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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Upcoming Event Alert trigger
1. Connect your Google Calendar account
2. Configure Pipedream API Key
3. Optional- Select a Calendar ID
4. Optional- Select one or more Event Types
5. Configure Minutes Before
Configure the Create Draft Reply action
1. Connect your Front account
2. Select a Team ID
3. Select a Conversation ID
4. Select a Channel ID
5. Configure Body
6. Optional- Configure Subject
7. Select a Author ID
8. Optional- Configure To
9. Optional- Configure CC
10. Optional- Configure BCC
11. Optional- Configure Attachments
12. Optional- Select a Mode
13. Optional- Select a Signature ID
14. Optional- Configure Should Add Default Signature
15. Optional- Configure Quote Body
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 Upcoming Event Alert on Google Calendar

Description:Emit new event based on a time interval before an upcoming event in the calendar.

Version:0.1.0

Key:google_calendar-upcoming-event-alert

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Google Calendar Overview#

The Google Calendar API lets you dip into the powerhouse of scheduling, allowing for the reading, creation, and manipulation of events and calendars directly from your applications. Through Pipedream, you can seamlessly integrate Google Calendar into a myriad of workflows, automating event management, syncing with other services, setting up custom reminders, or even collating data for reporting. The key here is to streamline your calendar-related processes, ensuring that your time management is as efficient and automated as possible.

Trigger Code#

import googleCalendar from "../../google_calendar.app.mjs";
import taskScheduler from "../common/taskScheduler.mjs";
import sampleEmit from "./test-event.mjs";

export default {
  key: "google_calendar-upcoming-event-alert",
  name: "New Upcoming Event Alert",
  description: "Emit new event based on a time interval before an upcoming event in the calendar.",
  version: "0.1.0",
  type: "source",
  props: {
    googleCalendar,
    db: "$.service.db",
    http: "$.interface.http",
    pipedreamApiKey: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Pipedream API Key",
      description: "[Click here to find your Pipedream API key](https://pipedream.com/settings/user)",
      secret: true,
    },
    calendarId: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleCalendar,
        "calendarId",
      ],
    },
    eventTypes: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleCalendar,
        "eventTypes",
      ],
    },
    time: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Minutes Before",
      description: "Number of minutes to trigger before the start of the calendar event.",
      min: 0,
      reloadProps: true,
    },
  },
  async additionalProps() {
    const props = {};
    if (this.time > 0) {
      props.timer = {
        type: "$.interface.timer",
        description: "Poll the API to schedule alerts for any newly created events",
        default: {
          intervalSeconds: 60 * this.time,
        },
      };
    }
    return props;
  },
  hooks: {
    async deactivate() {
      const ids = this._getScheduledEventIds();
      if (!ids?.length) {
        return;
      }
      for (const id of ids) {
        if (await this.deleteScheduledEvent({
          body: {
            id,
          },
        }, this.pipedreamApiKey)) {
          console.log("Cancelled scheduled event");
        }
      }
      this._setScheduledEventIds();
    },
  },
  methods: {
    ...taskScheduler.methods,
    _getScheduledEventIds() {
      return this.db.get("scheduledEventIds");
    },
    _setScheduledEventIds(ids) {
      this.db.set("scheduledEventIds", ids);
    },
    _getScheduledCalendarEventIds() {
      return this.db.get("scheduledCalendarEventIds");
    },
    _setScheduledCalendarEventIds(ids) {
      this.db.set("scheduledCalendarEventIds", ids);
    },
    _hasDeployed() {
      const result = this.db.get("hasDeployed");
      this.db.set("hasDeployed", true);
      return result;
    },
    subtractMinutes(date, minutes) {
      return date.getTime() - minutes * 60000;
    },
    async getCalendarEvents() {
      const calendarEvents = [];
      const params = {
        returnOnlyData: false,
        calendarId: this.calendarId,
        eventTypes: this.eventTypes,
      };
      do {
        const {
          data: {
            items, nextPageToken,
          },
        } = await this.googleCalendar.listEvents(params);
        if (items?.length) {
          calendarEvents.push(...items);
        }
        params.pageToken = nextPageToken;
      } while (params.pageToken);
      return calendarEvents;
    },
  },
  async run(event) {
    // self subscribe only on the first time
    if (!this._hasDeployed()) {
      await this.selfSubscribe(this.pipedreamApiKey);
    }

    const scheduledEventIds = this._getScheduledEventIds() || [];

    // incoming scheduled event
    if (event.$channel === this.selfChannel()) {
      const remainingScheduledEventIds = scheduledEventIds.filter((id) => id !== event["$id"]);
      this._setScheduledEventIds(remainingScheduledEventIds);
      this.emitEvent(event, `Upcoming ${event.summary
        ? event.summary + " "
        : ""}event`);
      return;
    }

    // schedule new events
    const scheduledCalendarEventIds = this._getScheduledCalendarEventIds() || {};
    const calendarEvents = await this.getCalendarEvents();

    for (const calendarEvent of calendarEvents) {
      const startTime = calendarEvent.start
        ? (new Date(calendarEvent.start.dateTime || calendarEvent.start.date))
        : null;
      if (!startTime
        || startTime.getTime() < Date.now()
        || scheduledCalendarEventIds[calendarEvent.id])
      {
        continue;
      }
      const later = new Date(this.subtractMinutes(startTime, this.time));

      const scheduledEventId = this.emitScheduleEvent(calendarEvent, later);
      scheduledEventIds.push(scheduledEventId);
      scheduledCalendarEventIds[calendarEvent.id] = true;
    }
    this._setScheduledEventIds(scheduledEventIds);
    this._setScheduledCalendarEventIds(scheduledCalendarEventIds);
  },
  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
Google Calendar	`googleCalendar`	`app`	This component uses the Google Calendar app.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
N/A	`http`	`$.interface.http`	This component uses `$.interface.http` to generate a unique URL when the component is first instantiated. Each request to the URL will trigger the `run()` method of the component.
Pipedream API Key	`pipedreamApiKey`	`string`	Click here to find your Pipedream API key
Calendar ID	`calendarId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Event Types	`eventTypes`	`string[]`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`defaultfocusTimeoutOfOfficeworkingLocation`
Minutes Before	`time`	`integer`	Number of minutes to trigger before the start of the calendar event.

Trigger Authentication#

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

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

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.eventshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.readonlyhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.settings.readonlyemailprofile

About Google Calendar#

With Google Calendar, you can quickly schedule meetings and events and get reminders about upcoming activities, so you always know what’s next.

Action#

Create Draft Reply on Front

Description:Create a new draft as a reply to the last message in the conversation. [See the documentation](https://dev.frontapp.com/reference/create-draft-reply)

Version:0.0.5

Key:frontapp-create-draft-reply

View on GitHub

Front Overview#

The Front API empowers you to automate the handling of your team's email inbox, collaborate on conversations, and streamline communication workflows. By harnessing this API on Pipedream, you can craft custom integrations that trigger actions in Front in response to events, synchronize data across platforms, and augment your team's productivity with automated tasks. This can include creating or updating conversations and contacts, managing tags, or firing off custom automation rules within Front.

Action Code#

import frontApp from "../../frontapp.app.mjs";
import utils from "../../common/utils.mjs";

export default {
  key: "frontapp-create-draft-reply",
  name: "Create Draft Reply",
  description: "Create a new draft as a reply to the last message in the conversation. [See the documentation](https://dev.frontapp.com/reference/create-draft-reply)",
  version: "0.0.5",
  annotations: {
    destructiveHint: false,
    openWorldHint: true,
    readOnlyHint: false,
  },
  type: "action",
  props: {
    frontApp,
    teamId: {
      propDefinition: [
        frontApp,
        "teamId",
      ],
    },
    conversationId: {
      propDefinition: [
        frontApp,
        "conversationId",
      ],
    },
    channelId: {
      propDefinition: [
        frontApp,
        "channelId",
      ],
    },
    body: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Body",
      description: "Body of the draft reply. Accepts HTML",
    },
    subject: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Subject",
      description: "Subject of the draft reply",
      optional: true,
    },
    authorId: {
      propDefinition: [
        frontApp,
        "teammateId",
      ],
      label: "Author ID",
    },
    to: {
      propDefinition: [
        frontApp,
        "to",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    cc: {
      propDefinition: [
        frontApp,
        "cc",
      ],
    },
    bcc: {
      propDefinition: [
        frontApp,
        "bcc",
      ],
    },
    attachments: {
      propDefinition: [
        frontApp,
        "attachments",
      ],
    },
    mode: {
      propDefinition: [
        frontApp,
        "mode",
      ],
    },
    signatureId: {
      propDefinition: [
        frontApp,
        "signatureId",
        (c) => ({
          teamId: c.teamId,
        }),
      ],
    },
    shouldAddDefaultSignature: {
      propDefinition: [
        frontApp,
        "shouldAddDefaultSignature",
      ],
    },
    quoteBody: {
      propDefinition: [
        frontApp,
        "quoteBody",
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const response = await this.frontApp.createDraftReply({
      $,
      conversationId: this.conversationId,
      data: {
        channel_id: this.channelId,
        body: this.body,
        subject: this.subject,
        author_id: this.authorId,
        to: this.to,
        cc: this.cc,
        bcc: this.bcc,
        attachments: this.attachments,
        mode: this.mode,
        signature_id: this.signatureId,
        should_add_default_signature: this.shouldAddDefaultSignature,
        quote_body: this.quoteBody,
      },
      headers: utils.hasArrayItems(this.attachments) && {
        "Content-Type": "multipart/form-data",
      },
    });
    $.export("$summary", `Successfully created draft reply with ID: ${response.id}`);
    return response;
  },
};

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
Front	`frontApp`	`app`	This component uses the Front app.
Team ID	`teamId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Conversation ID	`conversationId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Channel ID	`channelId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Body	`body`	`string`	Body of the draft reply. Accepts HTML
Subject	`subject`	`string`	Subject of the draft reply
Author ID	`authorId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
To	`to`	`string[]`	List of recipient handles who received the message.
CC	`cc`	`string[]`	List of recipient handles who received a copy of the message.
BCC	`bcc`	`string[]`	List of the recipeient handles who received a blind copy of the message.
Attachments	`attachments`	`string[]`	File paths of files previously downloaded in Pipedream E.g. (`/tmp/my-image.jpg`). Download a file to the `/tmp` directory
Mode	`mode`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`privateshared`
Signature ID	`signatureId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Should Add Default Signature	`shouldAddDefaultSignature`	`boolean`	Whether or not Front should try to resolve a signature for the message. Is ignored if signature_id is included. Default `false`
Quote Body	`quoteBody`	`string`	Body for the quote that the message is referencing. Only available on email channels.

Action Authentication#

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

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

About Front#

Customer communication platform

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