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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Contact trigger
1. Connect your Twilio SendGrid account
2. Configure timer
Configure the Create Caption Order Using External Link action
1. Connect your Rev account
2. Configure External Link
3. Optional- Configure Video Seconds Length
4. Optional- Configure Reference ID
5. Optional- Configure Speakers
6. Optional- Configure Subtitle Languages
7. Optional- Select one or more Output File Formats
8. Optional- Configure Burned-in Captions
9. Optional- Configure Rush
10. Optional- Configure Notification URL
11. Optional- Select a Notification Level
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 Contact on Twilio SendGrid

Description:Emit new event when a new contact is created

Version:0.0.6

Key:sendgrid-new-contact

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Twilio SendGrid Overview#

The Twilio SendGrid API opens up a world of possibilities for email automation, enabling you to send emails efficiently and track their performance. With this API, you can programmatically create and send personalized email campaigns, manage contacts, and parse inbound emails for data extraction. When you harness the power of Pipedream, you can connect SendGrid to hundreds of other apps to automate workflows, such as triggering email notifications based on specific actions, syncing email stats with your analytics, or handling incoming emails to create tasks or tickets.

Trigger Code#

import orderBy from "lodash/orderBy.js";
import common from "../common/timer-based.mjs";

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "sendgrid-new-contact",
  name: "New Contact",
  description: "Emit new event when a new contact is created",
  version: "0.0.6",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  hooks: {
    async activate() {
      const currentTimestamp = Date.now();
      const state = {
        processedItems: [],
        lowerTimestamp: currentTimestamp,
        upperTimestamp: currentTimestamp,
      };
      this.db.set("state", state);
    },
  },
  methods: {
    ...common.methods,
    _maxDelayTime() {
      // There is no report from SendGrid as to how much time it takes
      // for a contact to be created and appear in search results, so
      // we're using a rough estimate of 30 minutes here.
      return 30 * 60 * 1000;  // 30 minutes, in milliseconds
    },
    _addDelayOffset(timestamp) {
      return timestamp - this._maxDelayTime();
    },
    _cleanupOldProcessedItems(processedItems, currentTimestamp) {
      return processedItems
        .map((item) => ({
          // We just need to keep track of the record ID and
          // its creation date.
          id: item.id,
          created_at: item.created_at,
        }))
        .filter((item) => {
          const { created_at: createdAt } = item;
          const createdAtTimestamp = Date.parse(createdAt);
          const cutoffTimestamp = this._addDelayOffset(currentTimestamp);
          return createdAtTimestamp > cutoffTimestamp;
        });
    },
    _makeSearchQuery(processedItems, lowerTimestamp, upperTimestamp) {
      const idList = processedItems
        .map((item) => item.id)
        .map((id) => `'${id}'`)
        .join(", ")
      || "''";
      const startTimestamp = this._addDelayOffset(lowerTimestamp);
      const startDate = this.toISOString(startTimestamp);
      const endDate = this.toISOString(upperTimestamp);
      return `
        contact_id NOT IN (${idList}) AND
        created_at BETWEEN
          TIMESTAMP '${startDate}' AND
          TIMESTAMP '${endDate}'
      `;
    },
    generateMeta(data) {
      const {
        item,
        eventTimestamp: ts,
      } = data;
      const {
        id,
        email,
      } = item;
      const slugifiedEmail = this.slugifyEmail(email);
      const summary = `New contact: ${slugifiedEmail}`;
      return {
        id,
        summary,
        ts,
      };
    },
    async processEvent(event) {
      // Transform the timer timestamp to milliseconds
      // to be consistent with how Javascript handles timestamps.
      const eventTimestamp = event.timestamp * 1000;

      // Retrieve the current state of the component.
      const {
        processedItems,
        lowerTimestamp,
        upperTimestamp,
      } = this.db.get("state");

      // Search for contacts within a specific timeframe, excluding
      // items that have already been processed.
      const query = this._makeSearchQuery(processedItems, lowerTimestamp, upperTimestamp);
      const {
        result: items,
        contact_count: contactCount,
      } = await this.sendgrid.searchContacts(query);

      // If no contacts have been retrieved via the API,
      // move the time window forward to possibly capture newer contacts.
      if (contactCount === 0) {
        const newState = {
          processedItems: this._cleanupOldProcessedItems(processedItems, lowerTimestamp),
          lowerTimestamp: upperTimestamp,
          upperTimestamp: eventTimestamp,
        };
        this.db.set("state", newState);
        return;
      }

      // We process the searched records from oldest to newest.
      const itemsToProcess = orderBy(items, "created_at");
      itemsToProcess
        .forEach((item) => {
          const meta = this.generateMeta({
            item,
            eventTimestamp,
          });
          this.$emit(item, meta);
        });

      // Use the timestamp of the last processed record as a lower bound for
      // following searches. This bound will be subjected to an offset so in
      // case older records appear in future search results, but have not
      // appeared until now, can be processed. We only adjust it if it means
      // moving forward, not backwards. Otherwise, we might start retrieving
      // older and older records indefinitely (and we're all about *new*
      // records!)
      const newLowerTimestamp = Math.max(
        lowerTimestamp,
        Date.parse(itemsToProcess[0].created_at),
      );

      // If the total contact count is less than 100, it means that during the
      // next iteration the search results count will most likely be less than
      // 50. In that case, if we extend the upper bound of the search time range
      // we might be able to retrieve more records.
      const newUpperTimestamp = contactCount < 100
        ? eventTimestamp
        : upperTimestamp;

      // The list of processed items can grow indefinitely.
      // Since we don't want to keep track of every processed record
      // ever, we need to clean up this list, removing any records
      // that are no longer relevant.
      const newProcessedItems = this._cleanupOldProcessedItems(
        [
          ...processedItems,
          ...itemsToProcess,
        ],
        newLowerTimestamp,
      );

      // Update the state of the component to reflect the computations
      // made above.
      const newState = {
        processedItems: newProcessedItems,
        lowerTimestamp: newLowerTimestamp,
        upperTimestamp: newUpperTimestamp,
      };
      this.db.set("state", newState);
    },
  },
};

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
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
Twilio SendGrid	`sendgrid`	`app`	This component uses the Twilio SendGrid app.
	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`

Trigger Authentication#

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

About Twilio SendGrid#

Send marketing and transactional email through the Twilio SendGrid platform with the Email API, proprietary mail transfer agent, and infrastructure for scalable delivery.

Action#

Create Caption Order Using External Link on Rev

Description:Submit a new caption order using a external link that contains the media. [See docs here.](https://www.rev.com/api/orderspostcaption)

Version:0.0.1

Key:rev-create-caption-order-external-link

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Rev Overview#

The Rev API offers transcription, caption, and translation services, which you can integrate into automated workflows on Pipedream. Imagine automatically transcribing recorded meetings, generating captions for user-generated video content, or translating documents on-the-fly. With Rev, you can streamline media production, enhance accessibility, and break down language barriers, all while maintaining high accuracy.

Action Code#

import rev from "../../rev.app.mjs";
import constants from "../../common/constants.mjs";

export default {
  key: "rev-create-caption-order-external-link",
  name: "Create Caption Order Using External Link",
  description: "Submit a new caption order using a external link that contains the media. [See docs here.](https://www.rev.com/api/orderspostcaption)",
  type: "action",
  version: "0.0.1",
  props: {
    rev,
    externalLink: {
      propDefinition: [
        rev,
        "externalLink",
      ],
    },
    videoLength: {
      propDefinition: [
        rev,
        "videoLength",
      ],
    },
    reference: {
      propDefinition: [
        rev,
        "reference",
      ],
    },
    speakers: {
      propDefinition: [
        rev,
        "speakers",
      ],
    },
    languages: {
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Subtitle Languages",
      description: "Language codes to request foreign language subtitles. Examples: `es-es`, `it`.",
      optional: true,
    },
    formats: {
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Output File Formats",
      description: "What file formats should the captions be optimized for. Defaults to `Subrip`.",
      options: constants.FILE_FORMATS,
      optional: true,
    },
    burnedInCaptions: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Burned-in Captions",
      description: "Should burned-in captions be generated? Requesting burned-in captions adds $0.30 per audio minute to the cost of your orders. Burned-in captions will be available to download via the API for 7 days after they are generated.",
      optional: true,
    },
    rush: {
      propDefinition: [
        rev,
        "rush",
      ],
    },
    notificationUrl: {
      propDefinition: [
        rev,
        "notificationUrl",
      ],
    },
    notificationLevel: {
      propDefinition: [
        rev,
        "notificationLevel",
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    await this.rev.placeOrder({
      data: {
        client_ref: this.reference,
        caption_options: {
          inputs: [
            {
              video_length_seconds: this.videoLength,
              external_link: this.externalLink,
              speakers: this.speakers,
            },
          ],
          subtitle_languages: this.languages,
          output_file_formats: this.formats,
          rush: this.rush,
          burned_in_captions: this.burnedInCaptions,
        },
        notification: {
          url: this.notificationUrl,
          level: this.notificationLevel,
        },
      },
    });
    $.export("$summary", "Successfully created caption order");
  },
};

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
Rev	`rev`	`app`	This component uses the Rev app.
External Link	`externalLink`	`string`	A link to a web page where the media is embedded, but not a link to the media file.
Video Seconds Length	`videoLength`	`integer`	Required, except for Youtube URLs.
Reference ID	`reference`	`string`	A reference number for the order, like the order ID tracked by another system.
Speakers	`speakers`	`string[]`	List of speaker names.
Subtitle Languages	`languages`	`string[]`	Language codes to request foreign language subtitles. Examples: `es-es`, `it`.
Output File Formats	`formats`	`string[]`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`{ "label": "SubRip - A simple subtitle text format first used by the SubRip program.", "value": "SubRip" }{ "label": "Scenarist - Scenarist Closed Caption, an older but popular format, used by many video authoring tools such as Adobe Premiere.", "value": "Scc" }{ "label": "MacCaption - A format used for high-definition Broadcast TV.", "value": "Mcc" }{ "label": "Timed Text - A W3C standard for specifying timed text to be displayed along with video.", "value": "Ttml" }{ "label": "Quicktime Timed Text - A proprietary text-based format for specifying timed text supported by Apple's Quicktime Authoring software.", "value": "QTtext" }{ "label": "Transcript - Plain-text format", "value": "Transcript" }{ "label": "WebVTT - The Web Video Text Tracks format is intended for marking up external text track resources. The main use for WebVTT files is captioning or subtitling video content.", "value": "WebVtt" }{ "label": "DFXP - The Distribution Format Exchange Profile is intended to be used for the purpose of transcoding or exchanging timed text information among legacy distribution content formats presently in use for subtitling and captioning functions.", "value": "Dfxp" }{ "label": "Cheetah.CAP - File format for Cheetah Captivator Offline", "value": "CheetahCap" }{ "label": "Spruce Subtitle File - A simple subtitle text format, originally used by DVD Studio Pro", "value": "Stl" }{ "label": "Avid DS Subtitle File -\tA captions file format for Avid DS Software", "value": "AvidDs" }{ "label": "Avid DVD Subtitle File - A captions file format for Avid DVD Software.", "value": "AvidDvd" }{ "label": "Facebook-ready SubRip - Standard SubRip file with Facebook file naming conventions.", "value": "FacebookSubRip" }{ "label": "EBU Subtitle File - A standardized data file format for subtitles, popular in Europe.", "value": "EbuStl" }`
Burned-in Captions	`burnedInCaptions`	`boolean`	Should burned-in captions be generated? Requesting burned-in captions adds $0.30 per audio minute to the cost of your orders. Burned-in captions will be available to download via the API for 7 days after they are generated.
Rush	`rush`	`boolean`	Should the order be rushed? Rush will deliver your files up to 5x faster. Requesting Rush adds $1.25 per audio minute to the cost of your orders.
Notification URL	`notificationUrl`	`string`	The url for notifications. Can be a Pipedream Webhook.
Notification Level	`notificationLevel`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`{ "label": "A notification is sent whenever the order is in a new status or has a new comment.", "value": "Detailed" }{ "label": "[Default] A notification is sent only when the order is complete.", "value": "FinalOnly" }`

Action Authentication#

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

The get your API Keys, check Step 1 in Rev API Quickguide and have them sent to your email by clicking in the "get them here" link.

About Rev#

Affordable, accurate, easy-to-use speech-to-text solutions powered by people and A.I working together. Rev offers transcripts, captions, subtitles, and more.