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Getting Started#

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

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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 New Lead action
1. Connect your Mailbluster account
2. Configure Email
3. Configure Subscribed
4. Optional- Configure First Name
5. Optional- Configure Last Name
6. Optional- Configure Fields
7. Optional- Configure Timezone
8. Optional- Configure IP Address
9. Optional- Configure Double Opt-In
10. Optional- Configure Tags
11. Optional- Configure Override Existing
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 New Lead on Mailbluster

Description:Create a new lead. [See the documentation](https://app.mailbluster.com/api-doc/leads)

Version:0.0.2

Key:mailbluster-create-lead

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Mailbluster Overview#

Mailbluster is an API for managing email marketing campaigns, allowing for the creation, sending, and tracking of email newsletters. With Pipedream, you can automate workflows involving Mailbluster to send personalized emails, sync subscriber lists, and analyze campaign performance without the need to write code. By leveraging Pipedream's serverless platform, you can connect Mailbluster with various apps, set up triggers based on certain conditions, and create complex email sequences effortlessly.

Action Code#

import mailbluster from "../../app/mailbluster.app.mjs";
export default {
    key: "mailbluster-create-lead",
    name: "Create New Lead",
    description: "Create a new lead. [See the documentation](https://app.mailbluster.com/api-doc/leads)",
    type: "action",
    version: "0.0.2",
    props: {
        mailbluster,
        email: {
            type: "string",
            label: "Email",
            description: "Email address of the lead.",
        },
        subscribed: {
            type: "boolean",
            label: "Subscribed",
            description: "Lead is subscribed to receive email or not.",
        },
        firstName: {
            type: "string",
            label: "First Name",
            description: "First name of the lead.",
            optional: true,
        },
        lastName: {
            type: "string",
            label: "Last Name",
            description: "Last name of the lead.",
            optional: true,
        },
        fields: {
            type: "object",
            label: "Fields",
            description: "An object containing field information of the lead. Field merge tag is the key and field value is the value.",
            optional: true,
        },
        timezone: {
            type: "string",
            label: "Timezone",
            description: "Timezone of the lead. View supported timezones from [here](https://app.mailbluster.com/pages/timezones).",
            optional: true,
        },
        ipAddress: {
            type: "string",
            label: "IP Address",
            description: "IP address of the lead. IP address is used to find country, city, latitude, longitude, timezone (if no timezone is given) etc of this lead & store them as `meta`.",
            optional: true,
        },
        doubleOptIn: {
            type: "boolean",
            label: "Double Opt-In",
            description: "If true, the lead will receive the opt-in confirmation email.",
            optional: true,
        },
        tags: {
            type: "string[]",
            label: "Tags",
            description: "Tag(s) name of the lead. For each tag, if tag already exists, it will be only attached to the lead. Otherwise, it will be created first and then get attached.",
            optional: true,
        },
        overrideExisting: {
            type: "boolean",
            label: "Override Existing",
            description: "If lead exists, should it get overridden? Before creating a lead, we will try to find whether the lead already exists in the system using the provided email. This param controls if lead is found, we should override the lead info or throw an error message.",
            optional: true,
        },
    },
    async run({ $ }) {
        const { mailbluster, ...data } = this;
        const response = await mailbluster.createLead({
            $,
            data,
        });
        $.export("$summary", `Lead ${data.firstName} ${data.lastName} was successfully created!`);
        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
Mailbluster	`mailbluster`	`app`	This component uses the Mailbluster app.
Email	`email`	`string`	Email address of the lead.
Subscribed	`subscribed`	`boolean`	Lead is subscribed to receive email or not.
First Name	`firstName`	`string`	First name of the lead.
Last Name	`lastName`	`string`	Last name of the lead.
Fields	`fields`	`object`	An object containing field information of the lead. Field merge tag is the key and field value is the value.
Timezone	`timezone`	`string`	Timezone of the lead. View supported timezones from here.
IP Address	`ipAddress`	`string`	IP address of the lead. IP address is used to find country, city, latitude, longitude, timezone (if no timezone is given) etc of this lead & store them as `meta`.
Double Opt-In	`doubleOptIn`	`boolean`	If true, the lead will receive the opt-in confirmation email.
Tags	`tags`	`string[]`	Tag(s) name of the lead. For each tag, if tag already exists, it will be only attached to the lead. Otherwise, it will be created first and then get attached.
Override Existing	`overrideExisting`	`boolean`	If lead exists, should it get overridden? Before creating a lead, we will try to find whether the lead already exists in the system using the provided email. This param controls if lead is found, we should override the lead info or throw an error message.

Action Authentication#

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

To retrieve your API keys,

Navigate to your Mailbluster account and sign in
Go to “Settings” > “API keys”

Create New Lead with Mailbluster API on New Item in Feed from RSS API

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