Create Employee with Xero Accounting API on New Message (Instant) from Discord API

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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Message (Instant) trigger
1. Connect your Discord account
2. Configure Channels
3. Configure discordApphook
Configure the Create Employee action
1. Connect your Xero Accounting account
2. Select a Tenant ID
3. Configure First Name
4. Configure Last Name
5. Optional- Select a Status
6. Optional- Configure External Link
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 Message (Instant) on Discord

Description:Emit new event for each message posted to one or more channels in a Discord server

Version:1.0.3

Key:discord-new-message

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Discord Overview#

The Discord API interacts seamlessly with Pipedream, empowering you to craft customized automations and workflows for your Discord server. With this powerful integration, you can automate tasks like message posting, user management, and notifications, based on a myriad of triggers and actions from different apps. These automations can enhance the Discord experience for community moderators and members, by synchronizing with external tools, organizing community engagement, and streamlining notifications.

Trigger Code#

import discord from "../../discord.app.mjs";
import sampleEmit from "./test-event.mjs";

export default {
  type: "source",
  key: "discord-new-message",
  name: "New Message (Instant)",
  description: "Emit new event for each message posted to one or more channels in a Discord server",
  version: "1.0.3",

  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    discord,
    channels: {
      type: "$.discord.channel[]",
      appProp: "discord",
      label: "Channels",
      description: "Select the channel(s) you'd like to be notified for",
    },
    // eslint-disable-next-line pipedream/props-label,pipedream/props-description
    discordApphook: {
      type: "$.interface.apphook",
      appProp: "discord",
      async eventNames() {
        return this.channels || [];
      },
    },
  },
  async run(event) {
    if (event.guildID != this.discord.$auth.guild_id) {
      return;
    }
    this.$emit(event, {
      id: event.id,
    });
  },
  sampleEmit,
};

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
Discord	`discord`	`app`	This component uses the Discord app.
Channels	`channels`	`$.discord.channel[]`	Select the channel(s) you'd like to be notified for
	`discordApphook`	`$.interface.apphook`

Trigger Authentication#

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

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

botemailidentifyguilds

About Discord#

Use this app to create a Discord source that emits messages from your guild to a Pipedream workflow.

Action#

Create Employee on Xero Accounting

Description:Creates a new employee.

Version:0.3.2

Key:xero_accounting_api-xero-accounting-create-employee

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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.

Action Code#

import { ConfigurationError } from "@pipedream/platform";
import { parseObject } from "../../common/util.mjs";
import xeroAccountingApi from "../../xero_accounting_api.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "xero_accounting_api-xero-accounting-create-employee",
  name: "Create Employee",
  description: "Creates a new employee.",
  version: "0.3.2",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    xeroAccountingApi,
    tenantId: {
      propDefinition: [
        xeroAccountingApi,
        "tenantId",
      ],
    },
    firstName: {
      label: "First Name",
      type: "string",
      description: "First name of an employee (max length = 255). If an existing employee matches your `FirstName` and `LastName` then you will receive an error.",
    },
    lastName: {
      label: "Last Name",
      type: "string",
      description: "Last name of an employee (max length = 255). If an existing employee matches your `FirstName` and `LastName` then you will receive an error.",
    },
    status: {
      label: "Status",
      type: "string",
      description: "Current status of an employee - see contact status [types](https://developer.xero.com/documentation/api/types#ContactStatuses)",
      optional: true,
      options: [
        "ACTIVE",
        "ARCHIVED",
        "GDPRREQUEST",
      ],
    },
    externalLink: {
      label: "External Link",
      type: "object",
      description: "Link to an external resource, for example, an employee record in an external system. You can specify the URL element.\nThe description of the link is auto-generated in the form \"Go to <App name>\". <App name> refers to the [Xero application](https://api.xero.com/Application) name that is making the API call.",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    if (!this.tenantId || !this.firstName || !this.lastName) {
      throw new ConfigurationError("Must provide **Tenant ID**, **First Name**, and **Last Name** parameters.");
    }

    const response = await this.xeroAccountingApi.createEmployee({
      $,
      tenantId: this.tenantId,
      data: {
        Status: this.status,
        FirstName: this.firstName,
        LastName: this.lastName,
        ExternalLink: parseObject(this.externalLink),
      },
    });

    $.export("$summary", `Successfully created employee with ID: ${response.EmployeeID}`);
    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
Xero Accounting	`xeroAccountingApi`	`app`	This component uses the Xero Accounting app.
Tenant ID	`tenantId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
First Name	`firstName`	`string`	First name of an employee (max length = 255). If an existing employee matches your `FirstName` and `LastName` then you will receive an error.
Last Name	`lastName`	`string`	Last name of an employee (max length = 255). If an existing employee matches your `FirstName` and `LastName` then you will receive an error.
Status	`status`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`ACTIVEARCHIVEDGDPRREQUEST`
External Link	`externalLink`	`object`	Link to an external resource, for example, an employee record in an external system. You can specify the URL element. The description of the link is auto-generated in the form "Go to <App name>". <App name> refers to the Xero application name that is making the API call.

Action 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.transactions.readaccounting.reports.readaccounting.settingsaccounting.settings.readaccounting.contactsaccounting.attachmentsaccounting.journals.read

Create Employee with Xero Accounting API on New Message (Instant) from Discord API

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