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Getting Started#

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

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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 Employee action
1. Connect your Breathe account
2. Configure First Name
3. Configure Last Name
4. Configure Email
5. Configure Company Join Date
6. Optional- Configure Date of Birth
7. Optional- Configure Job Title
8. Optional- Select a Department ID
9. Optional- Select a Division ID
10. Optional- Select a Location ID
11. Optional- Select a Working Pattern ID
12. Optional- Select a Holiday Allowance ID
13. Optional- Configure Work Mobile
14. Optional- Configure Personal Mobile
15. Optional- Configure Home Telephone
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:1.2.9

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: "1.2.9",
    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 Employee on Breathe

Description:Creates a new employee in Breathe. [See the documentation](https://developer.breathehr.com/examples#!/employees/POST_version_employees_json)

Version:0.0.2

Key:breathe-create-employee

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Action Code#

import breathe from "../../breathe.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "breathe-create-employee",
  name: "Create Employee",
  description: "Creates a new employee in Breathe. [See the documentation](https://developer.breathehr.com/examples#!/employees/POST_version_employees_json)",
  version: "0.0.2",
  annotations: {
    destructiveHint: false,
    openWorldHint: true,
    readOnlyHint: false,
  },
  type: "action",
  props: {
    breathe,
    firstName: {
      type: "string",
      label: "First Name",
      description: "First name of the employee",
    },
    lastName: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Last Name",
      description: "Last name of the employee",
    },
    email: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Email",
      description: "Email address of the employee",
    },
    companyJoinDate: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Company Join Date",
      description: "The date that the employee joined the company. Example: `2023-12-25`",
    },
    dob: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Date of Birth",
      description: "The date of birth of the employee",
      optional: true,
    },
    jobTitle: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Job Title",
      description: "The job title of the employee",
      optional: true,
    },
    departmentId: {
      propDefinition: [
        breathe,
        "departmentId",
      ],
    },
    divisionId: {
      propDefinition: [
        breathe,
        "divisionId",
      ],
    },
    locationId: {
      propDefinition: [
        breathe,
        "locationId",
      ],
    },
    workingPatternId: {
      propDefinition: [
        breathe,
        "workingPatternId",
      ],
    },
    holidayAllowanceId: {
      propDefinition: [
        breathe,
        "holidayAllowanceId",
      ],
    },
    workMobile: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Work Mobile",
      description: "The work moblie phone number of the employee",
      optional: true,
    },
    personalMobile: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Personal Mobile",
      description: "The personal mobile phone number of the employee",
      optional: true,
    },
    homeTelephone: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Home Telephone",
      description: "The home telephone number of the employee",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const response = await this.breathe.createEmployee({
      $,
      data: {
        employee: {
          person_type: "Employee",
          first_name: this.firstName,
          last_name: this.lastName,
          email: this.email,
          company_join_date: this.companyJoinDate,
          dob: this.dob,
          job_title: this.jobTitle,
          work_mobile: this.workMobile,
          personal_mobile: this.personalMobile,
          home_telephone: this.homeTelephone,
          department: this.departmentId,
          division: this.divisionId,
          location: this.locationId,
          working_pattern: this.workingPatternId,
          holiday_allowance: this.holidayAllowanceId,
        },
      },
    });
    $.export("$summary", `Successfully created employee with ID: ${response.employees[0].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
Breathe	`breathe`	`app`	This component uses the Breathe app.
First Name	`firstName`	`string`	First name of the employee
Last Name	`lastName`	`string`	Last name of the employee
Email	`email`	`string`	Email address of the employee
Company Join Date	`companyJoinDate`	`string`	The date that the employee joined the company. Example: `2023-12-25`
Date of Birth	`dob`	`string`	The date of birth of the employee
Job Title	`jobTitle`	`string`	The job title of the employee
Department ID	`departmentId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Division ID	`divisionId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Location ID	`locationId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Working Pattern ID	`workingPatternId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Holiday Allowance ID	`holidayAllowanceId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Work Mobile	`workMobile`	`string`	The work moblie phone number of the employee
Personal Mobile	`personalMobile`	`string`	The personal mobile phone number of the employee
Home Telephone	`homeTelephone`	`string`	The home telephone number of the employee