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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Contact trigger
1. Connect your Twilio SendGrid account
2. Configure timer
Configure the Create Event action
1. Connect your Eventbrite account
2. Select a Organization
3. Configure Name
4. Optional- Configure Summary
5. Select a Timezone
6. Configure Start Time
7. Configure End Time
8. Optional- Configure Hide Start Date
9. Optional- Configure Hide End Date
10. Configure Currency
11. Optional- Configure Online Event
12. Optional- Configure Organizer ID
13. Optional- Configure Logo ID
14. Optional- Configure Venue ID
15. Optional- Configure Format ID
16. Optional- Configure Category ID
17. Optional- Configure Subcategory ID
18. Configure Listed
19. Optional- Configure Shareable
20. Optional- Configure Invite Only
21. Optional- Configure Show Remaining
22. Optional- Configure Password
23. Optional- Configure Capacity
24. Optional- Configure Is Reserved Seating
25. Optional- Configure Is Series
26. Optional- Configure Show Pick A Seat
27. Optional- Configure Show Seatmap Thumbnail
28. Optional- Configure Show Colors In Seatmap Thumbnail
29. Optional- Configure Source
30. Select a Locale
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 Contact on Twilio SendGrid

Description:Emit new event when a new contact is created

Version:0.0.6

Key:sendgrid-new-contact

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Twilio SendGrid Overview#

The Twilio SendGrid API opens up a world of possibilities for email automation, enabling you to send emails efficiently and track their performance. With this API, you can programmatically create and send personalized email campaigns, manage contacts, and parse inbound emails for data extraction. When you harness the power of Pipedream, you can connect SendGrid to hundreds of other apps to automate workflows, such as triggering email notifications based on specific actions, syncing email stats with your analytics, or handling incoming emails to create tasks or tickets.

Trigger Code#

import orderBy from "lodash/orderBy.js";
import common from "../common/timer-based.mjs";

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "sendgrid-new-contact",
  name: "New Contact",
  description: "Emit new event when a new contact is created",
  version: "0.0.6",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  hooks: {
    async activate() {
      const currentTimestamp = Date.now();
      const state = {
        processedItems: [],
        lowerTimestamp: currentTimestamp,
        upperTimestamp: currentTimestamp,
      };
      this.db.set("state", state);
    },
  },
  methods: {
    ...common.methods,
    _maxDelayTime() {
      // There is no report from SendGrid as to how much time it takes
      // for a contact to be created and appear in search results, so
      // we're using a rough estimate of 30 minutes here.
      return 30 * 60 * 1000;  // 30 minutes, in milliseconds
    },
    _addDelayOffset(timestamp) {
      return timestamp - this._maxDelayTime();
    },
    _cleanupOldProcessedItems(processedItems, currentTimestamp) {
      return processedItems
        .map((item) => ({
          // We just need to keep track of the record ID and
          // its creation date.
          id: item.id,
          created_at: item.created_at,
        }))
        .filter((item) => {
          const { created_at: createdAt } = item;
          const createdAtTimestamp = Date.parse(createdAt);
          const cutoffTimestamp = this._addDelayOffset(currentTimestamp);
          return createdAtTimestamp > cutoffTimestamp;
        });
    },
    _makeSearchQuery(processedItems, lowerTimestamp, upperTimestamp) {
      const idList = processedItems
        .map((item) => item.id)
        .map((id) => `'${id}'`)
        .join(", ")
      || "''";
      const startTimestamp = this._addDelayOffset(lowerTimestamp);
      const startDate = this.toISOString(startTimestamp);
      const endDate = this.toISOString(upperTimestamp);
      return `
        contact_id NOT IN (${idList}) AND
        created_at BETWEEN
          TIMESTAMP '${startDate}' AND
          TIMESTAMP '${endDate}'
      `;
    },
    generateMeta(data) {
      const {
        item,
        eventTimestamp: ts,
      } = data;
      const {
        id,
        email,
      } = item;
      const slugifiedEmail = this.slugifyEmail(email);
      const summary = `New contact: ${slugifiedEmail}`;
      return {
        id,
        summary,
        ts,
      };
    },
    async processEvent(event) {
      // Transform the timer timestamp to milliseconds
      // to be consistent with how Javascript handles timestamps.
      const eventTimestamp = event.timestamp * 1000;

      // Retrieve the current state of the component.
      const {
        processedItems,
        lowerTimestamp,
        upperTimestamp,
      } = this.db.get("state");

      // Search for contacts within a specific timeframe, excluding
      // items that have already been processed.
      const query = this._makeSearchQuery(processedItems, lowerTimestamp, upperTimestamp);
      const {
        result: items,
        contact_count: contactCount,
      } = await this.sendgrid.searchContacts(query);

      // If no contacts have been retrieved via the API,
      // move the time window forward to possibly capture newer contacts.
      if (contactCount === 0) {
        const newState = {
          processedItems: this._cleanupOldProcessedItems(processedItems, lowerTimestamp),
          lowerTimestamp: upperTimestamp,
          upperTimestamp: eventTimestamp,
        };
        this.db.set("state", newState);
        return;
      }

      // We process the searched records from oldest to newest.
      const itemsToProcess = orderBy(items, "created_at");
      itemsToProcess
        .forEach((item) => {
          const meta = this.generateMeta({
            item,
            eventTimestamp,
          });
          this.$emit(item, meta);
        });

      // Use the timestamp of the last processed record as a lower bound for
      // following searches. This bound will be subjected to an offset so in
      // case older records appear in future search results, but have not
      // appeared until now, can be processed. We only adjust it if it means
      // moving forward, not backwards. Otherwise, we might start retrieving
      // older and older records indefinitely (and we're all about *new*
      // records!)
      const newLowerTimestamp = Math.max(
        lowerTimestamp,
        Date.parse(itemsToProcess[0].created_at),
      );

      // If the total contact count is less than 100, it means that during the
      // next iteration the search results count will most likely be less than
      // 50. In that case, if we extend the upper bound of the search time range
      // we might be able to retrieve more records.
      const newUpperTimestamp = contactCount < 100
        ? eventTimestamp
        : upperTimestamp;

      // The list of processed items can grow indefinitely.
      // Since we don't want to keep track of every processed record
      // ever, we need to clean up this list, removing any records
      // that are no longer relevant.
      const newProcessedItems = this._cleanupOldProcessedItems(
        [
          ...processedItems,
          ...itemsToProcess,
        ],
        newLowerTimestamp,
      );

      // Update the state of the component to reflect the computations
      // made above.
      const newState = {
        processedItems: newProcessedItems,
        lowerTimestamp: newLowerTimestamp,
        upperTimestamp: newUpperTimestamp,
      };
      this.db.set("state", newState);
    },
  },
};

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.
Twilio SendGrid	`sendgrid`	`app`	This component uses the Twilio SendGrid app.
	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`

Trigger Authentication#

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

About Twilio SendGrid#

Send marketing and transactional email through the Twilio SendGrid platform with the Email API, proprietary mail transfer agent, and infrastructure for scalable delivery.

Action#

Create Event on Eventbrite

Description:Create a new Eventbrite event. [See the documentation](https://www.eventbrite.com/platform/api#/reference/event/create/create-an-event)

Version:0.0.3

Key:eventbrite-create-event

View on GitHub

Eventbrite Overview#

The Eventbrite API offers a powerful way to create, manage, and attend events programmatically. With Pipedream, you can leverage this API to automate a swath of tasks such as syncing attendee data, updating events in real-time, and connecting Eventbrite to other apps to streamline event workflows. By employing Pipedream's serverless platform, you can engineer intricate automations that respond to event triggers (like new event creation or ticket purchase) and conduct actions across your software stack without writing extensive code.

Action Code#

import eventbrite from "../../eventbrite.app.mjs";
import constants from "../common/constants.mjs";

export default {
  key: "eventbrite-create-event",
  name: "Create Event",
  description: "Create a new Eventbrite event. [See the documentation](https://www.eventbrite.com/platform/api#/reference/event/create/create-an-event)",
  version: "0.0.3",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    eventbrite,
    organization: {
      propDefinition: [
        eventbrite,
        "organization",
      ],
    },
    name: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Name",
      description: "Event name. Value cannot be empty nor whitespace",
    },
    summary: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Summary",
      description:
        "Event summary. This is a plaintext field and will have any supplied HTML removed from it. Maximum of 140 characters",
      optional: true,
    },
    timezone: {
      propDefinition: [
        eventbrite,
        "timezone",
      ],
    },
    startTime: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Start Time",
      description:
        "The event start time relative to UTC. (Ex. 2018-05-12T02:00:00Z).",
    },
    endTime: {
      type: "string",
      label: "End Time",
      description:
        "The event end time relative to UTC. (Ex. 2018-05-12T02:00:00Z)",
    },
    hideStartDate: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Hide Start Date",
      description: "Whether the start date should be hidden. Defaults to false if left blank.",
      optional: true,
    },
    hideEndDate: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Hide End Date",
      description: "Whether the end date should be hidden. Defaults to false if left blank.",
      optional: true,
    },
    currency: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Currency",
      description: "The ISO 4217 currency code for this event",
      default: "USD",
    },
    onlineEvent: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Online Event",
      description: "If this event doesn't have a venue and is only held online. Defaults to false if left blank.",
      optional: true,
    },
    organizerId: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Organizer ID",
      description: "ID of the event organizer",
      optional: true,
    },
    logoId: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Logo ID",
      description: "Image ID of the event logo",
      optional: true,
    },
    venueId: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Venue ID",
      description: "Event venue ID",
      optional: true,
    },
    formatId: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Format ID",
      description: "Event format",
      optional: true,
    },
    categoryId: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Category ID",
      description: "Event category",
      optional: true,
    },
    subcategoryId: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Subcategory ID",
      description: "Event subcategory (US only)",
      optional: true,
    },
    listed: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Listed",
      description: "Is this event publicly searchable on Eventbrite? Defaults to true.",
      default: true,
    },
    shareable: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Shareable",
      description: "Can this event show social sharing buttons? Defaults to false if left blank.",
      optional: true,
    },
    inviteOnly: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Invite Only",
      description: "Can only people with invites see the event page?. Defaults to false if left blank.",
      optional: true,
    },
    showRemaining: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Show Remaining",
      description:
        "If the remaining number of tickets is publicly visible on the event page. Defaults to false if left blank.",
      optional: true,
    },
    password: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Password",
      description: "Password needed to see the event in unlisted mode",
      optional: true,
    },
    capacity: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Capacity",
      description: "Set specific capacity (if omitted, sums ticket capacities)",
      optional: true,
    },
    isReservedSeating: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Is Reserved Seating",
      description: "If the event is reserved seating. Defaults to false if left blank.",
      optional: true,
    },
    isSeries: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Is Series",
      description:
        "If the event is part of a series. Specifying this attribute as True during event creation will always designate the event as a series parent, never as a series occurrence. Series occurrences must be created through the schedules API and cannot be created using the events API. Defaults to false if left blank.",
      optional: true,
    },
    showPickASeat: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Show Pick A Seat",
      description:
        "For reserved seating event, if attendees can pick their seats. Defaults to false if left blank.",
      optional: true,
    },
    showSeatmapThumbnail: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Show Seatmap Thumbnail",
      description:
        "For reserved seating event, if venue map thumbnail visible on the event page. Defaults to false if left blank.",
      optional: true,
    },
    showColorsInSeatmapThumbnail: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Show Colors In Seatmap Thumbnail",
      description:
        "For reserved seating event, if venue map thumbnail should have colors on the event page. Defaults to false if left blank.",
      optional: true,
    },
    source: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Source",
      description: "Source of the event (defaults to API)",
      optional: true,
    },
    locale: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Locale",
      description: "Indicates event language on Event's listing page. Language options from Eventbrite documentation: https://www.eventbrite.com/platform/api#/reference/event/retrieve/create-an-event",
      options: constants.LOCALE,
      default: "en_US",
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    /* convert start and end time to UTC in case time was entered with timezone offset */
    const startTime = (new Date(this.startTime)).toISOString()
      .split(".")[0] + "Z";
    const endTime = (new Date(this.endTime)).toISOString()
      .split(".")[0] + "Z";

    let data = {
      event: {
        name: {
          html: this.name,
        },
        summary: this.summary,
        start: {
          timezone: this.timezone,
          utc: startTime,
        },
        end: {
          timezone: this.timezone,
          utc: endTime,
        },
        hide_start_date: this.hideStartDate,
        hide_end_date: this.hideEndDate,
        currency: this.currency,
        online_event: this.onlineEvent,
        organizer_id: this.organizerId,
        logo_id: this.logoId,
        venue_id: this.venueId,
        format_id: this.formatId,
        category_id: this.categoryId,
        subcategory_id: this.subcategoryId,
        listed: this.listed,
        shareable: this.shareable,
        invite_only: this.inviteOnly,
        show_remaining: this.showRemaining,
        password: this.password,
        capacity: this.capacity,
        is_reserved_seating: this.isReservedSeating,
        is_series: this.isSeries,
        show_pick_a_seat: this.showPickASeat,
        show_seatmap_thumbnail: this.showSeatmapThumbnail,
        show_colors_in_seatmap_thumbnail: this.showColorsInSeatmapThumbnail,
        source: this.source,
        locale: this.locale,
      },
    };
    data = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(data));
    const event = await this.eventbrite.createEvent($, this.organization, data);
    $.export("$summary", "Successfully created an event");
    return event;
  },
};

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
Eventbrite	`eventbrite`	`app`	This component uses the Eventbrite app.
Organization	`organization`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Name	`name`	`string`	Event name. Value cannot be empty nor whitespace
Summary	`summary`	`string`	Event summary. This is a plaintext field and will have any supplied HTML removed from it. Maximum of 140 characters
Timezone	`timezone`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Start Time	`startTime`	`string`	The event start time relative to UTC. (Ex. 2018-05-12T02:00:00Z).
End Time	`endTime`	`string`	The event end time relative to UTC. (Ex. 2018-05-12T02:00:00Z)
Hide Start Date	`hideStartDate`	`boolean`	Whether the start date should be hidden. Defaults to false if left blank.
Hide End Date	`hideEndDate`	`boolean`	Whether the end date should be hidden. Defaults to false if left blank.
Currency	`currency`	`string`	The ISO 4217 currency code for this event
Online Event	`onlineEvent`	`boolean`	If this event doesn't have a venue and is only held online. Defaults to false if left blank.
Organizer ID	`organizerId`	`string`	ID of the event organizer
Logo ID	`logoId`	`string`	Image ID of the event logo
Venue ID	`venueId`	`string`	Event venue ID
Format ID	`formatId`	`string`	Event format
Category ID	`categoryId`	`string`	Event category
Subcategory ID	`subcategoryId`	`string`	Event subcategory (US only)
Listed	`listed`	`boolean`	Is this event publicly searchable on Eventbrite? Defaults to true.
Shareable	`shareable`	`boolean`	Can this event show social sharing buttons? Defaults to false if left blank.
Invite Only	`inviteOnly`	`boolean`	Can only people with invites see the event page?. Defaults to false if left blank.
Show Remaining	`showRemaining`	`boolean`	If the remaining number of tickets is publicly visible on the event page. Defaults to false if left blank.
Password	`password`	`string`	Password needed to see the event in unlisted mode
Capacity	`capacity`	`integer`	Set specific capacity (if omitted, sums ticket capacities)
Is Reserved Seating	`isReservedSeating`	`boolean`	If the event is reserved seating. Defaults to false if left blank.
Is Series	`isSeries`	`boolean`	If the event is part of a series. Specifying this attribute as True during event creation will always designate the event as a series parent, never as a series occurrence. Series occurrences must be created through the schedules API and cannot be created using the events API. Defaults to false if left blank.
Show Pick A Seat	`showPickASeat`	`boolean`	For reserved seating event, if attendees can pick their seats. Defaults to false if left blank.
Show Seatmap Thumbnail	`showSeatmapThumbnail`	`boolean`	For reserved seating event, if venue map thumbnail visible on the event page. Defaults to false if left blank.
Show Colors In Seatmap Thumbnail	`showColorsInSeatmapThumbnail`	`boolean`	For reserved seating event, if venue map thumbnail should have colors on the event page. Defaults to false if left blank.
Source	`source`	`string`	Source of the event (defaults to API)
Locale	`locale`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`{ "label": "German (Austria)", "value": "de_AT" }{ "label": "German (Switzerland)", "value": "de_CH" }{ "label": "German (Germany)", "value": "de_DE" }{ "label": "English (Australia)", "value": "en_AU" }{ "label": "English (Canada)", "value": "en_CA" }{ "label": "English (Denmark)", "value": "en_DK" }{ "label": "English (Finland)", "value": "en_FI" }{ "label": "English (United Kingdom)", "value": "en_GB" }{ "label": "English (Hong Kong)", "value": "en_KH" }{ "label": "English (Ireland)", "value": "en_IE" }{ "label": "English (India)", "value": "en_IN" }{ "label": "English (New Zealand)", "value": "en_NZ" }{ "label": "English (Sweden)", "value": "en_SE" }{ "label": "English (U.S.A.)", "value": "en_US" }{ "label": "Spanish (Argentina)", "value": "es_AR" }{ "label": "Spanish (Chile)", "value": "es_CL" }{ "label": "Spanish (Colombia)", "value": "es_CO" }{ "label": "Spanish (Spain)", "value": "es_ES" }{ "label": "French (Belgium)", "value": "fr_BE" }{ "label": "French (Canada)", "value": "fr_CA" }{ "label": "German (Switzerland)", "value": "fr_CH" }{ "label": "French (France)", "value": "fr_FR" }{ "label": "Hindi (India)", "value": "hi_IN" }{ "label": "Italian (Italy)", "value": "it_IT" }{ "label": "Dutch (Belgium)", "value": "nl_BE" }{ "label": "Dutch (Netherlands)", "value": "nl_NL" }{ "label": "Portuguese (Brazil)", "value": "pt_BR" }{ "label": "Portuguese (Portugal)", "value": "pt_PT" }`

Action Authentication#

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

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

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