Create User Invitation with Clerk API on New Events (Instant) from Twilio SendGrid API

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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Events (Instant) trigger
1. Connect your Twilio SendGrid account
2. Select one or more Event Types
Configure the Create User Invitation action
1. Connect your Clerk account
2. Configure Email Address
3. Optional- Configure Public Metadata
4. Optional- Configure Redirect URL
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 Events (Instant) on Twilio SendGrid

Description:Emit new event when any of the specified SendGrid events is received

Version:0.0.6

Key:sendgrid-events

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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 common from "../common/http-based.mjs";
import deliveryEventTypes from "./delivery-event-types.mjs";
import engagementEventTypes from "./engagement-event-types.mjs";

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "sendgrid-events",
  name: "New Events (Instant)",
  description: "Emit new event when any of the specified SendGrid events is received",
  version: "0.0.6",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    ...common.props,
    eventTypes: {
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Event Types",
      description: "The type of events to listen to",
      options(context) {
        const { page } = context;
        if (page !== 0) {
          return {
            options: [],
          };
        }

        const options = [
          ...deliveryEventTypes,
          ...engagementEventTypes,
        ];
        return {
          options,
        };
      },
    },
  },
  methods: {
    ...common.methods,
    baseWebhookSettings() {
      // The list of events that a webhook can listen to. This method returns an
      // exhaustive list of all such flags disabled, and each event source can
      // then override the flags that are relevant to the event they handle.
      //
      // See the docs for more information:
      // https://sendgrid.com/docs/api-reference/
      const eventTypesData = [
        ...deliveryEventTypes,
        ...engagementEventTypes,
      ];
      return eventTypesData.reduce((accum, eventTypeData) => ({
        ...accum,
        [eventTypeData.value]: false,
      }), {});
    },
    webhookEventFlags() {
      return this.eventTypes.reduce((accum, eventType) => ({
        ...accum,
        [eventType]: true,
      }), {});
    },
    generateMeta(data) {
      const {
        event: eventType,
        sg_event_id: id,
        timestamp: ts,
      } = data;
      const summary = `New event: ${eventType}`;
      return {
        id,
        summary,
        ts,
      };
    },
  },
};

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.
N/A	`http`	`$.interface.http`	This component uses `$.interface.http` to generate a unique URL when the component is first instantiated. Each request to the URL will trigger the `run()` method of the component.
Event Types	`eventTypes`	`string[]`	Select a value from the drop down menu.

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 User Invitation on Clerk

Description:Creates a new invitation for the given email address and sends the invitation email. Keep in mind that you cannot create an invitation if there is already one for the given email address. Also, trying to create an invitation for an email address that already exists in your application will result to an error. [See the documentation](https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api/tag/Invitations#operation/CreateInvitation)

Version:0.0.1

Key:clerk-create-user-invitation

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Clerk Overview#

The Clerk API lets you manage user authentication and create secure, delightful user experiences in your apps. Within Pipedream's serverless platform, you can harness this API to automate workflows that trigger on user events, sync user data across apps, and maintain robust user management without the heavy lifting of building authentication infrastructure from scratch.

Action Code#

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

export default {
  key: "clerk-create-user-invitation",
  name: "Create User Invitation",
  version: "0.0.1",
  description: "Creates a new invitation for the given email address and sends the invitation email. Keep in mind that you cannot create an invitation if there is already one for the given email address. Also, trying to create an invitation for an email address that already exists in your application will result to an error. [See the documentation](https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api/tag/Invitations#operation/CreateInvitation)",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    clerk,
    emailAddress: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Email Address",
      description: "The email address the invitation will be sent to.",
    },
    publicMetadata: {
      propDefinition: [
        clerk,
        "publicMetadata",
      ],
      description: "Metadata that will be attached to the newly created invitation. The value of this property should be a well-formed JSON object. Once the user accepts the invitation and signs up, these metadata will end up in the user's public metadata.",
      optional: true,
    },
    redirectUrl: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Redirect URL",
      description: "Optional URL which specifies where to redirect the user once they click the invitation link. This is only required if you have implemented a [custom flow](https://clerk.com/docs/custom-flows/invitations#custom-flow) and you're not using Clerk Hosted Pages or Clerk Components.",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const response = await this.clerk.createUserInvitation({
      $,
      data: {
        email_address: this.emailAddress,
        public_metadata: parseObject(this.publicMetadata),
        redirect_url: this.redirectUrl,
      },
    });

    $.export("$summary", `A new invitation with Id: ${response.id} was successfully created!`);
    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
Clerk	`clerk`	`app`	This component uses the Clerk app.
Email Address	`emailAddress`	`string`	The email address the invitation will be sent to.
Public Metadata	`publicMetadata`	`object`	Metadata that will be attached to the newly created invitation. The value of this property should be a well-formed JSON object. Once the user accepts the invitation and signs up, these metadata will end up in the user's public metadata.
Redirect URL	`redirectUrl`	`string`	Optional URL which specifies where to redirect the user once they click the invitation link. This is only required if you have implemented a custom flow and you're not using Clerk Hosted Pages or Clerk Components.