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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a RSS trigger and Gem 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 Candidate action
1. Connect your Gem account
2. Select a Created By
3. Optional- Configure First Name
4. Optional- Configure Last Name
5. Optional- Configure Nickname
6. Configure Primary Email Address
7. Optional- Configure Email Addresses
8. Optional- Configure LinkedIn Handle
9. Optional- Configure Title
10. Optional- Configure Company
11. Optional- Configure Location
12. Optional- Configure School
13. Optional- Configure Education Info Quantity
14. Optional- Configure Work Info Quantity
15. Optional- Configure Profile URLs
16. Optional- Configure Phone Number
17. Optional- Select one or more Project IDs
18. Optional- Configure Custom Fields
19. Optional- Select a Sourced From
20. Optional- Configure Autofill
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 Candidate on Gem

Description:Creates a new candidate in Gem. [See the documentation](https://api.gem.com/v0/reference#tag/Candidates/paths/~1v0~1candidates/post)

Version:0.0.1

Key:gem-create-candidate

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Action Code#

import { SOURCED_FROM } from "../../common/constants.mjs";
import { parseObject } from "../../common/utils.mjs";
import gem from "../../gem.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "gem-create-candidate",
  name: "Create Candidate",
  description: "Creates a new candidate in Gem. [See the documentation](https://api.gem.com/v0/reference#tag/Candidates/paths/~1v0~1candidates/post)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    gem,
    createdBy: {
      propDefinition: [
        gem,
        "createdBy",
      ],
    },
    firstName: {
      type: "string",
      label: "First Name",
      description: "Candidate's first name",
      optional: true,
    },
    lastName: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Last Name",
      description: "Candidate's last name",
      optional: true,
    },
    nickname: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Nickname",
      description: "Candidate's nickname",
      optional: true,
    },
    primaryEmail: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Primary Email Address",
      description: "Candidate's primary email address",
    },
    additionalEmails: {
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Email Addresses",
      description: "List of candidate's additional email addresses",
      optional: true,
    },
    linkedInHandle: {
      type: "string",
      label: "LinkedIn Handle",
      description: "Enter your candidate's unique LinkedIn identifier (e.g., \"satyanadella\"). This helps the system check for duplicates before creating a new candidate entry.",
      optional: true,
    },
    title: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Title",
      description: "Candidate's job title",
      optional: true,
    },
    company: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Company",
      description: "Candidate's company name",
      optional: true,
    },
    location: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Location",
      description: "Candidate's location",
      optional: true,
    },
    school: {
      type: "string",
      label: "School",
      description: "Candidate's school",
      optional: true,
    },
    educationInfoNumber: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Education Info Quantity",
      description: "The number of education info objects to be created",
      reloadProps: true,
      optional: true,
    },
    workInfoNumber: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Work Info Quantity",
      description: "The number of work info objects to be created",
      reloadProps: true,
      optional: true,
    },
    profileUrls: {
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Profile URLs",
      description: "If `Profile URLs` is provided with an array of urls, social `profiles` will be generated based on the provided urls and attached to the candidate",
      optional: true,
    },
    phoneNumber: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Phone Number",
      description: "Candidate's phone number",
      optional: true,
    },
    projectIds: {
      propDefinition: [
        gem,
        "projectIds",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    customFields: {
      type: "object",
      label: "Custom Fields",
      description: "An object containing new custom field values. Only custom fields specified are updated. **Format: {\"custom_field_id\": \"value\"}**. [See the documentation](https://api.gem.com/v0/reference#tag/Candidates/paths/~1v0~1candidates/post) for further details.",
      optional: true,
    },
    sourcedFrom: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Sourced From",
      description: "Where the candidate was sourced from",
      options: SOURCED_FROM,
      optional: true,
    },
    autofill: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Autofill",
      description: "Requires `Linked In Handle` to be non-null. Attempts to fill in any missing fields.",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async additionalProps() {
    const props = {};
    if (this.educationInfoNumber) {
      for (let i = 1; i <= this.educationInfoNumber; i++) {
        props[`educationInfo${i}School`] = {
          type: "string",
          label: `Education Info ${i} - School`,
          description: `Education info ${i} school of the candidate`,
          optional: true,
        };
        props[`educationInfo${i}University`] = {
          type: "string",
          label: `Education Info ${i} - University`,
          description: `Education info ${i} university of the candidate`,
          optional: true,
        };
        props[`educationInfo${i}StartDate`] = {
          type: "string",
          label: `Education Info ${i} - Start Date`,
          description: `Education info ${i} start date of the candidate`,
          optional: true,
        };
        props[`educationInfo${i}EndDate`] = {
          type: "string",
          label: `Education Info ${i} - End Date`,
          description: `Education info ${i} end date of the candidate`,
          optional: true,
        };
        props[`educationInfo${i}FieldOfSchool`] = {
          type: "string",
          label: `Education Info ${i} - Field Of School`,
          description: `Education info ${i} field of school of the candidate`,
          optional: true,
        };
        props[`educationInfo${i}Major1`] = {
          type: "string",
          label: `Education Info ${i} - Major 1`,
          description: `Education info ${i} major 1 of the candidate`,
          optional: true,
        };
        props[`educationInfo${i}Major2`] = {
          type: "string",
          label: `Education Info ${i} - Major 2`,
          description: `Education info ${i} major 2 of the candidate`,
          optional: true,
        };
        props[`educationInfo${i}Degree`] = {
          type: "string",
          label: `Education Info ${i} - Degree`,
          description: `Education info ${i} degree of the candidate`,
          optional: true,
        };
      }
    }
    if (this.workInfoNumber) {
      for (let i = 1; i <= this.workInfoNumber; i++) {
        props[`WorkInfo${i}Company`] = {
          type: "string",
          label: `Work Info ${i} - Company`,
          description: `Work info ${i} company of the candidate`,
          optional: true,
        };
        props[`WorkInfo${i}Title`] = {
          type: "string",
          label: `Work Info ${i} - Title`,
          description: `Work info ${i} title of the candidate`,
          optional: true,
        };
        props[`WorkInfo${i}WorkStartDate`] = {
          type: "string",
          label: `Work Info ${i} - Work Start Date`,
          description: `Work info ${i} work start date of the candidate`,
          optional: true,
        };
        props[`WorkInfo${i}WorkEndDate`] = {
          type: "string",
          label: `Work Info ${i} - Work End Date`,
          description: `Work info ${i} work end date of the candidate`,
          optional: true,
        };
        props[`WorkInfo${i}IsCurrent`] = {
          type: "boolean",
          label: `Work Info ${i} - Is Current`,
          description: `Work info ${i} is Current of the candidate`,
          optional: true,
        };
      }
    }

    return props;
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const educationInfo = [];
    const workInfo = [];
    for (var i = 1; i <= this.educationInfoNumber; i++) {
      educationInfo.push({
        school: this[`educationInfo${i}School`],
        parsed_university: this[`educationInfo${i}University`],
        start_date: this[`educationInfo${i}StartDate`],
        end_date: this[`educationInfo${i}EndDate`],
        field_of_study: this[`educationInfo${i}FieldOfSchool`],
        parsed_major_1: this[`educationInfo${i}Major1`],
        parsed_major_2: this[`educationInfo${i}Major2`],
        degree: this[`educationInfo${i}Degree`],
      });
    }

    for (var j = 1; j <= this.workInfoNumber; j++) {
      workInfo.push({
        company: this[`WorkInfo${j}Company`],
        title: this[`WorkInfo${j}Title`],
        work_start_date: this[`WorkInfo${j}WorkStartDate`],
        work_end_date: this[`WorkInfo${j}WorkEndDate`],
        is_current: this[`WorkInfo${j}IsCurrent`],
      });
    }

    const emails = [
      {
        email_address: this.primaryEmail,
        is_primary: true,
      },
    ];
    if (this.additionalEmails) emails.push(...parseObject(this.additionalEmails).map((email) => ({
      email_address: email,
      is_primary: false,
    })));

    if (emails.length === 0) {
      throw new Error("Primary Email Address is required");
    }
    const candidate = await this.gem.createCandidate({
      $,
      data: {
        created_by: this.createdBy,
        first_name: this.firstName,
        last_name: this.lastName,
        nickname: this.nickname,
        emails,
        linked_in_handle: this.linkedInHandle,
        title: this.title,
        company: this.company,
        location: this.location,
        school: this.school,
        education_info: educationInfo,
        work_info: workInfo,
        profile_urls: parseObject(this.profileUrls),
        phone_number: this.phoneNumber,
        project_ids: parseObject(this.projectIds),
        custom_fields: Object.entries(parseObject(this.customFields))?.map(([
          key,
          value,
        ]) => ({
          custom_field_id: key,
          value,
        })),
        sourced_from: this.sourcedFrom,
        autofill: this.autofill,
      },
    });
    $.export(
      "$summary", `Created candidate ${candidate.first_name} ${candidate.last_name} with ID: ${candidate.id}`,
    );
    return candidate;
  },
};

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
Gem	`gem`	`app`	This component uses the Gem app.
Created By	`createdBy`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
First Name	`firstName`	`string`	Candidate's first name
Last Name	`lastName`	`string`	Candidate's last name
Nickname	`nickname`	`string`	Candidate's nickname
Primary Email Address	`primaryEmail`	`string`	Candidate's primary email address
Email Addresses	`additionalEmails`	`string[]`	List of candidate's additional email addresses
LinkedIn Handle	`linkedInHandle`	`string`	Enter your candidate's unique LinkedIn identifier (e.g., "satyanadella"). This helps the system check for duplicates before creating a new candidate entry.
Title	`title`	`string`	Candidate's job title
Company	`company`	`string`	Candidate's company name
Location	`location`	`string`	Candidate's location
School	`school`	`string`	Candidate's school
Education Info Quantity	`educationInfoNumber`	`integer`	The number of education info objects to be created
Work Info Quantity	`workInfoNumber`	`integer`	The number of work info objects to be created
Profile URLs	`profileUrls`	`string[]`	If `Profile URLs` is provided with an array of urls, social `profiles` will be generated based on the provided urls and attached to the candidate
Phone Number	`phoneNumber`	`string`	Candidate's phone number
Project IDs	`projectIds`	`string[]`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Custom Fields	`customFields`	`object`	An object containing new custom field values. Only custom fields specified are updated. Format: {"custom_field_id": "value"}. See the documentation for further details.
Sourced From	`sourcedFrom`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`SeekOuthireEZStarcircleCensiaConsider`
Autofill	`autofill`	`boolean`	Requires `Linked In Handle` to be non-null. Attempts to fill in any missing fields.