Create or Update Event with Zoho Calendar API on New Post Created from Google My Business API

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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Post Created trigger
1. Connect your Google My Business account
2. Configure timer
3. Select a Account Name
4. Select a Location
Configure the Create or Update Event action
1. Connect your Zoho Calendar account
2. Select a Calendar ID
3. Optional- Select a Event ID
4. Configure Start Time
5. Configure End Time
6. Optional- Configure Title
7. Optional- Configure Description
8. Optional- Select a Timezone
9. Optional- Configure Is Private
10. Optional- Configure Is All Day
11. Optional- Configure Location
12. Optional- Configure URL
13. Optional- Configure Guest Attendees
14. Optional- Configure View Attendees
15. Optional- Configure Invite Attendees
16. Optional- Configure Edit Attendees
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 Post Created on Google My Business

Description:Emit new event for each new local post on a location [See the documentation](https://developers.google.com/my-business/reference/rest/v4/accounts.locations.localPosts/list)

Version:0.0.3

Key:google_my_business-new-post-created

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Google My Business Overview#

The Google My Business API enables businesses to manage their online presence across Google, including Search and Maps. Through Pipedream, you can automate various aspects of your Google My Business account, such as reading and responding to customer reviews, updating business information, and posting new content. This API provides a powerful way to engage with customers and maintain accurate, up-to-date business listings, all through programmable interactions that can save time and enhance visibility.

Trigger Code#

import { defineSource } from "@pipedream/types";
import common from "../common.mjs";
const DOCS_LINK = "https://developers.google.com/my-business/reference/rest/v4/accounts.locations.localPosts/list";
export default defineSource({
    ...common,
    key: "google_my_business-new-post-created",
    name: "New Post Created",
    description: `Emit new event for each new local post on a location [See the documentation](${DOCS_LINK})`,
    version: "0.0.3",
    type: "source",
    dedupe: "unique",
    methods: {
        ...common.methods,
        async getItems() {
            const { account, location, } = this;
            const params = {
                account,
                location,
            };
            return this.app.listPosts(params, false);
        },
        getSummary({ summary }) {
            return `New Post${summary
                ? `: "${summary.length > 50
                    ? summary.slice(0, 45) + "[...]"
                    : summary}"`
                : ""}`;
        },
    },
});

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 My Business	`app`	`app`	This component uses the Google My Business app.
	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
Account Name	`account`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Location	`location`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.

Trigger Authentication#

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

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

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/business.manage

About Google My Business#

Show up when customers search for businesses on Google Search and Maps. Easily manage multiple locations. Leverage the latest engagement features to stay connected to customers.

Action#

Create or Update Event on Zoho Calendar

Description:Create or update a event in a particular calendar of the user. [See the documentation](https://www.zoho.com/calendar/help/api/post-create-event.html)

Version:0.0.3

Key:zoho_calendar-create-or-update-event

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Zoho Calendar Overview#

Zoho Calendar API allows for the integration and manipulation of calendar events, giving you the power to automate workflows involving scheduling, reminders, and event management right within Pipedream. With this API, you can create, read, update, or delete events, and also respond to invites. By leveraging Pipedream's capabilities, you can connect Zoho Calendar with various other services to streamline your calendar management and synchronize events with other apps, or trigger actions based on calendar events.

Action Code#

import app from "../../zoho_calendar.app.mjs";
import { TIME_ZONES } from "../common/constants.mjs";

export default {
  key: "zoho_calendar-create-or-update-event",
  name: "Create or Update Event",
  description: "Create or update a event in a particular calendar of the user. [See the documentation](https://www.zoho.com/calendar/help/api/post-create-event.html)",
  version: "0.0.3",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    app,
    calendarId: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "calendarId",
      ],
    },
    eventId: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "eventId",
        (c) => ({
          calendarId: c.calendarId,
        }),
      ],
    },
    startTime: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Start Time",
      description: "The start time of the event, The format should be`yyyyMMddTHHmmssZ` in GMT format or `yyyyMMdd`. e.g. `20230715T112200Z`",
    },
    endTime: {
      type: "string",
      label: "End Time",
      description: "The end time of the event, The format should be`yyyyMMddTHHmmssZ` in GMT format or `yyyyMMdd`. e.g. `20230715T132200Z`",
    },
    title: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Title",
      description: "The title of the event",
      optional: true,
    },
    description: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Description",
      description: "The description of the event",
      optional: true,
    },
    timezone: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Timezone",
      description: "The timezone of the event",
      optional: true,
      options: TIME_ZONES,
    },
    isPrivate: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Is Private",
      description: "Whether the event is private or not",
      optional: true,
    },
    isAllDay: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Is All Day",
      description: "Whether the event is all day or not",
      optional: true,
    },
    location: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Location",
      description: "The location of the event",
      optional: true,
    },
    url: {
      type: "string",
      label: "URL",
      description: "The URL of the event",
      optional: true,
    },
    guestAttendees: {
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Guest Attendees",
      description: "This param is used to include attendees with guest permissions. provide one email for each attendees, e.g. `['user1@domain.com', 'user2@domain.com']`",
      optional: true,
    },
    viewAttendees: {
      type: "string[]",
      label: "View Attendees",
      description: "This param is used to include attendees with viewing permissions. provide one email for each attendees, e.g. `['user1@domain.com', 'user2@domain.com']`",
      optional: true,
    },
    inviteAttendees: {
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Invite Attendees",
      description: "This param is used to include attendees with inviting permissions. provide one email for each attendees, e.g. `['user1@domain.com', 'user2@domain.com']`",
      optional: true,
    },
    editAttendees: {
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Edit Attendees",
      description: "This param is used to include attendees with editing permissions. provide one email for each attendees, e.g. `['user1@domain.com', 'user2@domain.com']`",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  methods: {
    formatAttendees(attendees, permission) {
      return (attendees || []).map((email) => ({
        email,
        permission,
      }));
    },
    async getEtag($, calendarId, eventId) {
      if (eventId) {
        const { events } = await this.app.getEvent({
          $,
          calendarId,
          eventId,
        });
        console.log(events);
        return events[0]?.etag;
      }
      return undefined;
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const {
      eventId,
      calendarId,
    } = this;

    const etag = await this.getEtag($, calendarId, eventId);

    const attendees = [];
    attendees.push(...this.formatAttendees(this.guestAttendees, 0));
    attendees.push(...this.formatAttendees(this.viewAttendees, 1));
    attendees.push(...this.formatAttendees(this.inviteAttendees, 2));
    attendees.push(...this.formatAttendees(this.editAttendees, 3));

    const data = {
      dateandtime: {
        start: this.startTime,
        end: this.endTime,
        timezone: this.timezone,
      },
      title: this.title,
      description: this.description,
      isprivate: this.isPrivate,
      isallday: this.isAllDay,
      location: this.location,
      url: this.url,
      etag,
      attendees: attendees.length
        ? attendees
        : undefined,
    };

    const method = eventId
      ? "updateEvent"
      : "createEvent";

    const result = await this.app[method]({
      $,
      calendarId,
      eventId,
      data,
    });
    $.export("$summary", `Successfully persisted calendar with UID: ${result?.events[0]?.uid}`);
    return result;
  },
};

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
Zoho Calendar	`app`	`app`	This component uses the Zoho Calendar app.
Calendar ID	`calendarId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Event ID	`eventId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Start Time	`startTime`	`string`	The start time of the event, The format should be`yyyyMMddTHHmmssZ` in GMT format or `yyyyMMdd`. e.g. `20230715T112200Z`
End Time	`endTime`	`string`	The end time of the event, The format should be`yyyyMMddTHHmmssZ` in GMT format or `yyyyMMdd`. e.g. `20230715T132200Z`
Title	`title`	`string`	The title of the event
Description	`description`	`string`	The description of the event
Timezone	`timezone`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`{ "label": "(GMT-11:00) Midway Island, Samoa", "value": "Pacific/Midway" }{ "label": "(GMT-10:00) Hawaii", "value": "Pacific/Honolulu" }{ "label": "(GMT-8:00) Alaska", "value": "America/Juneau" }{ "label": "(GMT-7:00) Dawson, Yukon", "value": "America/Dawson" }{ "label": "(GMT-7:00) Arizona", "value": "America/Phoenix" }{ "label": "(GMT-7:00) Tijuana", "value": "America/Tijuana" }{ "label": "(GMT-7:00) Pacific Time", "value": "America/Los_Angeles" }{ "label": "(GMT-6:00) Mountain Time", "value": "America/Boise" }{ "label": "(GMT-6:00) Chihuahua, La Paz, Mazatlan", "value": "America/Chihuahua" }{ "label": "(GMT-6:00) Saskatchewan", "value": "America/Regina" }{ "label": "(GMT-6:00) Central America", "value": "America/Belize" }{ "label": "(GMT-5:00) Central Time", "value": "America/Chicago" }{ "label": "(GMT-5:00) Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey", "value": "America/Mexico_City" }{ "label": "(GMT-5:00) Bogota, Lima, Quito", "value": "America/Bogota" }{ "label": "(GMT-4:00) Eastern Time", "value": "America/Detroit" }{ "label": "(GMT-4:00) Caracas, La Paz", "value": "America/Caracas" }{ "label": "(GMT-3:00) Santiago", "value": "America/Santiago" }{ "label": "(GMT-3:00) Brasilia", "value": "America/Sao_Paulo" }{ "label": "(GMT-3:00) Montevideo", "value": "America/Montevideo" }{ "label": "(GMT-3:00) Buenos Aires, Georgetown", "value": "America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires" }{ "label": "(GMT-3:00) Asuncion", "value": "America/Asuncion" }{ "label": "(GMT-2:30) Newfoundland and Labrador", "value": "America/St_Johns" }{ "label": "(GMT-2:00) Greenland", "value": "America/Godthab" }{ "label": "(GMT-1:00) Cape Verde Islands", "value": "Atlantic/Cape_Verde" }{ "label": "(GMT+0:00) Azores", "value": "Atlantic/Azores" }{ "label": "(GMT+0:00) UTC", "value": "Etc/GMT" }{ "label": "(GMT+0:00) Casablanca, Monrovia", "value": "Africa/Casablanca" }{ "label": "(GMT+1:00) Edinburgh, London", "value": "Europe/London" }{ "label": "(GMT+1:00) Dublin", "value": "Europe/Dublin" }{ "label": "(GMT+1:00) Lisbon", "value": "Europe/Lisbon" }{ "label": "(GMT+1:00) Canary Islands", "value": "Atlantic/Canary" }{ "label": "(GMT+1:00) West Central Africa", "value": "Africa/Algiers" }{ "label": "(GMT+2:00) Belgrade, Bratislava, Budapest, Ljubljana, Prague", "value": "Europe/Belgrade" }{ "label": "(GMT+2:00) Sarajevo, Skopje, Warsaw, Zagreb", "value": "Europe/Sarajevo" }{ "label": "(GMT+2:00) Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris", "value": "Europe/Brussels" }{ "label": "(GMT+2:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna", "value": "Europe/Amsterdam" }{ "label": "(GMT+2:00) Cairo", "value": "Africa/Cairo" }{ "label": "(GMT+2:00) Harare, Pretoria", "value": "Africa/Harare" }{ "label": "(GMT+3:00) Bucharest", "value": "Europe/Bucharest" }{ "label": "(GMT+3:00) Helsinki, Kiev, Riga, Sofia, Tallinn, Vilnius", "value": "Europe/Helsinki" }{ "label": "(GMT+3:00) Athens, Minsk", "value": "Europe/Athens" }{ "label": "(GMT+3:00) Jerusalem", "value": "Asia/Jerusalem" }{ "label": "(GMT+3:00) Istanbul, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Volgograd", "value": "Europe/Moscow" }{ "label": "(GMT+3:00) Kuwait, Riyadh", "value": "Asia/Kuwait" }{ "label": "(GMT+3:00) Nairobi", "value": "Africa/Nairobi" }{ "label": "(GMT+3:00) Baghdad", "value": "Asia/Baghdad" }{ "label": "(GMT+3:30) Tehran", "value": "Asia/Tehran" }{ "label": "(GMT+4:00) Abu Dhabi, Muscat", "value": "Asia/Dubai" }{ "label": "(GMT+4:00) Baku, Tbilisi, Yerevan", "value": "Asia/Baku" }{ "label": "(GMT+4:30) Kabul", "value": "Asia/Kabul" }{ "label": "(GMT+5:00) Ekaterinburg", "value": "Asia/Yekaterinburg" }{ "label": "(GMT+5:00) Islamabad, Karachi, Tashkent", "value": "Asia/Karachi" }{ "label": "(GMT+5:30) Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi", "value": "Asia/Kolkata" }{ "label": "(GMT+5:30) Sri Jayawardenepura", "value": "Asia/Colombo" }{ "label": "(GMT+5:45) Kathmandu", "value": "Asia/Kathmandu" }{ "label": "(GMT+6:00) Astana, Dhaka", "value": "Asia/Dhaka" }{ "label": "(GMT+6:00) Almaty, Novosibirsk", "value": "Asia/Almaty" }{ "label": "(GMT+6:30) Yangon Rangoon", "value": "Asia/Rangoon" }{ "label": "(GMT+7:00) Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta", "value": "Asia/Bangkok" }{ "label": "(GMT+7:00) Krasnoyarsk", "value": "Asia/Krasnoyarsk" }{ "label": "(GMT+8:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong SAR, Urumqi", "value": "Asia/Shanghai" }{ "label": "(GMT+8:00) Kuala Lumpur, Singapore", "value": "Asia/Kuala_Lumpur" }{ "label": "(GMT+8:00) Taipei", "value": "Asia/Taipei" }{ "label": "(GMT+8:00) Perth", "value": "Australia/Perth" }{ "label": "(GMT+8:00) Irkutsk, Ulaanbaatar", "value": "Asia/Irkutsk" }{ "label": "(GMT+9:00) Seoul", "value": "Asia/Seoul" }{ "label": "(GMT+9:00) Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo", "value": "Asia/Tokyo" }{ "label": "(GMT+9:30) Darwin", "value": "Australia/Darwin" }{ "label": "(GMT+10:00) Yakutsk", "value": "Asia/Yakutsk" }{ "label": "(GMT+10:00) Brisbane", "value": "Australia/Brisbane" }{ "label": "(GMT+10:00) Vladivostok", "value": "Asia/Vladivostok" }{ "label": "(GMT+10:00) Guam, Port Moresby", "value": "Pacific/Guam" }{ "label": "(GMT+10:30) Adelaide", "value": "Australia/Adelaide" }{ "label": "(GMT+11:00) Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney", "value": "Australia/Sydney" }{ "label": "(GMT+11:00) Hobart", "value": "Australia/Hobart" }{ "label": "(GMT+11:00) Magadan, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia", "value": "Asia/Magadan" }{ "label": "(GMT+12:00) Kamchatka, Marshall Islands", "value": "Asia/Kamchatka" }{ "label": "(GMT+12:00) Fiji Islands", "value": "Pacific/Fiji" }{ "label": "(GMT+13:00) Auckland, Wellington", "value": "Pacific/Auckland" }{ "label": "(GMT+13:00) Nuku'alofa", "value": "Pacific/Tongatapu" }`
Is Private	`isPrivate`	`boolean`	Whether the event is private or not
Is All Day	`isAllDay`	`boolean`	Whether the event is all day or not
Location	`location`	`string`	The location of the event
URL	`url`	`string`	The URL of the event
Guest Attendees	`guestAttendees`	`string[]`	This param is used to include attendees with guest permissions. provide one email for each attendees, e.g. `['user1@domain.com', 'user2@domain.com']`
View Attendees	`viewAttendees`	`string[]`	This param is used to include attendees with viewing permissions. provide one email for each attendees, e.g. `['user1@domain.com', 'user2@domain.com']`
Invite Attendees	`inviteAttendees`	`string[]`	This param is used to include attendees with inviting permissions. provide one email for each attendees, e.g. `['user1@domain.com', 'user2@domain.com']`
Edit Attendees	`editAttendees`	`string[]`	This param is used to include attendees with editing permissions. provide one email for each attendees, e.g. `['user1@domain.com', 'user2@domain.com']`

Action Authentication#

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

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

ZohoCalendar.calendar.ALLZohoCalendar.event.READZohoCalendar.event.UPDATEZohoCalendar.event.CREATE