Create Customer Invoice with Pennylane API on New User Created from MX Technologies API

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New User Created from the MX Technologies API

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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New User Created trigger
1. Connect your MX Technologies account
2. Configure timer
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 User Created on MX Technologies

Description:Emit new event for each new user created.

Version:0.0.1

Key:mx_technologies-new-user-created

View on GitHub

MX Technologies Overview#

The MX Technologies API provides a range of financial data solutions, enabling users to obtain insights into personal finances, conduct risk analysis, and offer personalized financial advice. Within Pipedream, you can harness the power of the MX API to automate financial data aggregation, customer profiling, and trigger custom workflows based on financial events or changes in user data.

Trigger Code#

import { DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL } from "@pipedream/platform";
import mxTechnologies from "../../mx_technologies.app.mjs";
import sampleEmit from "./test-event.mjs";

export default {
  key: "mx_technologies-new-user-created",
  name: "New User Created",
  description: "Emit new event for each new user created.",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    mxTechnologies,
    db: "$.service.db",
    timer: {
      type: "$.interface.timer",
      default: {
        intervalSeconds: DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL,
      },
    },
  },
  methods: {
    _getLastId() {
      return this.db.get("lastId") || 0;
    },
    _setLastId(lastId) {
      this.db.set("lastId", lastId);
    },
    generateMeta(event) {
      return {
        id: event.guid,
        summary: `New user created with GUID ${event.guid}`,
        ts: new Date(),
      };
    },
    async startEvent(maxResults = false) {
      const lastId = this._getLastId();

      let data = this.mxTechnologies.paginate({
        fn: this.mxTechnologies.listUsers,
      });

      const dataArray = [];
      const responseArray = [];
      let count = 0;
      for await (const item of data) {
        if (maxResults && (++count >= maxResults)) break;
        dataArray.push(item);
      }

      for (const item of dataArray.reverse()) {
        if (item.guid === lastId) break;
        responseArray.push(item);
      }

      if (responseArray.length) this._setLastId(responseArray[0].guid);

      for (const item of responseArray.reverse()) {
        this.$emit(item, this.generateMeta(item));
      }
    },
  },
  hooks: {
    async deploy() {
      await this.startEvent(25);
    },
  },
  async run() {
    await this.startEvent();
  },
  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
MX Technologies	`mxTechnologies`	`app`	This component uses the MX Technologies app.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`

Trigger Authentication#

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

About MX Technologies#

MX is a fintech company that offers open banking, bank APIs, mobile banking, and more via modern connectivity and data enhancement.

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:0.0.2

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: "0.0.2",
  annotations: {
    destructiveHint: false,
    openWorldHint: true,
    readOnlyHint: false,
  },
  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