Enhance Entity with Diffbot API on New Deleted Record (Instant, of Selectable Type) from Salesforce API

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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Deleted Record (Instant, of Selectable Type) trigger
1. Connect your Salesforce account
2. Configure timer
3. Select a Object Type
Configure the Enhance Entity action
1. Connect your Diffbot account
2. Select a Entity type
3. Optional- Configure Entity Name
4. Optional- Configure Entity location
5. Optional- Configure 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 Deleted Record (Instant, of Selectable Type) on Salesforce

Description:Emit new event when a record of the selected object type is deleted. [See the documentation](https://sforce.co/3msDDEE)

Version:0.1.0

Key:salesforce_rest_api-record-deleted-instant

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Salesforce Overview#

The Salesforce (REST API) provides a powerful platform for creating and managing customer relationships with a wide array of features like data manipulation, querying, and complex automation. With Pipedream's serverless execution, you can create workflows that automate your sales processes, sync data with other platforms, enhance customer engagement, and trigger actions based on specific events. Dive into Salesforce data, streamline lead management, track customer interactions, and push or pull data to or from Salesforce seamlessly.

Trigger Code#

import startCase from "lodash/startCase.js";
import common from "../common.mjs";

export default {
  ...common,
  type: "source",
  name: "New Deleted Record (Instant, of Selectable Type)",
  key: "salesforce_rest_api-record-deleted-instant",
  description: "Emit new event when a record of the selected object type is deleted. [See the documentation](https://sforce.co/3msDDEE)",
  version: "0.1.0",
  methods: {
    ...common.methods,
    generateWebhookMeta(data) {
      const nameField = this.getNameField();
      const { Old: oldObject } = data.body;
      const {
        LastModifiedDate: lastModifiedDate,
        Id: id,
        [nameField]: name,
      } = oldObject;
      const entityType = startCase(this.objectType);
      const summary = `${entityType} deleted: ${name}`;
      const ts = Date.parse(lastModifiedDate);
      const compositeId = `${id}-${ts}`;
      return {
        id: compositeId,
        summary,
        ts,
      };
    },
    generateTimerMeta(item) {
      const {
        id,
        deletedDate,
      } = item;
      const entityType = startCase(this.objectType);
      const summary = `${entityType} deleted: ${id}`;
      const ts = Date.parse(deletedDate);
      return {
        id,
        summary,
        ts,
      };
    },
    getEventType() {
      return "deleted";
    },
    async processTimerEvent(eventData) {
      const {
        startTimestamp,
        endTimestamp,
      } = eventData;
      const {
        deletedRecords,
        latestDateCovered,
      } = await this.salesforce.getDeletedForObjectType(
        this.objectType,
        startTimestamp,
        endTimestamp,
      );
      this.setLatestDateCovered(latestDateCovered);

      // When a record is deleted, the `getDeleted` API only shows the ID of the
      // deleted item and the date in which it was deleted.
      deletedRecords.forEach((item) => {
        const meta = this.generateTimerMeta(item);
        this.$emit(item, meta);
      });
    },
  },
};

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
Salesforce	`salesforce`	`app`	This component uses the Salesforce app.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
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.
	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`	The timer is only used as a fallback if instant event delivery (webhook) is not available.
Object Type	`objectType`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.

Trigger Authentication#

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

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

About Salesforce#

Web services API for interacting with Salesforce

Action#

Enhance Entity on Diffbot

Description:Enrich a person or organization record with partial data input [See the documentation] (https://docs.diffbot.com/reference/enhancepost)

Version:0.0.2

Key:diffbot-enhance-entity

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Diffbot Overview#

The Diffbot API enables you to extract structured data from web pages automatically. It transforms the chaos of the web into usable information through web scraping and natural language processing. On Pipedream, you can use Diffbot to monitor changes on websites, extract article data, or process web pages for specific information. By tapping into Pipedream’s ability to integrate with hundreds of other services, you can create powerful workflows that automate data extraction and act on the data in real-time.

Action Code#

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

export default {
  key: "diffbot-enhance-entity",
  name: "Enhance Entity",
  description: "Enrich a person or organization record with partial data input [See the documentation] (https://docs.diffbot.com/reference/enhancepost)",
  version: "0.0.2",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    app,
    type: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "type",
      ],
    },
    name: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "name",
      ],
    },
    location: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "location",
      ],
    },
    url: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "url",
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const {
      app, ...data
    } = this;
    const response = await app.enhanceEntity({
      $,
      data,
    });

    $.export("$summary", "Successfully enhanced entity");

    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
Diffbot	`app`	`app`	This component uses the Diffbot app.
Entity type	`type`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`personorganization`
Entity Name	`name`	`string`	The name of the entity to enhance
Entity location	`location`	`string`	Location of the entity to enhance
URL	`url`	`string`	URL to extract or enhance

Action Authentication#

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