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Getting Started

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

  1. Select this integration
  2. Configure the New Row trigger
    1. Connect your PostgreSQL account
    2. Configure Polling Interval
    3. Configure Reject Unauthorized
    4. Select a Schema
    5. Select a Table
    6. Optional- Select a Column
  3. 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
  4. Deploy the workflow
  5. Send a test event to validate your setup
  6. 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

Description:Emit new event when a new row is added to a table. [See Docs](https://node-postgres.com/features/queries)
Version:1.0.7
Key:postgresql-new-row

PostgreSQL Overview

Assuming you want a few paragraphs on what you can do with the PostgreSQL API:

The following examples demonstrate some of the things that can be done with the
PostgreSQL API:

  • Developing a custom storage engine for PostgreSQL
  • Adding a new data type to PostgreSQL
  • Creating a new function for PostgreSQL
  • Building a graphical user interface for PostgreSQL
  • And much more!

Trigger Code

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

export default {
  ...common,
  name: "New Row",
  key: "postgresql-new-row",
  description: "Emit new event when a new row is added to a table. [See Docs](https://node-postgres.com/features/queries)",
  version: "1.0.7",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    ...common.props,
    schema: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.postgresql,
        "schema",
        (c) => ({
          rejectUnauthorized: c.rejectUnauthorized,
        }),
      ],
    },
    table: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.postgresql,
        "table",
        (c) => ({
          schema: c.schema,
          rejectUnauthorized: c.rejectUnauthorized,
        }),
      ],
    },
    column: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.postgresql,
        "column",
        (c) => ({
          schema: c.schema,
          table: c.table,
          rejectUnauthorized: c.rejectUnauthorized,
        }),
      ],
      description: "An ID or timestamp column where new rows will always contain larger values than the previous row. Defaults to the table's primary key.",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  hooks: {
    /** If column prop is left blank, get the table's primary key to use
     * for ordering and deduping. */
    async deploy() {
      const column = this.column
        ? this.column
        : await this.postgresql.getPrimaryKey(this.table, this.schema, this.rejectUnauthorized);
      this._setColumn(column);

      await this.initialRows(this.schema, this.table, column);
    },
  },
  methods: {
    ...common.methods,
    _getColumn() {
      return this.db.get("column");
    },
    _setColumn(column) {
      this.db.set("column", column);
    },
    generateMeta(row, column) {
      return {
        id: row[column],
        summary: "New Row Added",
        ts: Date.now(),
      };
    },
  },
  async run() {
    const column = this._getColumn();
    const isColumnUnique = await this.isColumnUnique(this.schema, this.table, column);
    if (!isColumnUnique) {
      throw new Error("The column selected contains duplicate values. Column must be unique");
    }

    await this.newRows(this.schema, this.table, column);
  },
};

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.
LabelPropTypeDescription
PostgreSQLpostgresqlappThis component uses the PostgreSQL app.
N/Adb$.service.dbThis component uses $.service.db to maintain state between executions.
Polling Intervaltimer$.interface.timer

Pipedream will poll the API on this schedule

Reject UnauthorizedrejectUnauthorizedboolean

If true, the server certificate is verified against the list of supplied CAs. If you encounter the error Connection terminated unexpectedly, try setting this prop to false.

SchemaschemastringSelect a value from the drop down menu.
TabletablestringSelect a value from the drop down menu.
ColumncolumnstringSelect a value from the drop down menu.

Trigger Authentication

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

Before you connect to your PostgreSQL database from Pipedream, please make sure your database is either:

  1. Accessible from the public internet (You may need to add a firewall rule on 0.0.0.0/0 on port 5432), or

  2. Accessible from an SSH server that you route PostgreSQL requests through

After that, enter the following values:

  • host: The hostname or IP address of your PostgreSQL server
  • port: 5432, unless you run PostgreSQL on a different port
  • username: The account username to log in
  • password: The account password to log in
  • database: The name of the PostgreSQL database to run queries against

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Action

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

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.

LabelPropTypeDescription
AirtableairtableappThis component uses the Airtable app.
BasebaseIdstringSelect a value from the drop down menu.
TabletableIdstringSelect a value from the drop down menu.
Recordsrecordsstring

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.

Typecasttypecastboolean

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:manageuser.email:read

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