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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Pub/Sub Messages trigger
1. Connect your Google Cloud account
2. Select a Type
Configure the Create Multiple Records action
1. Connect your Airtable account
2. Select a Base
3. Select a Table
4. Configure Records
5. Optional- Configure Typecast
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 Pub/Sub Messages on Google Cloud

Description:Emit new Pub/Sub topic in your GCP account. Messages published to this topic are emitted from the Pipedream source.

Version:0.1.5

Key:google_cloud-new-pubsub-messages

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Google Cloud Overview#

The Google Cloud API allows developers to access a variety of Google Cloud
services from their own applications. Services that can be accessed include
Google Cloud Storage, Google Cloud Datastore, Google Cloud Functions, and
Google Cloud Pub/Sub. With the Google Cloud API, developers can build a variety
of applications that take advantage of Google Cloud services.

Trigger Code#

import { PubSub } from "@google-cloud/pubsub";
import googleCloud from "../../google_cloud.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "google_cloud-new-pubsub-messages",
  name: "New Pub/Sub Messages",
  description: "Emit new Pub/Sub topic in your GCP account. Messages published to this topic are emitted from the Pipedream source.",
  version: "0.1.5",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique", // Dedupe on Pub/Sub message ID
  props: {
    googleCloud,
    http: "$.interface.http",
    db: "$.service.db",
    topicType: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Type",
      description: "Do you have an existing Pub/Sub topic, or would you like to create a new one?",
      options: [
        "existing",
        "new",
      ],
      reloadProps: true,
    },
  },
  async additionalProps() {
    const topic = {
      type: "string",
      label: "Pub/Sub Topic Name",
      description: "Select a Pub/Sub topic from your GCP account to watch",
      options: async () => {
        return this.getTopics();
      },
    };
    if (this.topicType === "new") {
      topic.description = "**Pipedream will create a Pub/Sub topic with this name in your account**, converting it to a [valid Pub/Sub topic name](https://cloud.google.com/pubsub/docs/admin#resource_names).";
      delete topic.options;
    }
    return {
      topic,
    };
  },
  methods: {
    _getTopicName() {
      return this.db.get("topicName");
    },
    _setTopicName(topicName) {
      this.db.set("topicName", topicName);
    },
    _getSubscriptionName() {
      return this.db.get("subscriptionName");
    },
    _setSubscriptionName(subscriptionName) {
      this.db.set("subscriptionName", subscriptionName);
    },
    async getTopics() {
      const sdkParams = this.googleCloud.sdkParams();
      const pubSubClient = new PubSub(sdkParams);
      const topics = (await pubSubClient.getTopics())[0];
      if (topics.length > 0) {
        return topics.map((topic) => topic.name);
      }
      return [];
    },
    convertNameToValidPubSubTopicName(name) {
      // For valid names, see https://cloud.google.com/pubsub/docs/admin#resource_names
      return name
        // Must not start with `goog`. We add a `pd-` at the beginning if that's the case.
        .replace(/(^goog.*)/g, "pd-$1")
        // Must start with a letter, otherwise we add `pd-` at the beginning.
        .replace(/^(?![a-zA-Z]+)/, "pd-")
        // Only certain characters are allowed, the rest will be replaced with a `-`.
        .replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9_\-.~+%]+/g, "-");
    },
  },
  hooks: {
    async activate() {
      const sdkParams = this.googleCloud.sdkParams();
      const pubSubClient = new PubSub(sdkParams);

      const currentTopic = {
        name: this.topic,
      };
      if (this.topicType === "new") {
        const topicName = this.convertNameToValidPubSubTopicName(this.topic);
        console.log(`Creating Pub/Sub topic ${topicName}`);
        const [
          topic,
        ] = await pubSubClient.createTopic(topicName);
        currentTopic.name = topic.name;
      }
      this._setTopicName(currentTopic.name);

      const pushEndpoint = this.http.endpoint;
      const subscriptionName = this.convertNameToValidPubSubTopicName(pushEndpoint);
      const subscriptionOptions = {
        pushConfig: {
          pushEndpoint,
        },
      };
      console.log(
        `Subscribing this source's URL to the Pub/Sub topic: ${pushEndpoint}
        (under name ${subscriptionName}).`,
      );
      const [
        subscriptionResult,
      ] = await pubSubClient
        .topic(currentTopic.name)
        .createSubscription(subscriptionName, subscriptionOptions);
      this._setSubscriptionName(subscriptionResult.name);
    },
    async deactivate() {
      const sdkParams = this.googleCloud.sdkParams();
      const pubSubClient = new PubSub(sdkParams);

      const subscriptionName = this._getSubscriptionName();
      if (subscriptionName) {
        await pubSubClient.subscription(subscriptionName).delete();
      }

      if (this.topicType === "new") {
        const topicName = this._getTopicName();
        if (topicName) {
          await pubSubClient.topic(topicName).delete();
        }
      }
    },
  },
  async run(event) {
    const {
      data,
      messageId,
      publishTime,
    } = event.body.message;

    if (!data) {
      console.warn("No message present, exiting");
      return;
    }
    const dataString = Buffer.from(data, "base64").toString("utf-8");
    const metadata = {
      id: messageId,
      summary: dataString,
      ts: +new Date(publishTime),
    };

    let dataObj;
    try {
      dataObj = JSON.parse(dataString);
    } catch (err) {
      console.error(
        `Couldn't parse message as JSON. Emitting raw message. Error: ${err}`,
      );
      dataObj = {
        rawMessage: dataString,
      };
    }
    this.$emit(dataObj, metadata);
  },
};

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
Google Cloud	`googleCloud`	`app`	This component uses the Google Cloud app.
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.
Type	`topicType`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`existingnew`

Trigger Authentication#

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

Create a service account in GCP and set the permissions you need for Pipedream workflows.
Generate a service account key
Download the key details in JSON format
Open the JSON in a text editor, and copy and paste its contents here.

About Google Cloud#

The Google Cloud Platform, including BigQuery

Action#

Create Multiple Records on Airtable

Description:Create one or more records in a table by passing an array of objects containing field names and values as key/value pairs.

Version:0.0.1

Key:airtable_oauth-create-multiple-records

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Action Code#

import chunk from "lodash.chunk";
import airtable from "../../airtable_oauth.app.mjs";
import common from "../common/common.mjs";

const BATCH_SIZE = 10; // The Airtable API allows us to update up to 10 rows per request.

export default {
  key: "airtable_oauth-create-multiple-records",
  name: "Create Multiple Records",
  description: "Create one or more records in a table by passing an array of objects containing field names and values as key/value pairs.",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    ...common.props,
    records: {
      propDefinition: [
        airtable,
        "records",
      ],
    },
    typecast: {
      propDefinition: [
        airtable,
        "typecast",
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const baseId = this.baseId?.value ?? this.baseId;
    const tableId = this.tableId?.value ?? this.tableId;

    let data = this.records;
    if (!Array.isArray(data)) {
      data = JSON.parse(data);
    }
    data = data.map((fields) => ({
      fields,
    }));
    if (!data.length) {
      throw new Error("No Airtable record data passed to step. Please pass at least one record");
    }

    const responses = [];
    for (const c of chunk(data, BATCH_SIZE)) {
      try {
        const { records } = await this.airtable.createRecord({
          baseId,
          tableId,
          data: {
            typecast: this.typecast,
            records: c,
          },
          $,
        });
        responses.push(...records);
      } catch (err) {
        this.airtable.throwFormattedError(err);
      }
    }

    const l = responses.length;
    $.export("$summary", `Added ${l} record${l === 1
      ? ""
      : "s"} to ${this.baseId?.label || baseId}: [${this.tableId?.label || tableId}](https://airtable.com/${baseId}/${tableId})`);

    return responses;
  },
};

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
Airtable	`airtable`	`app`	This component uses the Airtable app.
Base	`baseId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Table	`tableId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Records	`records`	`string`	Provide an array of objects. Each object should represent a new record with the column name as the key and the data to insert as the corresponding value (e.g., passing `[{"foo":"bar","id":123},{"foo":"baz","id":456}]` will create two records and with values added to the fields `foo` and `id`). The most common pattern is to reference an array of objects exported by a previous step (e.g., `{{steps.foo.$return_value}}`). You may also enter or construct a string that will `JSON.parse()` to an array of objects.
Typecast	`typecast`	`boolean`	The Airtable API will perform best-effort automatic data conversion from string values if the typecast parameter is `True`. Automatic conversion is disabled by default to ensure data integrity, but it may be helpful for integrating with 3rd party data sources.

Action Authentication#

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

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

data.records:readdata.records:writedata.recordComments:readdata.recordComments:writeschema.bases:readschema.bases:writewebhook:manage

Create Multiple Records with Airtable API on New Pub/Sub Messages from Google Cloud API

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