Extract Data From URL with Automatic Data Extraction API on New Item in Feed from RSS API

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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Item in Feed trigger
1. Connect your RSS account
2. Configure timer
3. Configure Feed URL
4. Configure Published After
Configure the Extract Data From URL action
1. Connect your Automatic Data Extraction account
2. Configure URL
3. Select a Page Type
4. Optional- Configure Meta
5. Optional- Configure Article Body Raw
6. Optional- Configure Full HTML
7. Optional- Configure Custom HTML
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 Item in Feed on RSS

Description:Emit new items from an RSS feed

Version:1.2.6

Key:rss-new-item-in-feed

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RSS Overview#

The RSS app allows users to automatically fetch and parse updates from web feeds. This functionality is pivotal for staying abreast of content changes or updates from websites, blogs, and news outlets that offer RSS feeds. With Pipedream, you can harness the RSS API to trigger workflows that enable a broad range of automations, like content aggregation, monitoring for specific keywords, notifications, and data synchronization across platforms.

Trigger Code#

import rss from "../../app/rss.app.mjs";
import { defineSource } from "@pipedream/types";
import rssCommon from "../common/common.mjs";
export default defineSource({
    ...rssCommon,
    key: "rss-new-item-in-feed",
    name: "New Item in Feed",
    description: "Emit new items from an RSS feed",
    version: "1.2.6",
    type: "source",
    dedupe: "unique",
    props: {
        ...rssCommon.props,
        url: {
            propDefinition: [
                rss,
                "url",
            ],
        },
        publishedAfter: {
            type: "string",
            label: "Published After",
            description: "Emit items published after the specified date in ISO 8601 format .e.g `2022-12-07T12:57:10+07:00`",
            default: new Date(Date.now() - 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000).toISOString(), // default to one day ago
        },
    },
    hooks: {
        async activate() {
            // Try to parse the feed one time to confirm we can fetch and parse.
            // The code will throw any errors to the user.
            await this.rss.fetchAndParseFeed(this.url);
        },
    },
    methods: {
        ...rssCommon.methods,
        generateMeta: function (item) {
            return {
                id: this.rss.itemKey(item),
                summary: item.title,
                ts: Date.now(),
            };
        },
    },
    async run() {
        const items = await this.rss.fetchAndParseFeed(this.url);
        for (const item of items.reverse()) {
            const publishedAfter = +new Date(this.publishedAfter);
            const ts = this.rss.itemTs(item);
            if (Number.isNaN(publishedAfter) || publishedAfter > ts) {
                continue;
            }
            const meta = this.generateMeta(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
RSS	`rss`	`app`	This component uses the RSS app.
	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`	How often you want to poll the feed for new items
Feed URL	`url`	`string`	Enter the URL for any public RSS feed
Published After	`publishedAfter`	`string`	Emit items published after the specified date in ISO 8601 format .e.g `2022-12-07T12:57:10+07:00`

Trigger Authentication#

The RSS API does not require authentication.

About RSS#

Real Simple Syndication

Action#

Extract Data From URL on Automatic Data Extraction

Description:Extract data from a specified URL [See the docs here](https://docs.zyte.com/automatic-extraction-integrations.html#node-js)

Version:0.0.1

Key:automatic_data_extraction-extract-data-from-url

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Automatic Data Extraction Overview#

The Automatic Data Extraction API by Zyte specializes in extracting structured data from web pages. When incorporated into Pipedream workflows, this API allows you to automate the process of gathering web data, which can feed into various tasks such as market research, price monitoring, or even lead generation. By triggering workflows with new data inputs, processing and storing the extracted data, and connecting to other apps, Pipedream amplifies the API's utility.

Action Code#

import automaticDataExtraction from "../../automatic_data_extraction.app.mjs";
import { PAGE_TYPES } from "../../common/constants.mjs";
import { clearObj } from "../../common/utils.mjs";

export default {
  key: "automatic_data_extraction-extract-data-from-url",
  name: "Extract Data From URL",
  version: "0.0.1",
  description: "Extract data from a specified URL [See the docs here](https://docs.zyte.com/automatic-extraction-integrations.html#node-js)",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    automaticDataExtraction,
    url: {
      type: "string",
      label: "URL",
      description: "URL of web page to extract from. Must be a valid `http://` or `https:// URL`.",
    },
    pageType: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Page Type",
      description: "Type of extraction to perform.",
      options: PAGE_TYPES,
    },
    meta: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Meta",
      description: "User UTF-8 string, which will be passed through the extraction pipeline and returned in the query result. Max size 4 Kb.",
      optional: true,
    },
    articleBodyRaw: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Article Body Raw",
      description: "Whether or not to include article HTML in article extractions. True by default. Setting this to false can reduce response size significantly if HTML is not required.",
      optional: true,
    },
    fullHtml: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Full HTML",
      description: "Include the full, raw HTML of the target web page in the query result. This is a premium feature that is disabled by default. [Open a support ticket](https://support.zyte.com/support/tickets/new) if you wish to have it enabled for your account.",
      optional: true,
    },
    customHtml: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Custom HTML",
      description: "HTML source to be scraped. Extraction will be done from the provided HTML with additional resources (images, CSS, etc.) downloaded from the provided url. JavaScript processing will be disabled. The String should be UTF-8 encoded. The maximum length is 2,000,000 characters, longer requests will be rejected.",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const {
      automaticDataExtraction,
      ...data
    } = this;

    const response = await automaticDataExtraction.extractData({
      $,
      data: JSON.stringify([
        clearObj(data),
      ]),
    });

    $.export("$summary", "The data was successfully extracted!");
    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
Automatic Data Extraction	`automaticDataExtraction`	`app`	This component uses the Automatic Data Extraction app.
URL	`url`	`string`	URL of web page to extract from. Must be a valid `http://` or `https:// URL`.
Page Type	`pageType`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`articlearticleListcommentsforumPostsjobPostingproductproductListrealEstatereviewsvehicle`
Meta	`meta`	`string`	User UTF-8 string, which will be passed through the extraction pipeline and returned in the query result. Max size 4 Kb.
Article Body Raw	`articleBodyRaw`	`boolean`	Whether or not to include article HTML in article extractions. True by default. Setting this to false can reduce response size significantly if HTML is not required.
Full HTML	`fullHtml`	`boolean`	Include the full, raw HTML of the target web page in the query result. This is a premium feature that is disabled by default. Open a support ticket if you wish to have it enabled for your account.
Custom HTML	`customHtml`	`string`	HTML source to be scraped. Extraction will be done from the provided HTML with additional resources (images, CSS, etc.) downloaded from the provided url. JavaScript processing will be disabled. The String should be UTF-8 encoded. The maximum length is 2,000,000 characters, longer requests will be rejected.

Action Authentication#

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

To retrieve your API Key,