Create Email Template with Amazon SES API on New Story by User from lobste.rs API

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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Story by User trigger
1. Connect your lobste.rs account
2. Configure timer
3. Configure Username
4. Configure Published After
Configure the Create Email Template action
1. Connect your Amazon SES account
2. Select a AWS Region
3. Configure Template Name
4. Configure Subject
5. Optional- Configure HTML
6. Optional- Configure Text
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 Story by User on lobste.rs

Description:Emit new event when a new story is posted by the specified user.

Version:0.0.1

Key:lobste_rs-new-story-by-user

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lobste.rs Overview#

The lobste.rs API provides access to a wealth of information from the lobste.rs community, a computing-focused curated link aggregation site. It offers endpoints to fetch stories, comments, and user details, which can be integrated into various workflows on Pipedream. This integration allows you to monitor new content, track topics or user activity, and even collate data for analysis. With Pipedream, you can seamlessly connect lobste.rs with hundreds of other apps to create tailored automations without managing servers or writing extensive code.

Trigger Code#

import lobsters from "../../lobste_rs.app.mjs";
import { DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL } from "@pipedream/platform";

export default {
  key: "lobste_rs-new-story-by-user",
  name: "New Story by User",
  description: "Emit new event when a new story is posted by the specified user.",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    lobsters,
    timer: {
      type: "$.interface.timer",
      default: {
        intervalSeconds: DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL,
      },
    },
    username: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Username",
      description: "The user to watch for stories from. E.g. `adamgordonbell`",
    },
    publishedAfter: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Published After",
      description: "Emit items published after the specified date in ISO 8601 format .e.g `2022-12-07T12:57:10+07:00`",
      default: new Date(Date.now() - 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000).toISOString(),
    },
  },
  methods: {
    generateMeta(item) {
      return {
        id: this.lobsters.itemKey(item),
        summary: item.title,
        ts: Date.now(),
      };
    },
  },
  async run() {
    const url = `https://lobste.rs/~${this.username}/stories.rss`;

    const items = await this.lobsters.fetchAndParseFeed(url);
    for (const item of items.reverse()) {
      const publishedAfter = +new Date(this.publishedAfter);
      const ts = this.lobsters.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
lobste.rs	`lobsters`	`app`	This component uses the lobste.rs app.
	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`
Username	`username`	`string`	The user to watch for stories from. E.g. `adamgordonbell`
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 lobste.rs API does not require authentication.

About lobste.rs#

Computing-focused community centered around link aggregation and discussion.

Action#

Create Email Template on Amazon SES

Description:Create a HTML or a plain text email template. [See the docs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSJavaScriptSDK/v3/latest/clients/client-sesv2/classes/createemailtemplatecommand.html)

Version:0.0.1

Key:amazon_ses-create-email-template

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Amazon SES Overview#

Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) is a powerful cloud-based email sending service designed to help digital marketers and application developers send marketing, notification, and transactional emails. With the SES API, you can reliably send emails at scale, manage sender reputations, view email sending statistics, and maintain a high deliverability rate. Leveraging Pipedream's capabilities, you can integrate SES seamlessly into serverless workflows, automate email responses based on triggers from other apps, and analyze the effectiveness of your email campaigns by connecting to data analytics platforms.

Action Code#

import base from "../common/base.mjs";
import { ConfigurationError } from "@pipedream/platform";

export default {
  key: "amazon_ses-create-email-template",
  name: "Create Email Template",
  description: "Create a HTML or a plain text email template. [See the docs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSJavaScriptSDK/v3/latest/clients/client-sesv2/classes/createemailtemplatecommand.html)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    ...base.props,
    TemplateName: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Template Name",
      description: "The email template name",
    },
    Subject: {
      propDefinition: [
        base.props.amazonSes,
        "Subject",
      ],
    },
    Html: {
      propDefinition: [
        base.props.amazonSes,
        "Html",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    Text: {
      propDefinition: [
        base.props.amazonSes,
        "Text",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    if (!this.Html && !this.Text) {
      throw new ConfigurationError("Html or Text must be configured");
    }

    const params = {
      TemplateName: this.TemplateName,
      TemplateContent: {
        Subject: this.amazonSes.replaceCurlyBrackets(this.Subject),
        Html: this.amazonSes.replaceCurlyBrackets(this.Html),
        Text: this.amazonSes.replaceCurlyBrackets(this.Text),
      },
    };
    const response = await this.amazonSes.createEmailTemplate(this.region, params);
    $.export("$summary", "Successfully created email template");
    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
Amazon SES	`amazonSes`	`app`	This component uses the Amazon SES app.
AWS Region	`region`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Template Name	`TemplateName`	`string`	The email template name
Subject	`Subject`	`string`	The email subject line. Use `\{\{` and `\}\}` to insert tags. Example: `This is a \{\{tagname\}\}`.
HTML	`Html`	`string`	The HTML email body. Use `\{\{` and `\}\}` to insert tags. Example: `This is a \{\{tagname\}\}`.
Text	`Text`	`string`	The email body that will be visible to recipients whose email clients do not display HTML. Use `\{\{` and `\}\}` to insert tags. Example: `This is a \{\{tagname\}\}`.

Action Authentication#

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

Follow the AWS Instructions for creating an IAM user with an associated access and secret key, with the minimum IAM permissions necessary to send email or hit the desired SES APIs from Pipedream.

Enter the access and secret key below.