Create Environment with Postman API on New Email Matching Search from Gmail API

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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Email Matching Search trigger
1. Configure timer
2. Connect your Gmail account
3. Optional- Configure Search Query
4. Optional- Select one or more Labels
Configure the Create Environment action
1. Connect your Postman account
2. Optional- Select a Workspace ID
3. Configure New Environment Name
4. Optional- Configure Variables Quantity
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 Email Matching Search on Gmail

Description:Emit new event when an email matching the search criteria is received. This source is capped at 100 max new messages per run.

Version:0.0.2

Key:gmail-new-email-matching-search

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Gmail Overview#

By connecting your personal Gmail account to Pipedream, you'll be able to incorporate email into whatever you're building with any of the thousands of apps that are available on Pipedream.

Trigger Code#

import gmail from "../../gmail.app.mjs";
import common from "../common/polling-messages.mjs";

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "gmail-new-email-matching-search",
  name: "New Email Matching Search",
  description: "Emit new event when an email matching the search criteria is received. This source is capped at 100 max new messages per run.",
  version: "0.0.2",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    ...common.props,
    gmail,
    q: {
      propDefinition: [
        gmail,
        "q",
      ],
    },
    labels: {
      propDefinition: [
        gmail,
        "label",
      ],
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Labels",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  methods: {
    ...common.methods,
    getLabels() {
      return this.labels;
    },
    generateMeta(message) {
      const selectedHeader = message.payload.headers.find(({ name }) => name === "Subject");
      const subject = selectedHeader?.value || "No subject";
      return {
        id: message.id,
        summary: `New email: ${subject}`,
        ts: message.internalDate,
      };
    },
  },
};

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
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`
Gmail	`gmail`	`app`	This component uses the Gmail app.
Search Query	`q`	`string`	Apply a search filter using Gmail's standard search operators
Labels	`labels`	`string[]`	Select a value from the drop down menu.

Trigger Authentication#

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

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

emailprofileopenidhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.labelshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.sendhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.modifyhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.composehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.settings.basic

About Gmail#

Gmail offers private and secure email by Google at no cost, for business and consumer accounts.

Action#

Create Environment on Postman

Description:Creates a new environment in Postman. [See the documentation](https://learning.postman.com/docs/developer/postman-api/intro-api/)

Version:0.0.1

Key:postman-create-environment

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Postman Overview#

The Postman API enables you to automate tasks within your Postman collections, such as running collections, fetching and updating environments, and integrating your API development workflow into your CI/CD pipeline. Using Pipedream, you can harness this functionality to create custom workflows that trigger on various events, process data, and connect with other apps, extending the capabilities of your API testing and development processes.

Action Code#

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

export default {
  key: "postman-create-environment",
  name: "Create Environment",
  description: "Creates a new environment in Postman. [See the documentation](https://learning.postman.com/docs/developer/postman-api/intro-api/)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    postman,
    workspaceId: {
      propDefinition: [
        postman,
        "workspaceId",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    environmentName: {
      type: "string",
      label: "New Environment Name",
      description: "The name for the new environment",
    },
    variablesCount: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Variables Quantity",
      description: "The quantity of variables you want to create into the environment.",
      reloadProps: true,
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async additionalProps() {
    const props = {};
    if (this.variablesCount) {
      for (var i = 1; i <= this.variablesCount; i++) {
        props[`variableKey_${i}`] = {
          type: "string",
          label: `Variable Name ${i}`,
          description: `The name for the variable ${i}`,
        };
        props[`variableValue_${i}`] = {
          type: "string",
          label: `Variable Value ${i}`,
          description: `The value for the variable ${i}`,
        };
        props[`variableEnabled_${i}`] = {
          type: "boolean",
          label: `Variable Enabled ${i}`,
          description: `Whether the variable ${i} is enabled or not.`,
        };
        props[`variableType_${i}`] = {
          type: "string",
          label: `Variable Type ${i}`,
          description: `The type of the variable ${i}`,
          options: [
            "secret",
            "default",
          ],
        };
      }
    }
    return props;
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const variables = [];
    for (var i = 1; i <= this.variablesCount; i++) {
      variables.push({
        key: this[`variableKey_${i}`],
        value: this[`variableValue_${i}`],
        enabled: this[`variableEnabled_${i}`],
        type: this[`variableType_${i}`],
      });
    }

    const response = await this.postman.createEnvironment({
      $,
      data: {
        environment: {
          name: this.environmentName,
          values: variables,
        },
      },
    });
    $.export("$summary", `Successfully created a new environment with ID: ${response.environment?.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
Postman	`postman`	`app`	This component uses the Postman app.
Workspace ID	`workspaceId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
New Environment Name	`environmentName`	`string`	The name for the new environment
Variables Quantity	`variablesCount`	`integer`	The quantity of variables you want to create into the environment.

Action Authentication#

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

To retrieve your API key,