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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a Slack trigger and Twitter 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 In Channels (Instant) trigger
1. Connect your Slack account
2. Optional- Select one or more Channels
3. Configure slackApphook
4. Optional- Configure Resolve Names
5. Optional- Configure Ignore Bots
Configure the Create Tweet action
1. Connect your Twitter account
2. Configure Status
3. Optional- Configure In Reply To Status ID
4. Optional- Configure Auto Populate Reply Metadata
5. Optional- Configure Exclude Reply User Ids
6. Optional- Configure Attachment URL
7. Optional- Configure Media IDs
8. Optional- Configure Possibly Sensitive
9. Optional- Configure Latitude
10. Optional- Configure Longitude
11. Optional- Configure Place ID
12. Optional- Configure Display Coordinates
13. Optional- Configure Trim User
14. Optional- Configure Enable DM Commands
15. Optional- Configure Fail DM Commands
16. Optional- Configure Card URI
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 In Channels (Instant) on Slack

Description:Emit new event when a new message is posted to one or more channels

Version:1.0.8

Key:slack-new-message-in-channels

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Slack Overview#

With the Slack API, you can build all sorts of integrations and applications to
make your work life easier. Here are just a few examples:

Automate posting updates to your team channel
Create a bot to answer common questions
Integrate with your existing tools and services
Build a custom dashboard to track your team's progress
Create a bot to handle scheduling and meeting requests
And much more!

Trigger Code#

import common from "../common/base.mjs";
import constants from "../common/constants.mjs";

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "slack-new-message-in-channels",
  name: "New Message In Channels (Instant)",
  version: "1.0.8",
  description: "Emit new event when a new message is posted to one or more channels",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    ...common.props,
    conversations: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.slack,
        "conversation",
      ],
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Channels",
      description: "Select one or more channels to monitor for new messages.",
      optional: true,
    },
    // eslint-disable-next-line pipedream/props-description,pipedream/props-label
    slackApphook: {
      type: "$.interface.apphook",
      appProp: "slack",
      async eventNames() {
        return this.conversations || [
          "message",
        ];
      },
    },
    resolveNames: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.slack,
        "resolveNames",
      ],
    },
    ignoreBot: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.slack,
        "ignoreBot",
      ],
    },
  },
  methods: {
    ...common.methods,
    getSummary() {
      return "New message in channel";
    },
    async processEvent(event) {
      if (event.type !== "message") {
        console.log(`Ignoring event with unexpected type "${event.type}"`);
        return;
      }
      if (event.subtype && !constants.ALLOWED_MESSAGE_IN_CHANNEL_SUBTYPES.includes(event.subtype)) {
        // This source is designed to just emit an event for each new message received.
        // Due to inconsistencies with the shape of message_changed and message_deleted
        // events, we are ignoring them for now. If you want to handle these types of
        // events, feel free to change this code!!
        console.log("Ignoring message with subtype.");
        return;
      }
      if ((this.ignoreBot) && (event.subtype == "bot_message" || event.bot_id)) {
        return;
      }
      if (this.resolveNames) {
        if (event.user) {
          event.user_id = event.user;
          event.user = await this.getUserName(event.user);
        } else if (event.bot_id) {
          event.bot = await this.getBotName(event.bot_id);
        }
        event.channel_id = event.channel;
        event.channel = await this.getConversationName(event.channel);
        if (event.team) {
          event.team_id = event.team;
          event.team = await this.getTeamName(event.team);
        }
      }
      return event;
    },
  },
};

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
Slack	`slack`	`app`	This component uses the Slack app.
N/A	`nameCache`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
Channels	`conversations`	`string[]`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
	`slackApphook`	`$.interface.apphook`
Resolve Names	`resolveNames`	`boolean`	Instead of returning `channel`, `team`, and `user` as IDs, return their human-readable names.
Ignore Bots	`ignoreBot`	`boolean`	Ignore messages from bots

Trigger Authentication#

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

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

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About Slack#

Slack is a channel-based messaging platform. With Slack, people can work together more effectively, connect all their software tools and services, and find the information they need to do their best work — all within a secure, enterprise-grade environment.

Action#

Create Tweet on Twitter

Description:Create a new tweet. [See the docs here](https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/v1/tweets/post-and-engage/api-reference/post-statuses-update)

Version:0.0.4

Key:twitter-create-tweet

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Action Code#

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

export default {
  key: "twitter-create-tweet",
  name: "Create Tweet",
  description: "Create a new tweet. [See the docs here](https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/v1/tweets/post-and-engage/api-reference/post-statuses-update)",
  version: "0.0.4",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    twitter,
    status: {
      propDefinition: [
        twitter,
        "status",
      ],
    },
    inReplyToStatusId: {
      propDefinition: [
        twitter,
        "inReplyToStatusId",
      ],
    },
    autoPopulateReplyMetadata: {
      propDefinition: [
        twitter,
        "autoPopulateReplyMetadata",
      ],
    },
    excludeReplyUserIds: {
      propDefinition: [
        twitter,
        "excludeReplyUserIds",
      ],
    },
    attachmentUrl: {
      propDefinition: [
        twitter,
        "attachmentUrl",
      ],
    },
    mediaIds: {
      propDefinition: [
        twitter,
        "mediaIds",
      ],
    },
    possiblySensitive: {
      propDefinition: [
        twitter,
        "possiblySensitive",
      ],
    },
    lat: {
      propDefinition: [
        twitter,
        "lat",
      ],
    },
    long: {
      propDefinition: [
        twitter,
        "long",
      ],
    },
    placeId: {
      propDefinition: [
        twitter,
        "placeId",
      ],
    },
    displayCoordinates: {
      propDefinition: [
        twitter,
        "displayCoordinates",
      ],
    },
    trimUser: {
      propDefinition: [
        twitter,
        "trimUser",
      ],
    },
    enableDmcommands: {
      propDefinition: [
        twitter,
        "enableDmcommands",
      ],
    },
    failDmcommands: {
      propDefinition: [
        twitter,
        "failDmcommands",
      ],
    },
    cardUri: {
      propDefinition: [
        twitter,
        "cardUri",
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const {
      status,
      inReplyToStatusId,
      autoPopulateReplyMetadata,
      excludeReplyUserIds,
      attachmentUrl,
      mediaIds,
      possiblySensitive,
      lat,
      long,
      placeId,
      displayCoordinates,
      trimUser,
      enableDmcommands,
      failDmcommands,
      cardUri,
    } = this;

    const params = {
      status,
      inReplyToStatusId,
      autoPopulateReplyMetadata,
      excludeReplyUserIds,
      attachmentUrl,
      media_ids: mediaIds,
      possiblySensitive,
      lat,
      long,
      placeId,
      displayCoordinates,
      trimUser,
      enableDmcommands,
      failDmcommands,
      cardUri,
    };
    Object.keys(params).forEach((k) => params[k] == "" && delete params[k]);
    const res = await this.twitter.createTweet({
      $,
      params,
    });
    $.export("$summary", "Successfully posted tweet");
    return res;
  },
};

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
Twitter	`twitter`	`app`	This component uses the Twitter app.
Status	`status`	`string`	The text of the status update. Note: In order to comply with Twitter’s terms of service, this text will have all @mentions removed. Please refer to our docs for more details.
In Reply To Status ID	`inReplyToStatusId`	`string`	The ID of an existing status that the update is in reply to. Note: This parameter will be ignored unless the author of the Tweet this parameter references is mentioned within the status text. Therefore, you must include `@username` , where `username` is the author of the referenced Tweet, within the update.
Auto Populate Reply Metadata	`autoPopulateReplyMetadata`	`boolean`	If set to true and used with `in_reply_to_status_id`, leading `@mentions` will be looked up from the original Tweet, and added to the new Tweet from there. This will append `@mentions` into the metadata of an extended Tweet as a reply chain grows, until the limit on `@mentions` is reached. In cases where the original Tweet has been deleted, the reply will fail.
Exclude Reply User Ids	`excludeReplyUserIds`	`string`	When used with `auto_populate_reply_metadata`, a comma-separated list of user ids which will be removed from the server-generated `@mentions` prefix on an extended Tweet. Note that the leading `@mention` cannot be removed as it would break the `in-reply-to-status-id` semantics. Attempting to remove it will be silently ignored.
Attachment URL	`attachmentUrl`	`string`	In order for a URL to not be counted in the status body of an extended Tweet, provide a URL as a Tweet attachment. This URL must be a Tweet permalink or Direct Message deep link. Arbitrary, non-Twitter URLs must remain in the status text. URLs passed to the `attachment_url` parameter not matching either a Tweet permalink or Direct Message deep link will fail at Tweet creation and cause an exception.
Media IDs	`mediaIds`	`string`	A comma-delimited list of `media_ids` to associate with the Tweet. You may include up to 4 photos or 1 animated GIF or 1 video in a Tweet.
Possibly Sensitive	`possiblySensitive`	`boolean`	If you upload Tweet media that might be considered sensitive content such as nudity or medical procedures, you must set this value to true. If this parameter is included in your request, it will override the user’s preferences.
Latitude	`lat`	`string`	The latitude of the location this Tweet refers to.
Longitude	`long`	`string`	The longitude of the location this Tweet refers to.
Place ID	`placeId`	`string`	A place in the world. These IDs can be retrieved from geo/reverse_geocode
Display Coordinates	`displayCoordinates`	`boolean`	Whether or not to put a pin on the exact coordinates a Tweet has been sent from.
Trim User	`trimUser`	`boolean`	When set to true, the response will include a user object including only the author's ID.
Enable DM Commands	`enableDmcommands`	`boolean`	When set to true, enables shortcode commands for sending Direct Messages as part of the status text to send a Direct Message to a user. When set to false, it turns off this behavior and includes any leading characters in the status text that is posted.
Fail DM Commands	`failDmcommands`	`boolean`	When set to true, causes any status text that starts with shortcode commands to return an API error. When set to false, allows shortcode commands to be sent in the status text and acted on by the API.
Card URI	`cardUri`	`string`	Associate an ads card with the Tweet using the card_uri value from any ads card response.

Action Authentication#

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

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

About Twitter#

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