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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
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 Droplet action
1. Connect your DigitalOcean account
2. Configure Name
3. Select a Region
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 Droplet on DigitalOcean

Description:Creates a droplet. [See the docs here](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/api-reference/#operation/create_droplet)

Version:0.1.2

Key:digital_ocean-create-droplet

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DigitalOcean Overview#

The Digital Ocean API provides programmatic access to manage Digital Ocean resources such as Droplets, Spaces, and Databases. With Pipedream, you can harness this API to automate a variety of tasks, like spinning up new servers, scaling resources, or integrating cloud infrastructure management into your workflow. It's a powerful tool for DevOps automation, allowing for the dynamic management of infrastructure in response to events or schedules.

Action Code#

import digitalOceanApp from "../../digital_ocean.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "digital_ocean-create-droplet",
  name: "Create Droplet",
  description: "Creates a droplet. [See the docs here](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/api-reference/#operation/create_droplet)",
  version: "0.1.2",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    digitalOceanApp,
    name: {
      label: "Name",
      type: "string",
      description: "Human-readable string to use when displaying the Droplet name.",
    },
    region: {
      label: "Region",
      type: "string",
      description: "Unique slug identifier for the region to deploy this Droplet in.",
      reloadProps: true,
      async options() {
        return this.digitalOceanApp.fetchRegionsOpts();
      },
    },
  },
  async additionalProps() {
    if (!this.region) {
      return {};
    }
    return {
      image: {
        label: "Image",
        type: "string",
        description: "The image ID of a public or private image, or the unique slug identifier for a public image. This image will be the base image for this Droplet.",
        reloadProps: false,
        options: async () => {
          return this.digitalOceanApp.fetchImageOpts(this.region);
        },
      },
      size: {
        label: "Size",
        type: "string",
        description: "Unique slug identifier for the size to select for this Droplet.",
        reloadProps: false,
        options: async () => {
          return this.digitalOceanApp.fetchSizeOpts(this.region);
        },
      },
      volumes: {
        label: "Volumes",
        type: "string[]",
        description: "A flat array including the unique string identifier for each Block Storage volume to be attached to the Droplet. At the moment a volume can only be attached to a single Droplet.",
        optional: true,
        reloadProps: false,
        options: async () => {
          return this.digitalOceanApp.fetchVolumeOpts(this.region);
        },
      },
      sshKeys: {
        label: "SSH keys",
        type: "string[]",
        description: "An array containing the IDs or fingerprints of the SSH keys that you wish to embed in the Droplet's root account upon creation.",
        optional: true,
        reloadProps: false,
        options: async () => {
          return this.digitalOceanApp.fetchSshKeys();
        },
      },
      backups: {
        label: "Enable Automated Backup",
        type: "boolean",
        description: "A boolean indicating whether automated backups should be enabled for the Droplet. Automated backups can only be enabled when the Droplet is created.",
        optional: true,
      },
      ipv6: {
        label: "Enable IPv6",
        type: "boolean",
        description: "A boolean indicating whether IPv6 is enabled on the Droplet.",
        optional: true,
      },
      userData: {
        label: "User Data",
        type: "string",
        description: "A string containing 'user data' which may be used to configure the Droplet on first boot, often a 'cloud-config' file or Bash script. It must be plain text and may not exceed 64 KiB in size.",
        optional: true,
      },
      privateNetworking: {
        label: "Enable Private Networking",
        type: "boolean",
        description: "A boolean indicating whether private networking is enabled for the Droplet. Private networking is currently only available in certain regions.",
        optional: true,
      },
      monitoring: {
        label: "Enable Monitoring",
        type: "boolean",
        description: "A boolean indicating whether to install the DigitalOcean agent for monitoring.",
        optional: true,
      },
      tags: {
        label: "Tags",
        type: "string[]",
        description: "A flat array of tag names as strings to apply to the Droplet after it is created. Tag names can either be existing or new tags.",
        optional: true,
      },
    };
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const api = this.digitalOceanApp.digitalOceanWrapper();
    const newDropletData = {
      name: this.name,
      region: this.region,
      size: this.size,
      image: this.image,
      ssh_keys: this.sshKeys,
      backups: this.backups,
      ipv6: this.ipv6,
      user_data: this.userData,
      private_networking: this.privateNetworking,
      volumes: this.volumes,
      tags: this.tags,
      monitoring: this.monitoring,
    };
    const response = await api.droplets.create(newDropletData);
    $.export("$summary", `Successfully created droplet ${response.droplet.name}.`);
    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
DigitalOcean	`digitalOceanApp`	`app`	This component uses the DigitalOcean app.
Name	`name`	`string`	Human-readable string to use when displaying the Droplet name.
Region	`region`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.

Action Authentication#

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

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

readwrite