import cats from "../../cats.app.mjs";
import { parseObject } from "../../common/utils.mjs";

export default {
  key: "cats-create-candidate",
  name: "Create Candidate",
  description: "Create a new candidate in your CATS database. [See the documentation](https://docs.catsone.com/api/v3/#candidates-create-a-candidate)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    cats,
    checkDuplicate: {
      propDefinition: [
        cats,
        "checkDuplicate",
      ],
    },
    firstName: {
      propDefinition: [
        cats,
        "firstName",
      ],
    },
    middleName: {
      propDefinition: [
        cats,
        "middleName",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    lastName: {
      propDefinition: [
        cats,
        "lastName",
      ],
    },
    title: {
      propDefinition: [
        cats,
        "title",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    emails: {
      propDefinition: [
        cats,
        "emails",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    phones: {
      propDefinition: [
        cats,
        "phones",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    addressStreet: {
      propDefinition: [
        cats,
        "addressStreet",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    addressCity: {
      propDefinition: [
        cats,
        "addressCity",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    addressState: {
      propDefinition: [
        cats,
        "addressState",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    addressPostalCode: {
      propDefinition: [
        cats,
        "addressPostalCode",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    countryCode: {
      propDefinition: [
        cats,
        "countryCode",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    socialMediaUrls: {
      propDefinition: [
        cats,
        "socialMediaUrls",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    website: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Website",
      description: "The website of the record.",
      optional: true,
    },
    bestTimeToCall: {
      propDefinition: [
        cats,
        "bestTimeToCall",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    currentEmployer: {
      propDefinition: [
        cats,
        "currentEmployer",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    dateAvailable: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Date Available",
      description: "The date the record is available for an opening. **Format: YYYY-MM-DD**.",
      optional: true,
    },
    currentPay: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Current Pay",
      description: "The current pay of the record.",
      optional: true,
    },
    desiredPay: {
      propDefinition: [
        cats,
        "desiredPay",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    isWillingToRelocate: {
      propDefinition: [
        cats,
        "isWillingToRelocate",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    keySkills: {
      propDefinition: [
        cats,
        "keySkills",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    notes: {
      propDefinition: [
        cats,
        "notes",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    source: {
      propDefinition: [
        cats,
        "source",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    ownerId: {
      propDefinition: [
        cats,
        "ownerId",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    isActive: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Is Active",
      description: "A flag indicating if the candidate is active.",
      optional: true,
    },
    isHot: {
      propDefinition: [
        cats,
        "isHot",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    password: {
      type: "string",
      label: "password",
      description: "The candidate's password if they are \"registering\".",
      secret: true,
      optional: true,
    },
    customFields: {
      propDefinition: [
        cats,
        "customFields",
      ],
      withLabel: true,
      reloadProps: true,
      optional: true,
    },
    workHistory: {
      propDefinition: [
        cats,
        "workHistory",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async additionalProps() {
    const props = {};
    (this.customFields || []).map(({
      label, value,
    }) => {
      props[value] = {
        type: "string",
        label: `Custom Field: ${label}`,
        optional: true,
      };
    }, {});

    return props;
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const {
      cats, // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
      customFields,
      firstName,
      lastName,
      ownerId,
      middleName,
      checkDuplicate,
      bestTimeToCall,
      currentEmployer,
      emails,
      phones,
      addressStreet,
      addressCity,
      addressState,
      addressPostalCode,
      countryCode,
      socialMediaUrls,
      dateAvailable,
      currentPay,
      desiredPay,
      isWillingToRelocate,
      keySkills,
      isActive,
      isHot,
      workHistory,
      ...data
    } = this;

    const customFieldsObject = customFields
      ? customFields.map(({ value }) => {
        return {
          id: value,
          value: data[value],
        };
      })
      : {};

    const { headers } = await cats.createCandidate({
      $,
      returnFullResponse: true,
      params: {
        check_duplicate: checkDuplicate,
      },
      data: {
        first_name: firstName,
        middle_name: middleName,
        last_name: lastName,
        emails: parseObject(emails),
        phones: parseObject(phones),
        address: {
          street: addressStreet,
          city: addressCity,
          state: addressState,
          postal_code: addressPostalCode,
        },
        country_code: countryCode,
        social_media_urls: parseObject(socialMediaUrls),
        best_time_to_call: bestTimeToCall,
        current_employer: currentEmployer,
        date_available: dateAvailable,
        current_pay: currentPay,
        desired_pay: desiredPay,
        is_willing_to_relocate: isWillingToRelocate,
        key_skills: keySkills,
        owner_id: ownerId,
        is_active: isActive,
        is_hot: isHot,
        work_history: parseObject(workHistory),
        custom_fields: customFieldsObject,
        ...data,
      },
    });

    const location = headers.location.split("/");
    const candidateId = location[location.length - 1];

    $.export("$summary", `Created candidate with ID ${candidateId}`);
    return {
      candidateId,
    };
  },
};

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
CATS	`cats`	`app`	This component uses the CATS app.
Check Duplicate	`checkDuplicate`	`boolean`	When this flag is set to true, if a duplicate record is found to the one being created, an error will be thrown instead of creating a duplicate record.
First Name	`firstName`	`string`	The first name of the record.
Middle Name	`middleName`	`string`	The middle name of the record.
Last Name	`lastName`	`string`	The last name of the record.
Title	`title`	`string`	The record's job title.
Emails	`emails`	`string[]`	An array of email objects. Each email object should contain two keys: `email` and `is_primary`, as described here. Format: {"email":"example@email.com", "is_primary":"true"}
Phones	`phones`	`string[]`	An array of phone objects. Each phone object should contain three keys: `number`, `extension`, and `type`, as described here. Format: {"number":"+16124063451", "extension":"8371", "type":"mobile"}. Type can be `mobile`, `home`, `work`, `fax`, `main` or `other`
Street Address	`addressStreet`	`string`	The street of the record's address.
City Address	`addressCity`	`string`	The city of the record's address.
State Address	`addressState`	`string`	The state of the record's address.
Address Postal Code	`addressPostalCode`	`string`	The postal code of the record's address.
Country Code	`countryCode`	`string`	The country code of the record.
Social Media URLs	`socialMediaUrls`	`string[]`	The social media URLs of the record.
Website	`website`	`string`	The website of the record.
Best Time to Call	`bestTimeToCall`	`string`	The best time to call the record. Format: HH:MM.
Current Employer	`currentEmployer`	`string`	The current employer of the record.
Date Available	`dateAvailable`	`string`	The date the record is available for an opening. Format: YYYY-MM-DD.
Current Pay	`currentPay`	`string`	The current pay of the record.
Desired Pay	`desiredPay`	`string`	The desired pay for the record.
Willing to Relocate	`isWillingToRelocate`	`boolean`	Whether the record is willing to relocate.
Key Skills	`keySkills`	`string`	The key skills of the record.
Notes	`notes`	`string`	Any notes about the record.
Source	`source`	`string`	The source of the record.
Owner ID	`ownerId`	`integer`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Is Active	`isActive`	`boolean`	A flag indicating if the candidate is active.
Is Hot	`isHot`	`boolean`	Whether the record is marked as hot.
password	`password`	`string`	The candidate's password if they are "registering".
Custom Fields	`customFields`	`string[]`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Work History	`workHistory`	`string[]`	An array of work history objects. Example: {"title": "Engineer", "employer": { "linked": false, "name": "<employer name>", "location": { "city": "<employer city>", "state": "<employer state>" }}, "supervisor": { "linked": false, "name": "<supervisor name>", "phone": "<supervisor phone number>" }, "is_verified": true, "is_current": false, "start_date": "YYYY-MM-DD", "end_date": "YYYY-MM-DD", "reason_for_leaving": "foo"}

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