Create Customer Invoice with Pennylane API on New Item in Feed from RSS API

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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a RSS trigger and Pennylane 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 Customer Invoice action
1. Connect your Pennylane account
2. Configure Date
3. Configure Deadline
4. Optional- Configure External Id
5. Optional- Configure PDF Invoice Free Text
6. Optional- Configure PDF Invoice Subject
7. Configure Draft
8. Optional- Configure Currency
9. Optional- Configure Special Mention
10. Optional- Configure Discount
11. Optional- Select a Language
12. Select a Banking Provider
13. Select a Provider Field Name
14. Configure Provider Field Value
15. Select a Customer Id
16. Optional- Configure Line Items Sections Attributes
17. Configure Line Items
18. Optional- Configure Categories
19. Configure Start Date
20. Configure End Date
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 Customer Invoice on Pennylane

Description:Generates a new invoice for a customer using Pennylane. [See the documentation](https://pennylane.readme.io/reference/customer_invoices-post-1)

Version:0.0.1

Key:pennylane-create-customer-invoice

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Action Code#

import { ConfigurationError } from "@pipedream/platform";
import {
  BANKING_PROVIDER_OPTIONS,
  LANGUAGE_OPTIONS,
  PROVIDER_FIELD_NAMES_OPTIONS,
} from "../../common/constants.mjs";
import { parseObject } from "../../common/utils.mjs";
import pennylane from "../../pennylane.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "pennylane-create-customer-invoice",
  name: "Create Customer Invoice",
  description: "Generates a new invoice for a customer using Pennylane. [See the documentation](https://pennylane.readme.io/reference/customer_invoices-post-1)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    pennylane,
    date: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Date",
      description: "Invoice date (ISO 8601)",
    },
    deadline: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Deadline",
      description: "Invoice payment deadline (ISO 8601)",
    },
    externalId: {
      type: "string",
      label: "External Id",
      description: "An id you can use to refer to the invoice from outside of Pennylane",
      optional: true,
    },
    pdfInvoiceFreeText: {
      type: "string",
      label: "PDF Invoice Free Text",
      description: "For example, the contact details of the person to contact",
      optional: true,
    },
    pdfInvoiceSubject: {
      type: "string",
      label: "PDF Invoice Subject",
      description: "Invoice title",
      optional: true,
    },
    draft: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Draft",
      description: "Do you wish to create a draft invoice (otherwise it is a finalized invoice)? Reminder, once created, a finalized invoice cannot be edited!",
    },
    currency: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Currency",
      description: "Invoice Currency (ISO 4217). Default is EUR.",
      optional: true,
    },
    specialMention: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Special Mention",
      description: "Additional details",
      optional: true,
    },
    discount: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Discount",
      description: "Invoice discount (in percent)",
      optional: true,
    },
    language: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Language",
      description: "invoice pdf language",
      options: LANGUAGE_OPTIONS,
      optional: true,
    },
    bankingProvider: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Banking Provider",
      description: "The banking provider for the transaction",
      options: BANKING_PROVIDER_OPTIONS,
      reloadProps: true,
    },
    providerFieldName: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Provider Field Name",
      description: "Name of the field that you want to match",
      options: PROVIDER_FIELD_NAMES_OPTIONS,
      hidden: true,
    },
    providerFieldValue: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Provider Field Value",
      description: "Value that you want to match",
    },
    customerId: {
      propDefinition: [
        pennylane,
        "customerId",
      ],
    },
    lineItemsSectionsAttributes: {
      propDefinition: [
        pennylane,
        "lineItemsSectionsAttributes",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    lineItems: {
      propDefinition: [
        pennylane,
        "lineItems",
      ],
    },
    categories: {
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Categories",
      description: "A list of objects of categories",
      optional: true,
    },
    startDate: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Start Date",
      description: "Start date of the imputation period (ISO 8601)",
    },
    endDate: {
      type: "string",
      label: "End Date",
      description: "End date of the imputation period (ISO 8601)",
    },
  },
  async additionalProps(props) {
    if (this.bankingProvider === "stripe") {
      props.providerFieldName.hidden = false;
    }
    return {};
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    try {
      const invoice = await this.pennylane.createInvoice({
        $,
        data: {
          create_customer: false,
          create_products: false,
          invoice: {
            date: this.date,
            deadline: this.deadline,
            external_id: this.externalId,
            pdf_invoice_free_text: this.pdfInvoiceFreeText,
            pdf_invoice_subject: this.pdfInvoiceSubject,
            draft: this.draft,
            currency: this.currency,
            special_mention: this.specialMention,
            discount: this.discount,
            language: this.language,
            transactions_reference: {
              banking_provider: this.bankingProvider,
              provider_field_name: (this.bankingProvider === "gocardless")
                ? "payment_id"
                : this.providerFieldName,
              provider_field_value: this.providerFieldValue,
            },
            customer: {
              source_id: this.customerId,
            },
            line_items_sections_attributes: parseObject(this.lineItemsSectionsAttributes),
            line_items: parseObject(this.lineItems),
            categories: parseObject(this.categories),
            imputation_dates: {
              start_date: this.startDate,
              end_date: this.endDate,
            },
          },
        },
      });

      $.export("$summary", `Created invoice with ID ${invoice.invoice.id}`);
      return invoice;
    } catch ({ response }) {
      throw new ConfigurationError(response?.data?.message || response?.data?.error);
    }
  },
};

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
Pennylane	`pennylane`	`app`	This component uses the Pennylane app.
Date	`date`	`string`	Invoice date (ISO 8601)
Deadline	`deadline`	`string`	Invoice payment deadline (ISO 8601)
External Id	`externalId`	`string`	An id you can use to refer to the invoice from outside of Pennylane
PDF Invoice Free Text	`pdfInvoiceFreeText`	`string`	For example, the contact details of the person to contact
PDF Invoice Subject	`pdfInvoiceSubject`	`string`	Invoice title
Draft	`draft`	`boolean`	Do you wish to create a draft invoice (otherwise it is a finalized invoice)? Reminder, once created, a finalized invoice cannot be edited!
Currency	`currency`	`string`	Invoice Currency (ISO 4217). Default is EUR.
Special Mention	`specialMention`	`string`	Additional details
Discount	`discount`	`integer`	Invoice discount (in percent)
Language	`language`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`en_GBfr_FR`
Banking Provider	`bankingProvider`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`gocardlessstripe`
Provider Field Value	`providerFieldValue`	`string`	Value that you want to match
Customer Id	`customerId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Line Items Sections Attributes	`lineItemsSectionsAttributes`	`string[]`	A list of objects of items sections to be listed on the invoice. Example: [{"title": "Title","description": "description","rank": 1}] See the documentation from further information.
Line Items	`lineItems`	`string[]`	A list of objects of items to be listed on the invoice. Example: [{"product": {"source_id": "0e67fc3c-c632-4feb-ad34-e18ed5fbf66a","unit": "20","price": "10.00","label": "Product label","vat_rate": "FR_09","currency": "EUR"},"quantity": 2,"label": "Line Item Label"}] See the documentation from further information.
Categories	`categories`	`string[]`	A list of objects of categories
Start Date	`startDate`	`string`	Start date of the imputation period (ISO 8601)
End Date	`endDate`	`string`	End date of the imputation period (ISO 8601)

Action Authentication#

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

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

customer_invoices