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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Posts (Instant) trigger
1. Connect your Discourse account
2. Select one or more Categories
Configure the Create Issue action
1. Connect your GitHub account
2. Select a Repository
3. Configure Title
4. Optional- Configure Body
5. Optional- Select one or more Labels
6. Optional- Select one or more Assignees
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 Posts (Instant) on Discourse

Description:Emit new posts added to a topic in one of your chosen categories

Version:0.2.1

Key:discourse-new-posts-added

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Discourse Overview#

The Discourse API empowers developers to interact programmatically with Discourse forums, allowing for a myriad of automations and integrations. Using Pipedream, you can harness this API for tasks such as syncing forum data with other platforms, automating user management, or triggering workflows based on forum activity. The key is in creatively coupling Discourse events with Pipedream's capabilities to streamline community interactions and administration.

Trigger Code#

import common from "../../common.mjs";
import discourse from "../../discourse.app.mjs";

export default {
  name: "New Posts (Instant)",
  key: "discourse-new-posts-added",
  version: "0.2.1",
  type: "source",
  description: "Emit new posts added to a topic in one of your chosen categories",
  ...common,
  props: {
    ...common.props,
    categories: {
      propDefinition: [
        discourse,
        "categories",
      ],
    },
  },
  hooks: {
    ...common.hooks,
    async deploy() {
      const latestPosts = await this.discourse.getLatestPosts(this.categories);
      for (const post of latestPosts) {
        this.$emit(post, this.generateMeta(post));
      }
    },
    async activate() {
      await this.activate({
        category_ids: this.categories,
        web_hook_event_type_ids: [
          "2",
        ], // https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/app/models/web_hook_event_type.rb#L5
      });
    },
  },
  methods: {
    ...common.methods,
    generateMeta(post) {
      const {
        id,
        raw,
        created_at: createdAt,
      } = post;
      const MAX_LENGTH = 40;
      return {
        id,
        summary:
          raw.length > MAX_LENGTH
            ? `${raw.slice(0, MAX_LENGTH)}...`
            : raw, // truncate long text
        ts: +new Date(createdAt),
      };
    },
  },
  async run(event) {
    this.validateEventAndEmit(event, "post_created", "post");
  },
};

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	`http`	`$.interface.http`	This component uses `$.interface.http` to generate a unique URL when the component is first instantiated. Each request to the URL will trigger the `run()` method of the component.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
Discourse	`discourse`	`app`	This component uses the Discourse app.
Categories	`categories`	`string[]`	Select a value from the drop down menu.

Trigger Authentication#

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

For domain, enter the hostname, without the protocol, that you'd use in this API call: https://[domain]/admin/users/list/active.json. For example: example.com.

If you host Discourse on a subfolder (for example: https://pipedream.com/community), enter the subfolder as a part of the domain (pipedream.com/community).

Create an API key in your Admin panel, and enter the associated api_username and api_key.

About Discourse#

Conversation platform

Action#

Create Issue on GitHub

Description:Create a new issue in a Gihub repo. [See docs here](https://docs.github.com/en/rest/issues/issues#create-an-issue)

Version:0.2.14

Key:github-create-issue

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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.

Action Code#

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

export default {
  key: "github-create-issue",
  name: "Create Issue",
  description: "Create a new issue in a Gihub repo. [See docs here](https://docs.github.com/en/rest/issues/issues#create-an-issue)",
  version: "0.2.14",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    github,
    repoFullname: {
      propDefinition: [
        github,
        "repoFullname",
      ],
    },
    title: {
      label: "Title",
      description: "The title of the issue",
      type: "string",
    },
    body: {
      label: "Body",
      description: "The contents of the issue",
      type: "string",
      optional: true,
    },
    labels: {
      label: "Labels",
      description: "Labels to associate with this issue. NOTE: Only users with push access can set labels for new issues",
      optional: true,
      propDefinition: [
        github,
        "labels",
        (c) => ({
          repoFullname: c.repoFullname,
        }),
      ],
    },
    assignees: {
      label: "Assignees",
      description: "Logins for Users to assign to this issue. NOTE: Only users with push access can set assignees for new issues",
      optional: true,
      propDefinition: [
        github,
        "collaborators",
        (c) => ({
          repoFullname: c.repoFullname,
        }),
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const response = await this.github.createIssue({
      repoFullname: this.repoFullname,
      data: {
        title: this.title,
        body: this.body,
        labels: this.labels,
        assignees: this.assignees,
      },
    });

    $.export("$summary", "Successfully created issue.");

    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
GitHub	`github`	`app`	This component uses the GitHub app.
Repository	`repoFullname`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Title	`title`	`string`	The title of the issue
Body	`body`	`string`	The contents of the issue
Labels	`labels`	`string[]`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Assignees	`assignees`	`string[]`	Select a value from the drop down menu.

Action 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

Create Issue with GitHub API on New Posts (Instant) from Discourse API

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