Create Contact with CATS API on Random item from multiple RSS feeds from RSS API

Pipedream makes it easy to connect APIs for CATS, RSS and 2,900+ other apps remarkably fast.

Trigger workflow on

Random item from multiple RSS feeds from the RSS API

Next, do this

Create Contact with the CATS API

No credit card required

▶

Watch us build a workflow

8 min

Watch now ➜

Trusted by 1,000,000+ developers from startups to Fortune 500 companies

Developers ♥ Pipedream

Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a RSS 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 Random item from multiple RSS feeds trigger
1. Connect your RSS account
2. Configure timer
3. Configure Feed URLs
Configure the Create Contact action
1. Connect your CATS account
2. Configure First Name
3. Configure Last Name
4. Select a Owner ID
5. Select a Company ID
6. Optional- Configure Check Duplicate
7. Optional- Configure Title
8. Optional- Select a Reports To Id
9. Optional- Configure Has Left Company
10. Optional- Configure Emails
11. Optional- Configure Phones
12. Optional- Configure Street Address
13. Optional- Configure City Address
14. Optional- Configure State Address
15. Optional- Configure Address Postal Code
16. Optional- Configure Country Code
17. Optional- Configure Social Media URLs
18. Optional- Configure Is Hot
19. Optional- Configure Notes
20. Optional- Select one or more Custom Fields
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#

Random item from multiple RSS feeds on RSS

Description:Emit a random item from multiple RSS feeds

Version:0.2.9

Key:rss-random-item-in-multiple-feeds

View on GitHub

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-random-item-in-multiple-feeds",
    name: "Random item from multiple RSS feeds",
    type: "source",
    description: "Emit a random item from multiple RSS feeds",
    version: "0.2.9",
    props: {
        ...rssCommon.props,
        urls: {
            propDefinition: [
                rss,
                "urls",
            ],
        },
    },
    dedupe: "unique",
    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.
            for (const url of this.urls) {
                await this.rss.fetchAndParseFeed(url);
            }
        },
    },
    async run() {
        const items = [];
        for (const url of this.urls) {
            const feedItems = await this.rss.fetchAndParseFeed(url);
            items.push(...feedItems);
        }
        const item = items[Math.floor(Math.random() * items.length)];
        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 URLs	`urls`	`string[]`	Enter either one or multiple URLs from any public RSS feed

Trigger Authentication#

The RSS API does not require authentication.

About RSS#

Real Simple Syndication

Action#

Create Contact on CATS

Description:Adds a new contact to the CATS platform. [See the documentation](https://docs.catsone.com/api/v3/#contacts-create-a-contact)

Version:0.0.2

Key:cats-create-contact

View on GitHub

Action Code#

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

export default {
  key: "cats-create-contact",
  name: "Create Contact",
  description: "Adds a new contact to the CATS platform. [See the documentation](https://docs.catsone.com/api/v3/#contacts-create-a-contact)",
  version: "0.0.2",
  annotations: {
    destructiveHint: false,
    openWorldHint: true,
    readOnlyHint: false,
  },
  type: "action",
  props: {
    cats,
    firstName: {
      propDefinition: [
        cats,
        "firstName",
      ],
    },
    lastName: {
      propDefinition: [
        cats,
        "lastName",
      ],
    },
    ownerId: {
      propDefinition: [
        cats,
        "ownerId",
      ],
    },
    companyId: {
      propDefinition: [
        cats,
        "companyId",
      ],
    },
    checkDuplicate: {
      propDefinition: [
        cats,
        "checkDuplicate",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    title: {
      propDefinition: [
        cats,
        "title",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    reportsToId: {
      propDefinition: [
        cats,
        "contactId",
      ],
      label: "Reports To Id",
      description: "The ID of the contact that this contact reports to.",
      optional: true,
    },
    hasLeftCompany: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Has Left Company",
      description: "Whether the contact has left the company or not.",
      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,
    },
    isHot: {
      propDefinition: [
        cats,
        "isHot",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    notes: {
      propDefinition: [
        cats,
        "notes",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    customFields: {
      propDefinition: [
        cats,
        "customFields",
      ],
      withLabel: true,
      reloadProps: true,
      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,
      companyId,
      checkDuplicate,
      reportsToId,
      hasLeftCompany,
      emails,
      phones,
      addressStreet,
      addressCity,
      addressState,
      addressPostalCode,
      countryCode,
      socialMediaUrls,
      ...data
    } = this;

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

    const { headers } = await cats.createContact({
      $,
      returnFullResponse: true,
      params: {
        check_duplicate: checkDuplicate,
      },
      data: {
        first_name: firstName,
        last_name: lastName,
        owner_id: ownerId,
        company_id: companyId,
        reports_to_id: reportsToId,
        has_left_company: hasLeftCompany,
        emails: parseObject(emails),
        phones: parseObject(phones),
        address: {
          street: addressStreet,
          city: addressCity,
          state: addressState,
          postal_code: addressPostalCode,
        },
        country_code: countryCode,
        social_media_urls: parseObject(socialMediaUrls),
        custom_fields: customFieldsObject,
        ...data,
      },
    });

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

    $.export("$summary", `Contact successfully created with Id: ${contactId}!`);
    return {
      contactId,
    };
  },
};

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.
First Name	`firstName`	`string`	The first name of the record.
Last Name	`lastName`	`string`	The last name of the record.
Owner ID	`ownerId`	`integer`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Company ID	`companyId`	`integer`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
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.
Title	`title`	`string`	The record's job title.
Reports To Id	`reportsToId`	`integer`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Has Left Company	`hasLeftCompany`	`boolean`	Whether the contact has left the company or not.
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.
Is Hot	`isHot`	`boolean`	Whether the record is marked as hot.
Notes	`notes`	`string`	Any notes about the record.
Custom Fields	`customFields`	`string[]`	Select a value from the drop down menu.