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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Contact trigger
1. Connect your Twilio SendGrid account
2. Configure timer
Configure the Create Payment action
1. Connect your Xero Accounting account
2. Optional- Configure account_id
3. Optional- Configure account_code
4. Optional- Configure invoice_id
5. Optional- Configure credit_note_id
6. Optional- Configure prepayment_id
7. Optional- Configure overpayment_id
8. Optional- Configure invoice_number
9. Optional- Configure credit_note_number
10. Configure tenant_id
11. Optional- Configure date
12. Optional- Configure currency_rate
13. Optional- Configure amount
14. Optional- Configure reference
15. Optional- Configure is_reconciled
16. Optional- Configure status
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 Contact on Twilio SendGrid

Description:Emit new event when a new contact is created

Version:0.0.6

Key:sendgrid-new-contact

View on GitHub

Twilio SendGrid Overview#

The Twilio SendGrid API opens up a world of possibilities for email automation, enabling you to send emails efficiently and track their performance. With this API, you can programmatically create and send personalized email campaigns, manage contacts, and parse inbound emails for data extraction. When you harness the power of Pipedream, you can connect SendGrid to hundreds of other apps to automate workflows, such as triggering email notifications based on specific actions, syncing email stats with your analytics, or handling incoming emails to create tasks or tickets.

Trigger Code#

import orderBy from "lodash/orderBy.js";
import common from "../common/timer-based.mjs";

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "sendgrid-new-contact",
  name: "New Contact",
  description: "Emit new event when a new contact is created",
  version: "0.0.6",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  hooks: {
    async activate() {
      const currentTimestamp = Date.now();
      const state = {
        processedItems: [],
        lowerTimestamp: currentTimestamp,
        upperTimestamp: currentTimestamp,
      };
      this.db.set("state", state);
    },
  },
  methods: {
    ...common.methods,
    _maxDelayTime() {
      // There is no report from SendGrid as to how much time it takes
      // for a contact to be created and appear in search results, so
      // we're using a rough estimate of 30 minutes here.
      return 30 * 60 * 1000;  // 30 minutes, in milliseconds
    },
    _addDelayOffset(timestamp) {
      return timestamp - this._maxDelayTime();
    },
    _cleanupOldProcessedItems(processedItems, currentTimestamp) {
      return processedItems
        .map((item) => ({
          // We just need to keep track of the record ID and
          // its creation date.
          id: item.id,
          created_at: item.created_at,
        }))
        .filter((item) => {
          const { created_at: createdAt } = item;
          const createdAtTimestamp = Date.parse(createdAt);
          const cutoffTimestamp = this._addDelayOffset(currentTimestamp);
          return createdAtTimestamp > cutoffTimestamp;
        });
    },
    _makeSearchQuery(processedItems, lowerTimestamp, upperTimestamp) {
      const idList = processedItems
        .map((item) => item.id)
        .map((id) => `'${id}'`)
        .join(", ")
      || "''";
      const startTimestamp = this._addDelayOffset(lowerTimestamp);
      const startDate = this.toISOString(startTimestamp);
      const endDate = this.toISOString(upperTimestamp);
      return `
        contact_id NOT IN (${idList}) AND
        created_at BETWEEN
          TIMESTAMP '${startDate}' AND
          TIMESTAMP '${endDate}'
      `;
    },
    generateMeta(data) {
      const {
        item,
        eventTimestamp: ts,
      } = data;
      const {
        id,
        email,
      } = item;
      const slugifiedEmail = this.slugifyEmail(email);
      const summary = `New contact: ${slugifiedEmail}`;
      return {
        id,
        summary,
        ts,
      };
    },
    async processEvent(event) {
      // Transform the timer timestamp to milliseconds
      // to be consistent with how Javascript handles timestamps.
      const eventTimestamp = event.timestamp * 1000;

      // Retrieve the current state of the component.
      const {
        processedItems,
        lowerTimestamp,
        upperTimestamp,
      } = this.db.get("state");

      // Search for contacts within a specific timeframe, excluding
      // items that have already been processed.
      const query = this._makeSearchQuery(processedItems, lowerTimestamp, upperTimestamp);
      const {
        result: items,
        contact_count: contactCount,
      } = await this.sendgrid.searchContacts(query);

      // If no contacts have been retrieved via the API,
      // move the time window forward to possibly capture newer contacts.
      if (contactCount === 0) {
        const newState = {
          processedItems: this._cleanupOldProcessedItems(processedItems, lowerTimestamp),
          lowerTimestamp: upperTimestamp,
          upperTimestamp: eventTimestamp,
        };
        this.db.set("state", newState);
        return;
      }

      // We process the searched records from oldest to newest.
      const itemsToProcess = orderBy(items, "created_at");
      itemsToProcess
        .forEach((item) => {
          const meta = this.generateMeta({
            item,
            eventTimestamp,
          });
          this.$emit(item, meta);
        });

      // Use the timestamp of the last processed record as a lower bound for
      // following searches. This bound will be subjected to an offset so in
      // case older records appear in future search results, but have not
      // appeared until now, can be processed. We only adjust it if it means
      // moving forward, not backwards. Otherwise, we might start retrieving
      // older and older records indefinitely (and we're all about *new*
      // records!)
      const newLowerTimestamp = Math.max(
        lowerTimestamp,
        Date.parse(itemsToProcess[0].created_at),
      );

      // If the total contact count is less than 100, it means that during the
      // next iteration the search results count will most likely be less than
      // 50. In that case, if we extend the upper bound of the search time range
      // we might be able to retrieve more records.
      const newUpperTimestamp = contactCount < 100
        ? eventTimestamp
        : upperTimestamp;

      // The list of processed items can grow indefinitely.
      // Since we don't want to keep track of every processed record
      // ever, we need to clean up this list, removing any records
      // that are no longer relevant.
      const newProcessedItems = this._cleanupOldProcessedItems(
        [
          ...processedItems,
          ...itemsToProcess,
        ],
        newLowerTimestamp,
      );

      // Update the state of the component to reflect the computations
      // made above.
      const newState = {
        processedItems: newProcessedItems,
        lowerTimestamp: newLowerTimestamp,
        upperTimestamp: newUpperTimestamp,
      };
      this.db.set("state", newState);
    },
  },
};

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
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
Twilio SendGrid	`sendgrid`	`app`	This component uses the Twilio SendGrid app.
	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`

Trigger Authentication#

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

About Twilio SendGrid#

Send marketing and transactional email through the Twilio SendGrid platform with the Email API, proprietary mail transfer agent, and infrastructure for scalable delivery.

Action#

Create Payment on Xero Accounting

Description:Creates a new payment

Version:0.1.1

Key:xero_accounting_api-create-payment

View on GitHub

Xero Accounting Overview#

The Xero Accounting API offers a powerful gateway to access and manipulate financial data within Xero. Leveraging Pipedream's capabilities, developers can build custom workflows that streamline accounting processes, sync financial data with external systems, and trigger actions based on financial events. This API allows for the automation of tasks such as invoicing, bank reconciliation, bill payments, and reporting, which can lead to significant time savings and enhanced data accuracy.

Action Code#

// legacy_hash_id: a_k6irV0
import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform";

export default {
  key: "xero_accounting_api-create-payment",
  name: "Create Payment",
  description: "Creates a new payment",
  version: "0.1.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    xero_accounting_api: {
      type: "app",
      app: "xero_accounting_api",
    },
    account_id: {
      type: "string",
      description: "ID of account you are using to make the payment e.g. 294b1dc5-cc47-2afc-7ec8-64990b8761b8. This account needs to be either an account of type BANK or have enable payments to this accounts switched on (see [GET Accounts](https://developer.xero.com/documentation/api/Accounts)) . See the edit account screen of your Chart of Accounts in Xero if you wish to enable payments for an account other than a bank account",
      optional: true,
    },
    account_code: {
      type: "string",
      description: "Code of account you are using to make the payment e.g. 001 ( note: *not all accounts have a code value*)",
      optional: true,
    },
    invoice_id: {
      type: "string",
      description: "ID of the invoice you are applying payment to e.g. 297c2dc5-cc47-4afd-8ec8-74990b8761e9",
      optional: true,
    },
    credit_note_id: {
      type: "string",
      description: "ID of the credit note you are applying payment to e.g. 297c2dc5-cc47-4afd-8ec8-74990b8761e9",
      optional: true,
    },
    prepayment_id: {
      type: "string",
      description: "ID of the prepayment you are applying payment to e.g. 297c2dc5-cc47-4afd-8ec8-74990b8761e9",
      optional: true,
    },
    overpayment_id: {
      type: "string",
      description: "ID of the overpayment you are applying payment to e.g. 297c2dc5-cc47-4afd-8ec8-74990b8761e9",
      optional: true,
    },
    invoice_number: {
      type: "string",
      description: "Number of invoice you are applying payment to e.g. INV-4003",
      optional: true,
    },
    credit_note_number: {
      type: "string",
      description: "Number of credit note you are applying payment to e.g. INV-4003",
      optional: true,
    },
    tenant_id: {
      type: "string",
      description: "Id of the organization tenant to use on the Xero Accounting API. See [Get Tenant Connections](https://pipedream.com/@sergio/xero-accounting-api-get-tenant-connections-p_OKCzOgn/edit) for a workflow example on how to pull this data.",
    },
    date: {
      type: "string",
      description: "Date the payment is being made (YYYY-MM-DD) e.g. 2009-09-06",
      optional: true,
    },
    currency_rate: {
      type: "string",
      description: "Exchange rate when payment is received. Only used for non base currency invoices and credit notes e.g. 0.7500",
      optional: true,
    },
    amount: {
      type: "string",
      description: "The amount of the payment. Must be less than or equal to the outstanding amount owing on the invoice e.g. 200.00",
      optional: true,
    },
    reference: {
      type: "string",
      description: "An optional description for the payment e.g. Direct Debit",
      optional: true,
    },
    is_reconciled: {
      type: "boolean",
      description: "A boolean indicating whether the payment has been reconciled.",
      optional: true,
    },
    status: {
      type: "string",
      description: "The [status](https://developer.xero.com/documentation/api/types#PaymentStatusCodes) of the payment.",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
  //See the API docs: https://developer.xero.com/documentation/api/payments#PUT

    if ((!this.account_id && !this.account_code)
      || (!this.invoice_id && !this.credit_note_id && !this.prepayment_id && !this.overpayment_id && !this.invoice_number && !this.credit_note_number)
      || !this.tenant_id) {
      throw new Error("Must provide account_id or account_code, and", "\n", "invoice_id or credit_note_id or prepayment_id or overpayment_id or invoice_number or credit_note_number,\nand tenant_id parameters.");
    }

    //Adds parameters to the requests body
    var data = {
      Date: this.date,
      CurrencyRate: this.currency_rate,
      Amount: this.amount,
      Reference: this.reference,
      IsReconciled: this.is_reconciled,
      Status: this.status,
    };

    //Adds the account paramter to the request body
    if (this.account_id) {
      data["Account"] = {
        AccountID: this.account_id,
      };
    } else {
      data["Account"] = {
        Code: this.account_code,
      };
    }

    //Adds the related document object where payment is applied to the request body
    if (this.invoice_id) {
      data["Invoice"] = {
        InvoiceID: this.invoice_id,
      };
    } else if (this.credit_note_id) {
      data["CreditNote"] = {
        CreditNoteID: this.credit_note_id,
      };
    } else if (this.prepayment_id) {
      data["Prepayment"] = {
        PrepaymentID: this.prepayment_id,
      };
    } else if (this.overpayment_id) {
      data["Overpayment"] = {
        OverpaymentID: this.overpayment_id,
      };
    } else if (this.invoice_number) {
      data["Invoice"] = {
        InvoiceNumber: this.invoice_number,
      };
    } else if (this.credit_note_number) {
      data["CreditNote"] = {
        CreditNoteNumber: this.credit_note_number,
      };
    }

    //Sends the request against Xero Accounting API
    return await axios($, {
      method: "put",
      url: "https://api.xero.com/api.xro/2.0/Payments",
      headers: {
        "Authorization": `Bearer ${this.xero_accounting_api.$auth.oauth_access_token}`,
        "xero-tenant-id": this.tenant_id,
      },
      data,
    });
  },
};

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
Xero Accounting	`xero_accounting_api`	`app`	This component uses the Xero Accounting app.
account_id	`account_id`	`string`	ID of account you are using to make the payment e.g. 294b1dc5-cc47-2afc-7ec8-64990b8761b8. This account needs to be either an account of type BANK or have enable payments to this accounts switched on (see GET Accounts) . See the edit account screen of your Chart of Accounts in Xero if you wish to enable payments for an account other than a bank account
account_code	`account_code`	`string`	Code of account you are using to make the payment e.g. 001 ( note: not all accounts have a code value)
invoice_id	`invoice_id`	`string`	ID of the invoice you are applying payment to e.g. 297c2dc5-cc47-4afd-8ec8-74990b8761e9
credit_note_id	`credit_note_id`	`string`	ID of the credit note you are applying payment to e.g. 297c2dc5-cc47-4afd-8ec8-74990b8761e9
prepayment_id	`prepayment_id`	`string`	ID of the prepayment you are applying payment to e.g. 297c2dc5-cc47-4afd-8ec8-74990b8761e9
overpayment_id	`overpayment_id`	`string`	ID of the overpayment you are applying payment to e.g. 297c2dc5-cc47-4afd-8ec8-74990b8761e9
invoice_number	`invoice_number`	`string`	Number of invoice you are applying payment to e.g. INV-4003
credit_note_number	`credit_note_number`	`string`	Number of credit note you are applying payment to e.g. INV-4003
tenant_id	`tenant_id`	`string`	Id of the organization tenant to use on the Xero Accounting API. See Get Tenant Connections for a workflow example on how to pull this data.
date	`date`	`string`	Date the payment is being made (YYYY-MM-DD) e.g. 2009-09-06
currency_rate	`currency_rate`	`string`	Exchange rate when payment is received. Only used for non base currency invoices and credit notes e.g. 0.7500
amount	`amount`	`string`	The amount of the payment. Must be less than or equal to the outstanding amount owing on the invoice e.g. 200.00
reference	`reference`	`string`	An optional description for the payment e.g. Direct Debit
is_reconciled	`is_reconciled`	`boolean`	A boolean indicating whether the payment has been reconciled.
status	`status`	`string`	The status of the payment.

Action Authentication#

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

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

offline_accessopenidprofileemailaccounting.transactionsaccounting.reports.readaccounting.settingsaccounting.settings.readaccounting.contactsaccounting.attachmentsaccounting.journals.read

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