Create Topic with Discourse API on Weekly schedule from Schedule API

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Weekly schedule from the Schedule API

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Create Topic with the Discourse API

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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the Weekly schedule trigger
1. Connect your Schedule account
2. Configure Cron Schedule
Configure the Create Topic action
1. Connect your Discourse account
2. Configure Title
3. Configure Content
4. Select a Categories
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#

Weekly schedule on Schedule

Description:Trigger your workflow on one or more days each week at a specific time (with timezone support).

Version:0.0.1

Key:schedule-weekly

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Schedule Overview#

The Schedule app in Pipedream is a powerful tool that allows you to trigger workflows at regular intervals, ranging from every minute to once a year. This enables the automation of repetitive tasks and the scheduling of actions to occur without manual intervention. By leveraging this API, you can execute code, run integrations, and process data on a reliable schedule, all within Pipedream's serverless environment.

Trigger Code#

import schedule from "../../schedule.app.mjs";

export default {
  name: "Weekly schedule",
  version: "0.0.1",
  key: "schedule-weekly",
  type: "source",
  description: "Trigger your workflow on one or more days each week at a specific time (with timezone support).",
  props: {
    schedule,
    cron: {
      propDefinition: [
        schedule,
        "cron",
      ],
      default: {
        cron: "0 10 * * 1",
      },
    },
  },
};

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
Schedule	`schedule`	`app`	This component uses the Schedule app.
Cron Schedule	`cron`	`$.interface.timer`	Enter a cron expression

Trigger Authentication#

The Schedule API does not require authentication.

About Schedule#

Trigger workflows on an interval or cron schedule.

Action#

Create Topic on Discourse

Description:Creates a topic. [See docs here](https://docs.discourse.org/#tag/Topics/operation/createTopicPostPM)

Version:0.1.1

Key:discourse-create-topic

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Discourse Overview#

The Discourse API empowers developers to interact programmatically with Discourse forums, allowing for a myriad of automations and integrations. Using Pipedream, you can harness this API for tasks such as syncing forum data with other platforms, automating user management, or triggering workflows based on forum activity. The key is in creatively coupling Discourse events with Pipedream's capabilities to streamline community interactions and administration.

Action Code#

import discourse from "../../discourse.app.mjs";

export default {
  name: "Create Topic",
  version: "0.1.1",
  key: "discourse-create-topic",
  description: "Creates a topic. [See docs here](https://docs.discourse.org/#tag/Topics/operation/createTopicPostPM)",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    discourse,
    title: {
      label: "Title",
      description: "Title of the topic",
      type: "string",
    },
    raw: {
      label: "Content",
      description: "Content of the topic",
      type: "string",
    },
    categoryid: {
      type: "string",
      description: "Category ID for the topic",
      propDefinition: [
        discourse,
        "categories",
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    // we use the same method to create post and topics
    const response = await this.discourse.createPostOrTopic({
      $,
      data: {
        title: this.title,
        raw: this.raw,
        category: this.categoryid,
      },
    });

    if (response) {
      $.export("$summary", `Successfully created topic with id ${response.id}`);
    }

    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
Discourse	`discourse`	`app`	This component uses the Discourse app.
Title	`title`	`string`	Title of the topic
Content	`raw`	`string`	Content of the topic
Categories	`categoryid`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.

Action Authentication#

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

For domain, enter the hostname, without the protocol, that you'd use in this API call: https://[domain]/admin/users/list/active.json. For example: example.com.

If you host Discourse on a subfolder (for example: https://pipedream.com/community), enter the subfolder as a part of the domain (pipedream.com/community).

Create an API key in your Admin panel, and enter the associated api_username and api_key.