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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Row trigger
1. Connect your Snowflake account
2. Configure timer
3. Select a Database
4. Select a Schema
5. Select a Table Name
6. Select a Unique Key
7. Optional- Configure Emit individual events
Configure the Create Letter action
1. Connect your PostGrid Print & Mail account
2. Select a To
3. Select a From
4. Configure HTML
5. Optional- Select a Address Placement
6. Optional- Configure Double Sided
7. Optional- Configure Color
8. Optional- Configure Perforated Page
9. Optional- Select a Extra Service
10. Optional- Select a Envelope Type
11. Optional- Select a Return Envelope
12. Optional- Configure Send Date
13. Optional- Configure Description
14. Optional- Configure Express
15. Optional- Select a Mailing Class
16. Optional- Select a Size
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 Row on Snowflake

Description:Emit new event when a row is added to a table

Version:0.2.2

Key:snowflake-new-row

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Snowflake Overview#

Snowflake offers a cloud database and related tools to help developers create robust, secure, and scalable data warehouses. See Snowflake's Key Concepts & Architecture.

Getting Started

1. Create a user, role and warehouse in Snowflake

Snowflake recommends you create a new user, role, and warehouse when you integrate a third-party tool like Pipedream. This way, you can control permissions via the user / role, and separate Pipedream compute and costs with the warehouse. You can do this directly in the Snowflake UI.

We recommend you create a read-only account if you only need to query Snowflake. If you need to insert data into Snowflake, add permissions on the appropriate objects after you create your user.

2. Enter those details in Pipedream

Visit https://pipedream.com/accounts. Click the button to Connect an App. Enter the required Snowflake account data.

You'll only need to connect your account once in Pipedream. You can connect this account to multiple workflows to run queries against Snowflake, insert data, and more.

3. Build your first workflow

Visit https://pipedream.com/new to build your first workflow. Pipedream workflows let you connect Snowflake with 1,000+ other apps. You can trigger workflows on Snowflake queries, sending results to Slack, Google Sheets, or any app that exposes an API. Or you can accept data from another app, transform it with Python, Node.js, Go or Bash code, and insert it into Snowflake.

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Trigger Code#

import common from "../common-table-scan.mjs";

export default {
  ...common,
  type: "source",
  key: "snowflake-new-row",
  name: "New Row",
  description: "Emit new event when a row is added to a table",
  version: "0.2.2",
  methods: {
    ...common.methods,
    async getStatement(lastResultId) {
      const sqlText = `
        SELECT *
        FROM IDENTIFIER(:1)
        WHERE ${this.uniqueKey} > :2
        ORDER BY ${this.uniqueKey} ASC
      `;
      const binds = [
        this.tableName,
        lastResultId,
      ];
      return {
        sqlText,
        binds,
      };
    },
  },
};

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
Snowflake	`snowflake`	`app`	This component uses the Snowflake app.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`	Watch for changes on this schedule
Database	`database`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Schema	`schema`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Table Name	`tableName`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Unique Key	`uniqueKey`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Emit individual events	`emitIndividualEvents`	`boolean`	Defaults to `true`, triggering workflows on each record in the result set. Set to `false` to emit records in batch (advanced)

Trigger Authentication#

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

We recommend you create a read-only account if you only need to query Snowflake. If you need to insert data into Snowflake, add permissions on the appropriate objects after you create your user.

About Snowflake#

A data warehouse built for the cloud

Action#

Create Letter on PostGrid Print & Mail

Description:Creates a new letter in PostGrid. [See the documentation](https://docs.postgrid.com/#3359155b-f225-4f6a-b08a-eafe7a52b54d)

Version:0.0.1

Key:postgrid-create-letter

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PostGrid Print & Mail Overview#

The PostGrid Print & Mail API offers seamless print and mail solutions, enabling the automation of sending personalized letters, postcards, checks, and more. With this API, you can systematize direct mail campaigns, transactional mailings, or on-demand dispatch without managing printing infrastructure. In Pipedream, you can harness this capability to interlace PostGrid with an array of other services and triggers, creating workflows that respond to events such as form submissions, scheduled campaigns, or customer actions.

Action Code#

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

export default {
  key: "postgrid-create-letter",
  name: "Create Letter",
  description: "Creates a new letter in PostGrid. [See the documentation](https://docs.postgrid.com/#3359155b-f225-4f6a-b08a-eafe7a52b54d)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    postgrid,
    to: {
      propDefinition: [
        postgrid,
        "contactId",
      ],
      label: "To",
      description: "The id or contact object of the receiver.",
    },
    from: {
      propDefinition: [
        postgrid,
        "contactId",
      ],
      label: "From",
      description: "The id or contact object of the sender.",
    },
    html: {
      type: "string",
      label: "HTML",
      description: "The HTML content of the letter.",
    },
    addressPlacement: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Address Placement",
      description: "The location where the address will be placed.",
      options: constants.ADDRESS_PLACEMENT,
      optional: true,
    },
    doubleSided: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Double Sided",
      description: "Indicates if the letter is double sided or not.",
      optional: true,
    },
    color: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Color",
      description: "Indicates whether the letter will be printed in color or not.",
      optional: true,
    },
    perforatedPage: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Perforated Page",
      description: "Indicates if the page is to be perforated (holes).",
      optional: true,
    },
    extraService: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Extra Service",
      description: "Indicates extra services for the letter.",
      options: constants.EXTRA_SERVICE,
      optional: true,
    },
    envelopeType: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Envelope Type",
      description: "Indicates the envelope type for the letter.",
      options: constants.ENVELOPE_TYPE,
      optional: true,
    },
    returnEnvelope: {
      propDefinition: [
        postgrid,
        "returnEnvelopeId",
      ],
    },
    sendDate: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Send Date",
      description: "The desired date for the letter to be sent out.  Example: `2023-02-16T15:40:35.873Z`",
      optional: true,
    },
    description: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Description",
      description: "A description for the letter.",
      optional: true,
    },
    express: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Express",
      description: "See express shipping.",
      optional: true,
    },
    mailingClass: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Mailing Class",
      description: "Defaults to first_class. See mailing class.",
      options: constants.MAILING_CLASS,
      optional: true,
    },
    size: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Size",
      description: "Default size will be chosen based on the destination country, if not provided. Indicates the letter size for the letter being created.",
      options: constants.LETTER_SIZE,
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const {
      postgrid,
      ...data
    } = this;

    const response = await postgrid.createLetter({
      data,
      $,
    });

    if (response.id) {
      $.export("$summary", `Successfully created letter 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
PostGrid Print & Mail	`postgrid`	`app`	This component uses the PostGrid Print & Mail app.
To	`to`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
From	`from`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
HTML	`html`	`string`	The HTML content of the letter.
Address Placement	`addressPlacement`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`{ "value": "top_first_page", "label": "Top First Page" }{ "value": "insert_blank_page", "label": "Insert Blank Page" }`
Double Sided	`doubleSided`	`boolean`	Indicates if the letter is double sided or not.
Color	`color`	`boolean`	Indicates whether the letter will be printed in color or not.
Perforated Page	`perforatedPage`	`integer`	Indicates if the page is to be perforated (holes).
Extra Service	`extraService`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`{ "value": "certified", "label": "Certified" }{ "value": "certified_return_receipt", "label": "Certified Return Receipt" }{ "value": "registered", "label": "Registered" }`
Envelope Type	`envelopeType`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`{ "value": "standard_double_window", "label": "Standard Double Window" }{ "value": "flat", "label": "Flat" }`
Return Envelope	`returnEnvelope`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Send Date	`sendDate`	`string`	The desired date for the letter to be sent out. Example: `2023-02-16T15:40:35.873Z`
Description	`description`	`string`	A description for the letter.
Express	`express`	`boolean`	See express shipping.
Mailing Class	`mailingClass`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`{ "value": "standard_class", "label": "Standard Class" }{ "value": "first_class", "label": "First Class" }`
Size	`size`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`{ "value": "us_letter", "label": "US Letter" }{ "value": "us_legal", "label": "US Legal" }{ "value": "a4", "label": "A4" }`

Action Authentication#

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

To retrieve your API Key,