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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Message (Instant) trigger
1. Connect your Discord account
2. Configure Channels
3. Configure discordApphook
Configure the Create or Update Contact action
1. Connect your SendX account
2. Configure Email
3. Optional- Configure First Name
4. Optional- Configure Last Name
5. Optional- Configure New Email
6. Optional- Configure Company
7. Optional- Configure Birthday
8. Optional- Configure Custom Fields
9. Optional- Configure Tags
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 Message (Instant) on Discord

Description:Emit new event for each message posted to one or more channels in a Discord server

Version:1.0.3

Key:discord-new-message

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Discord Overview#

The Discord API interacts seamlessly with Pipedream, empowering you to craft customized automations and workflows for your Discord server. With this powerful integration, you can automate tasks like message posting, user management, and notifications, based on a myriad of triggers and actions from different apps. These automations can enhance the Discord experience for community moderators and members, by synchronizing with external tools, organizing community engagement, and streamlining notifications.

Trigger Code#

import discord from "../../discord.app.mjs";
import sampleEmit from "./test-event.mjs";

export default {
  type: "source",
  key: "discord-new-message",
  name: "New Message (Instant)",
  description: "Emit new event for each message posted to one or more channels in a Discord server",
  version: "1.0.3",

  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    discord,
    channels: {
      type: "$.discord.channel[]",
      appProp: "discord",
      label: "Channels",
      description: "Select the channel(s) you'd like to be notified for",
    },
    // eslint-disable-next-line pipedream/props-label,pipedream/props-description
    discordApphook: {
      type: "$.interface.apphook",
      appProp: "discord",
      async eventNames() {
        return this.channels || [];
      },
    },
  },
  async run(event) {
    if (event.guildID != this.discord.$auth.guild_id) {
      return;
    }
    this.$emit(event, {
      id: event.id,
    });
  },
  sampleEmit,
};

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
Discord	`discord`	`app`	This component uses the Discord app.
Channels	`channels`	`$.discord.channel[]`	Select the channel(s) you'd like to be notified for
	`discordApphook`	`$.interface.apphook`

Trigger Authentication#

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

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

botemailidentifyguilds

About Discord#

Use this app to create a Discord source that emits messages from your guild to a Pipedream workflow.

Action#

Create or Update Contact on SendX

Description:Creates a new contact or updates an existing one with user-provided data. [See the documentation](https://github.com/sendx/sendx-api-nodejs/tree/master)

Version:0.0.1

Key:sendx-create-update-contact

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SendX Overview#

The SendX API offers a toolbox for email marketing automation, allowing developers to integrate SendX's capabilities into Pipedream workflows seamlessly. On Pipedream, you can harness this API to trigger actions based on various conditions, synchronize data across platforms, automate email campaigns, and personalize interactions with your subscribers. The power of Pipedream lies in its ability to connect the dots between SendX and numerous other apps, creating a cohesive automation ecosystem.

Action Code#

import { parseObject } from "../../common/utils.mjs";
import sendx from "../../sendx.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "sendx-create-update-contact",
  name: "Create or Update Contact",
  description: "Creates a new contact or updates an existing one with user-provided data. [See the documentation](https://github.com/sendx/sendx-api-nodejs/tree/master)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    sendx,
    email: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Email",
      description: "The email of the contact.",
    },
    firstName: {
      type: "string",
      label: "First Name",
      description: "The first name of the contact.",
      optional: true,
    },
    lastName: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Last Name",
      description: "The last name of the contact.",
      optional: true,
    },
    newEmail: {
      type: "string",
      label: "New Email",
      description: "The new email of the contact if it needs to be updated.",
      optional: true,
    },
    company: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Company",
      description: "The company of the contact.",
      optional: true,
    },
    birthday: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Birthday",
      description: "The birthday of the contact in YYYY-MM-DD format.",
      optional: true,
    },
    customFields: {
      type: "object",
      label: "Custom Fields",
      description: "Custom fields for the contact.",
      optional: true,
    },
    tags: {
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Tags",
      description: "Tags to associate with the contact.",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const response = await this.sendx.upsertContact({
      $,
      data: {
        email: this.email,
        firstName: this.firstName,
        lastName: this.lastName,
        newEmail: this.newEmail,
        company: this.company,
        birthday: this.birthday,
        customFields: parseObject(this.customFields),
        tags: parseObject(this.tags),
      },
    });
    console.log("response: ", response);

    $.export("$summary", `Successfully created or updated the contact with email: ${this.email}`);
    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
SendX	`sendx`	`app`	This component uses the SendX app.
Email	`email`	`string`	The email of the contact.
First Name	`firstName`	`string`	The first name of the contact.
Last Name	`lastName`	`string`	The last name of the contact.
New Email	`newEmail`	`string`	The new email of the contact if it needs to be updated.
Company	`company`	`string`	The company of the contact.
Birthday	`birthday`	`string`	The birthday of the contact in YYYY-MM-DD format.
Custom Fields	`customFields`	`object`	Custom fields for the contact.
Tags	`tags`	`string[]`	Tags to associate with the contact.

Action Authentication#

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

To retrieve your Team ID and API Key,

Navigate to your SendX account and sign in
Click the user dropdown on the top right
Go to “Settings”

Create or Update Contact with SendX API on New Message (Instant) from Discord API

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