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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Item in Feed trigger
1. Connect your RSS account
2. Configure timer
3. Configure Feed URL
4. Configure Published After
Configure the Create Message action
1. Connect your Cisco Webex account
2. Configure Text
3. Optional- Configure Markdown
4. Optional- Configure Person ID
5. Optional- Configure To Person Email
6. Optional- Select a Room ID
7. Optional- Select a Parent ID
8. Optional- Configure File
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 Item in Feed on RSS

Description:Emit new items from an RSS feed

Version:1.2.7

Key:rss-new-item-in-feed

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RSS Overview#

The RSS app allows users to automatically fetch and parse updates from web feeds. This functionality is pivotal for staying abreast of content changes or updates from websites, blogs, and news outlets that offer RSS feeds. With Pipedream, you can harness the RSS API to trigger workflows that enable a broad range of automations, like content aggregation, monitoring for specific keywords, notifications, and data synchronization across platforms.

Trigger Code#

import { defineSource } from "@pipedream/types";
import rss from "../../app/rss.app.mjs";
import rssCommon from "../common/common.mjs";
export default defineSource({
    ...rssCommon,
    key: "rss-new-item-in-feed",
    name: "New Item in Feed",
    description: "Emit new items from an RSS feed",
    version: "1.2.7",
    type: "source",
    dedupe: "unique",
    props: {
        ...rssCommon.props,
        url: {
            propDefinition: [
                rss,
                "url",
            ],
        },
        publishedAfter: {
            type: "string",
            label: "Published After",
            description: "Emit items published after the specified date in ISO 8601 format .e.g `2022-12-07T12:57:10+07:00`",
            default: new Date(Date.now() - 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000).toISOString(), // default to one day ago
        },
    },
    hooks: {
        async activate() {
            // Try to parse the feed one time to confirm we can fetch and parse.
            // The code will throw any errors to the user.
            await this.rss.fetchAndParseFeed(this.url);
        },
    },
    methods: {
        ...rssCommon.methods,
        generateMeta: function (item) {
            return {
                id: this.rss.itemKey(item),
                summary: item.title,
                ts: Date.now(),
            };
        },
    },
    async run() {
        const items = await this.rss.fetchAndParseFeed(this.url);
        for (const item of items.reverse()) {
            const publishedAfter = +new Date(this.publishedAfter);
            const ts = this.rss.itemTs(item);
            if (Number.isNaN(publishedAfter) || publishedAfter > ts) {
                continue;
            }
            const meta = this.generateMeta(item);
            this.$emit(item, meta);
        }
    },
});

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
RSS	`rss`	`app`	This component uses the RSS app.
	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`	How often you want to poll the feed for new items
Feed URL	`url`	`string`	Enter the URL for any public RSS feed
Published After	`publishedAfter`	`string`	Emit items published after the specified date in ISO 8601 format .e.g `2022-12-07T12:57:10+07:00`

Trigger Authentication#

The RSS API does not require authentication.

About RSS#

Real Simple Syndication

Action#

Create Message on Cisco Webex

Description:Post a plain text or [rich text](https://developer.webex.com/docs/basics#formatting-messages) message, and optionally, a [file attachment](https://developer.webex.com/docs/basics#message-attachments), to a room. [See the docs here](https://developer.webex.com/docs/api/v1/messages/create-a-message)

Version:0.1.0

Key:cisco_webex-create-message

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Cisco Webex Overview#

The Cisco Webex API allows developers to integrate their applications with Cisco's robust collaboration tools, creating a workflow of communication within teams and automating various aspects of the meeting lifecycle, from scheduling to follow-up actions. With this API, you can streamline meeting setups, fetch detailed information about participants and meetings, send messages to spaces (rooms), and manage your Webex resources programmatically. Leveraging Pipedream's capabilities, you can connect these features with other apps to automate complex tasks, analyze meeting data, enhance productivity, and maintain a well-organized communication ecosystem.

Action Code#

import ciscoWebex from "../../cisco_webex.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "cisco_webex-create-message",
  name: "Create Message",
  description: "Post a plain text or [rich text](https://developer.webex.com/docs/basics#formatting-messages) message, and optionally, a [file attachment](https://developer.webex.com/docs/basics#message-attachments), to a room. [See the docs here](https://developer.webex.com/docs/api/v1/messages/create-a-message)",
  type: "action",
  version: "0.1.0",
  props: {
    ciscoWebex,
    text: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Text",
      description: "The message, in plain text. If markdown is specified this parameter may be optionally used to provide alternate text for UI clients that do not support rich text. The maximum message length is 7439 bytes.",
    },
    markdown: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Markdown",
      description: "The message, in Markdown format. The maximum message length is 7439 bytes.",
      optional: true,
    },
    toPersonId: {
      propDefinition: [
        ciscoWebex,
        "personId",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    toPersonEmail: {
      type: "string",
      label: "To Person Email",
      description: "The email address of the recipient when sending a private 1:1 message.",
      optional: true,
    },
    roomId: {
      optional: true,
      propDefinition: [
        ciscoWebex,
        "roomId",
      ],
    },
    parentId: {
      optional: true,
      propDefinition: [
        ciscoWebex,
        "messageId",
        ({ roomId }) => ({
          roomId,
        }),
      ],
    },
    file: {
      type: "string",
      label: "File",
      description: "The public URL to a binary file to be posted into the room. (E.g. `http://www.example.com/images/media.png`)",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const {
      roomId,
      parentId,
      toPersonId,
      toPersonEmail,
      text,
      markdown,
      file,
    } = this;

    const files = file && [
      file,
    ] || undefined;

    const response =
      await this.ciscoWebex.createMessage({
        data: {
          roomId,
          parentId,
          toPersonId,
          toPersonEmail,
          text,
          markdown,
          files,
        },
      });

    $.export("$summary", `Successfully posted message 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
Cisco Webex	`ciscoWebex`	`app`	This component uses the Cisco Webex app.
Text	`text`	`string`	The message, in plain text. If markdown is specified this parameter may be optionally used to provide alternate text for UI clients that do not support rich text. The maximum message length is 7439 bytes.
Markdown	`markdown`	`string`	The message, in Markdown format. The maximum message length is 7439 bytes.
Person ID	`toPersonId`	`string`	The person ID of the recipient when sending a private 1:1 message.
To Person Email	`toPersonEmail`	`string`	The email address of the recipient when sending a private 1:1 message.
Room ID	`roomId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Parent ID	`parentId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
File	`file`	`string`	The public URL to a binary file to be posted into the room. (E.g. `http://www.example.com/images/media.png`)

Action Authentication#

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

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

spark:allspark-admin:people_readspark-admin:people_writespark:devices_readspark:devices_write