Create Email Template with Amazon SES API on Webhook Event Received (Instant) from Xero Accounting API

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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a Xero Accounting 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 Webhook Event Received (Instant) trigger
1. Connect your Xero Accounting account
2. Optional- Configure Webhook Key
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#

Webhook Event Received (Instant) on Xero Accounting

Description:Emit new event for each incoming webhook notification. To create a Xero Webhook, please follow [the instructions here](https://developer.xero.com/documentation/guides/webhooks/creating-webhooks/).

Version:0.0.1

Key:xero_accounting_api-webhook-event-received

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Xero Accounting Overview#

The Xero Accounting API offers a powerful gateway to access and manipulate financial data within Xero. Leveraging Pipedream's capabilities, developers can build custom workflows that streamline accounting processes, sync financial data with external systems, and trigger actions based on financial events. This API allows for the automation of tasks such as invoicing, bank reconciliation, bill payments, and reporting, which can lead to significant time savings and enhanced data accuracy.

Trigger Code#

import xeroAccountingApi from "../../xero_accounting_api.app.mjs";
import crypto from "crypto";

export default {
  key: "xero_accounting_api-webhook-event-received",
  name: "Webhook Event Received (Instant)",
  description: "Emit new event for each incoming webhook notification. To create a Xero Webhook, please follow [the instructions here](https://developer.xero.com/documentation/guides/webhooks/creating-webhooks/).",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "source",
  props: {
    xeroAccountingApi,
    http: {
      type: "$.interface.http",
      customResponse: true,
    },
    webhookKey: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Webhook Key",
      description: "You can leave this blank when creating this source. After creating a webhook in Xero, please update this prop with the value provided.",
      secret: true,
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  hooks: {
    async deploy() {
      console.log("You can now copy the generated URL endpoint from this source and go to Xero and create a webhook.");
      console.log("After saving, copy the `Webhooks key` and update the prop.");
      console.log("Then click on `Send 'Intent to receive'` to start the signature verification process.");
      console.log("We will receive three requests for signature verification, and after that the `Status` should be OK.");
    },
  },
  methods: {
    httpRespond(status) {
      this.http.respond({
        status,
      });
    },
    validateEvent(event) {
      if (!this.webhookKey) {
        console.log("No webhook key supplied. Please update the prop with the value supplied by Xero.");
        return false;
      }

      console.log("Verifying signature...");
      const sig = crypto.createHmac("sha256", this.webhookKey)
        .update(event.bodyRaw)
        .digest("base64");
      return sig === event.headers["x-xero-signature"];
    },
    emitEvents(events) {
      events.forEach((event) => {
        const {
          resourceId: id,
          eventDateUtc: ts,
          eventType,
          eventCategory,
        } = event;

        this.$emit(event, {
          id,
          summary: `${eventCategory} ${eventType} event received`,
          ts: new Date(ts),
        });
      });
    },
  },
  async run(event) {
    if (!this.validateEvent(event)) {
      console.log("Invalid signature. Ignoring event...");
      this.httpRespond(401);
    }

    this.httpRespond(200);
    this.emitEvents(event.body?.events);
  },
};

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
Xero Accounting	`xeroAccountingApi`	`app`	This component uses the Xero Accounting app.
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.
Webhook Key	`webhookKey`	`string`	You can leave this blank when creating this source. After creating a webhook in Xero, please update this prop with the value provided.

Trigger Authentication#

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

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

offline_accessopenidprofileemailaccounting.transactionsaccounting.reports.readaccounting.settingsaccounting.settings.readaccounting.contactsaccounting.attachmentsaccounting.journals.read

About Xero Accounting#

Accounting Software

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.