Create Event with Google Calendar API on New Notification from GitHub API

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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Notification trigger
1. Connect your GitHub account
2. Configure timer
Configure the Create Event action
1. Connect your Google Calendar account
2. Select a Type of Add
3. Optional- Select a Calendar ID
4. Configure Describe Event
5. Optional- Configure Event Title
6. Optional- Select a Color ID
7. Optional- Select a Time Zone
8. Optional- Select a Send Updates
9. Optional- Configure Create Meet Room
10. Optional- Select a Visibility
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 Notification on GitHub

Description:Emit new event when the authenticated user receives a new notification. [See the documentation](https://docs.github.com/en/rest/activity/notifications?apiVersion=20.2.31-28#list-notifications-for-the-authenticated-user)

Version:0.2.3

Key:github-new-notification

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GitHub Overview#

The GitHub API is a powerful gateway to interaction with GitHub's vast web of data and services, offering a suite of endpoints to manipulate and retrieve information on repositories, pull requests, issues, and more. Harnessing this API on Pipedream, you can orchestrate automated workflows that respond to events in real-time, manage repository data, streamline collaborative processes, and connect GitHub with other services for a more integrated development lifecycle.

Trigger Code#

import common from "../common/common-polling.mjs";

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "github-new-notification",
  name: "New Notification",
  description: "Emit new event when the authenticated user receives a new notification. [See the documentation](https://docs.github.com/en/rest/activity/notifications?apiVersion=20.2.31-28#list-notifications-for-the-authenticated-user)",
  version: "0.2.3",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  methods: {
    ...common.methods,
    async getItems() {
      return this.github.getFilteredNotifications({
        data: {
          participating: true,
          all: true,
        },
      });
    },
    getItemMetadata(item) {
      return {
        summary: `New notification: ${item.id}`,
        ts: Date.parse(item.created_at),
      };
    },
  },
};

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
GitHub	`github`	`app`	This component uses the GitHub app.
	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.

Trigger Authentication#

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

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

repoadmin:orgadmin:public_keyadmin:org_hookgistprojectnotificationsuserwrite:discussionwrite:packagesread:packagesadmin:repo_hook

About GitHub#

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Action#

Create Event on Google Calendar

Description:Create an event in a Google Calendar. [See the documentation](https://developers.google.com/calendar/api/v3/reference/events/insert)

Version:0.2.4

Key:google_calendar-create-event

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Google Calendar Overview#

The Google Calendar API lets you dip into the powerhouse of scheduling, allowing for the reading, creation, and manipulation of events and calendars directly from your applications. Through Pipedream, you can seamlessly integrate Google Calendar into a myriad of workflows, automating event management, syncing with other services, setting up custom reminders, or even collating data for reporting. The key here is to streamline your calendar-related processes, ensuring that your time management is as efficient and automated as possible.

Action Code#

import googleCalendar from "../../google_calendar.app.mjs";
import createEventCommon from "../common/create-event-common.mjs";
import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid";
import constants from "../../common/constants.mjs";

export default {
  key: "google_calendar-create-event",
  name: "Create Event",
  description: "Create an event in a Google Calendar. [See the documentation](https://developers.google.com/calendar/api/v3/reference/events/insert)",
  version: "0.2.4",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    googleCalendar,
    addType: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Type of Add",
      description: "Whether to perform a quick add or a detailed event",
      options: [
        {
          label: "Add Detailed Event",
          value: "detailed",
        },
        {
          label: "Add Quick Event using Natural Language",
          value: "quick",
        },
      ],
      reloadProps: true,
    },
    calendarId: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleCalendar,
        "calendarId",
      ],
    },
    text: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Describe Event",
      description: "Write a plain text description of event, and Google will parse this string to create the event. eg. 'Meet with Michael 10am 7/22/2024' or 'Call Sarah at 1:30PM on Friday'",
      hidden: true,
    },
    summary: {
      label: "Event Title",
      type: "string",
      description: "Enter a title for the event, (e.g., `My event`)",
      optional: true,
      hidden: true,
    },
    colorId: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleCalendar,
        "colorId",
      ],
      hidden: true,
    },
    timeZone: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleCalendar,
        "timeZone",
      ],
      hidden: true,
    },
    sendUpdates: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleCalendar,
        "sendUpdates",
      ],
      hidden: true,
    },
    createMeetRoom: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Create Meet Room",
      description: "Whether to create a Google Meet room for this event.",
      optional: true,
      hidden: true,
    },
    visibility: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Visibility",
      description: "Visibility of the event",
      options: [
        "default",
        "public",
        "private",
        "confidential",
      ],
      optional: true,
      hidden: true,
    },
  },
  async additionalProps(props) {
    const isDetailed = this.addType === "detailed";

    props.text.hidden = isDetailed;

    props.summary.hidden = !isDetailed;
    props.colorId.hidden = !isDetailed;
    props.timeZone.hidden = !isDetailed;
    props.sendUpdates.hidden = !isDetailed;
    props.createMeetRoom.hidden = !isDetailed;
    props.visibility.hidden = !isDetailed;

    if (isDetailed) {
      const commonProps = createEventCommon.props({
        isUpdate: false,
      });
      if (this.repeatFrequency) {
        const frequency = constants.REPEAT_FREQUENCIES[this.repeatFrequency];
        commonProps.repeatInterval.description = `Enter 1 to "repeat every ${frequency}", enter 2 to "repeat every other ${frequency}", etc. Defaults to 1.`;
        commonProps.repeatInterval.hidden = !this.repeatFrequency;
        commonProps.repeatUntil.hidden = !this.repeatFrequency;
        commonProps.repeatTimes.hidden = !this.repeatFrequency;
      }
      return commonProps;
    }
    return {};
  },
  methods: {
    ...createEventCommon.methods,
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    if (this.addType === "quick") {
      const quickResponse = await this.googleCalendar.quickAddEvent({
        calendarId: this.calendarId,
        text: this.text,
      });
      $.export("$summary", `Successfully added a quick event: "${quickResponse.id}"`);
      return quickResponse;
    }

    const timeZone = await this.getTimeZone(this.timeZone);
    const attendees = this.formatAttendees(this.attendees);
    const recurrence = this.formatRecurrence({
      repeatFrequency: this.repeatFrequency,
      repeatInterval: this.repeatInterval,
      repeatTimes: this.repeatTimes,
      repeatUntil: this.repeatUntil,
    });

    const data = {
      calendarId: this.calendarId,
      sendUpdates: this.sendUpdates,
      resource: {
        summary: this.summary,
        location: this.location,
        description: this.description,
        start: this.getDateParam({
          date: this.eventStartDate,
          timeZone,
        }),
        end: this.getDateParam({
          date: this.eventEndDate,
          timeZone,
        }),
        recurrence,
        attendees,
        colorId: this.colorId,
        visibility: this.visibility,
      },
    };

    if (this.createMeetRoom) {
      data.conferenceDataVersion = 1;
      data.resource.conferenceData = {
        createRequest: {
          requestId: uuidv4(),
          conferenceSolutionKey: {
            type: "hangoutsMeet",
          },
        },
      };
    }

    const response = await this.googleCalendar.createEvent(data);

    $.export("$summary", `Successfully created event with ID: "${response.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
Google Calendar	`googleCalendar`	`app`	This component uses the Google Calendar app.
Type of Add	`addType`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`{ "label": "Add Detailed Event", "value": "detailed" }{ "label": "Add Quick Event using Natural Language", "value": "quick" }`
Calendar ID	`calendarId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.

Action Authentication#

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

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

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.eventshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.readonlyhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.settings.readonly

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