Delay Workflow with Delay API on New Upcoming Calendar Event from Microsoft Outlook Calendar API

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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Upcoming Calendar Event trigger
1. Connect your Microsoft Outlook Calendar account
2. Configure Webhook renewal timer
3. Connect your Microsoft Outlook Calendar account
Configure the Delay Workflow action
1. Connect your Delay account
2. Configure Duration to delay (value)
3. Select a Duration to delay (unit)
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 Upcoming Calendar Event on Microsoft Outlook Calendar

Description:Emit new event when a Calendar event is upcoming, this source is using `reminderMinutesBeforeStart` property of the event to determine the time it should emit.

Version:0.0.3

Key:microsoft_outlook_calendar-new-upcoming-event

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Microsoft Outlook Calendar Overview#

The Microsoft Outlook Calendar API provides programmatic access to a user's calendar events, allowing for the creation, retrieval, update, and deletion of events within Outlook calendars. With Pipedream, you can integrate these calendar operations into workflows that automate tasks involving scheduling, event management, and coordination with other services. Whether it's triggering actions when new events are created, syncing calendar events with other scheduling tools, or managing attendees, Pipedream's serverless platform enables you to build custom automations with minimal overhead.

Trigger Code#

import common from "../common.mjs";
import taskScheduler from "../../../pipedream/sources/new-scheduled-tasks/new-scheduled-tasks.mjs";

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "microsoft_outlook_calendar-new-upcoming-event",
  name: "New Upcoming Calendar Event",
  description: "Emit new event when a Calendar event is upcoming, this source is using `reminderMinutesBeforeStart` property of the event to determine the time it should emit.",
  version: "0.0.3",
  type: "source",
  props: {
    ...common.props,
    pipedream: taskScheduler.props.pipedream,
  },
  hooks: {
    ...common.hooks,
    async activate() {
      await this.activate({
        changeType: "updated",
        resource: "/me/events",
      });
    },
    async deactivate() {
      await this.deactivate();
    },
  },
  methods: {
    ...taskScheduler.methods,
    ...common.methods,
    _hasDeployed() {
      const result = this.db.get("hasDeployed");
      this.db.set("hasDeployed", true);
      return result;
    },
    subtractMinutes(date, minutes) {
      return date.getTime() - minutes * 60000;
    },
    async getSampleEvents({ pageSize }) {
      return this.microsoftOutlook.listCalendarEvents({
        params: {
          $top: pageSize,
          $orderby: "lastModifiedDateTime desc",
        },
      });
    },
    emitEvent(item) {
      this.$emit({
        message: item,
      }, this.generateMeta(item));
    },
    generateMeta(item) {
      return {
        id: item.id,
        summary: `Upcoming event - ${item.subject}`,
        ts: +Date.parse(item.createdDateTime),
      };
    },
  },
  async run(event) {
    if (event.$channel === this.selfChannel()) {
      const item = await this.microsoftOutlook.getCalendarEvent({
        eventId: event.eventId,
      });
      // checking if the event was modified after this scheduling
      if (item.lastModifiedDateTime === event.lastModifiedControl) {
        this.emitEvent(item);
      }
      return;
    }
    await this.run({
      event,
      emitFn: async ({ resourceId } = {}) => {
        if (!this._hasDeployed()) {
          await this.selfSubscribe();
        }
        const item = await this.microsoftOutlook.getCalendarEvent({
          eventId: resourceId,
        });
        if (event.$channel !== this.selfChannel()) {
          const startTime = new Date(item.start.dateTime || item.start.date);
          const reminderMinutesBeforeStart = item.reminderMinutesBeforeStart || 15;
          const later = new Date(this.subtractMinutes(startTime, reminderMinutesBeforeStart));
          const newEvent = {
            lastModifiedControl: item.lastModifiedDateTime,
            eventId: resourceId,
          };
          this.emitScheduleEvent(newEvent, later);
        }
      },
    });
  },
};

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
Microsoft Outlook Calendar	`microsoftOutlook`	`app`	This component uses the Microsoft Outlook Calendar 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.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
Webhook renewal timer	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`	Graph API expires Outlook notifications in 3 days, we auto-renew them in 2 days, see
Microsoft Outlook Calendar	`pipedream`	`app`	This component uses the Microsoft Outlook Calendar app.

Trigger Authentication#

Microsoft Outlook Calendar uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your Microsoft Outlook Calendar account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into Microsoft Outlook 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 Microsoft Outlook Calendar API.

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

User.Reademailoffline_accessopenidprofileCalendars.ReadWrite

About Microsoft Outlook Calendar#

The calendar and scheduling component of Outlook that is fully integrated with email, contacts, and other features

Action#

Delay Workflow on Delay

Description:Delay the execution of your workflow for a specific amount of time (does not count against your compute time).

Version:0.0.1

Key:delay-workflow-delay

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Delay Overview#

The Delay API in Pipedream is a built-in function that allows you to pause a workflow for a specified amount of time. This can be incredibly useful when you need to stagger API calls to avoid rate limits, wait for an external process to complete, or simply introduce a delay between actions in a sequence. With precision up to milliseconds, the Delay API provides a simple yet powerful tool for managing timing in automation workflows.

Action Code#

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

export default {
  name: "Delay Workflow",
  version: "0.0.1",
  key: "delay-workflow-delay",
  type: "action",
  description: "Delay the execution of your workflow for a specific amount of time (does not count against your compute time).",
  props: {
    delay,
    delayDurationValue: {
      propDefinition: [
        delay,
        "delayDurationValue",
      ],
      label: "Duration to delay (value)",
      description: "Specify a value for how long you'd like to delay your workflow.",
    },
    delayDurationUnit: {
      propDefinition: [
        delay,
        "delayDurationUnit",
      ],
      label: "Duration to delay (unit)",
      description: "Specify the time unit for delaying the workflow.",
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const milliseconds = this.delay.convertToMilliseconds(
      this.delayDurationUnit,
      this.delayDurationValue,
    );
    const resp = await $.flow.delay(milliseconds);
    $.export(
      "$summary",
      `Successfully configured this workflow to delay for ${this.delayDurationValue} ${this.delayDurationUnit}.`,
    );
    return resp;
  },
};

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
Delay	`delay`	`app`	This component uses the Delay app.
Duration to delay (value)	`delayDurationValue`	`integer`	Specify a value for how long you'd like to delay your workflow.
Duration to delay (unit)	`delayDurationUnit`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`MillisecondsSecondsMinutesHours`

Action Authentication#

The Delay API does not require authentication.

About Delay#

Delay, pause, suspend, or have the execution of your workflow wait for as little as one millisecond, or as long as one year.

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