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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a RSS trigger and Digital Ocean 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. Optional- Configure Published After Than
Configure the Create Droplet action
1. Connect your Digital Ocean 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:1.2.0

Key:rss-new-item-in-feed

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RSS Overview#

With the RSS API you have the power to create powerful tools and applications.
RSS is a great way to reliably subscribe to, track and build around your
favorite content sources. Here are some examples of things you can create
using the RSS API:

A personal news website to syndicate articles from multiple sources.
A custom feed reader to deliver timely notifications of updates and news.
A live editorial dashboard to track news, trends and public sentiment.
An automated “report bot” to aggregate and report on news topics.
A competitor tracking tool to stay on top of industry news.
A custom RSS-based search engine or RSS-supported deep learning engine.
A live events feed to notify users and followers of new developments.

Trigger Code#

import rss from "../../app/rss.app.mjs";
import { defineSource } from "@pipedream/types";
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: "1.2.0",
    type: "source",
    dedupe: "unique",
    props: {
        ...rssCommon.props,
        url: {
            propDefinition: [
                rss,
                "url",
            ],
        },
        publishedAfterThan: {
            type: "string",
            label: "Published After Than",
            description: "Emit items published after the specified date in ISO 8601 format .e.g `2022-12-07T12:57:10+07:00`",
            optional: true,
        },
    },
    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);
        },
    },
    async run() {
        const items = await this.rss.fetchAndParseFeed(this.url);
        for (const item of this.rss.sortItems(items)) {
            if (this.publishedAfterThan) {
                const publishedAfterThan = +new Date(this.publishedAfterThan);
                const ts = this.rss.itemTs(item);
                if (Number.isNaN(publishedAfterThan) || publishedAfterThan > 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 Than	`publishedAfterThan`	`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 Digital Ocean

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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Digital Ocean Overview#

You can use the Digital Ocean API to manage Droplets (virtual private servers),
resources within those Droplets, and other account-wide resources like domains
and images.

Examples of what you can build using the Digital Ocean API include:

A script to create and destroy Droplets on demand
A script to snapshot (back up) your Droplets on a regular basis
A script to add and remove SSH keys from your account
A script to manage domain records (DNS)
A script to add and remove Floating IPs from your account

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
Digital Ocean	`digitalOceanApp`	`app`	This component uses the Digital Ocean 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#

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

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

readwrite