Extract Data From URL with Automatic Data Extraction API on New Message (Instant) from Discord API

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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a Discord 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 Message (Instant) trigger
1. Connect your Discord account
2. Configure Channels
3. Configure discordApphook
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 Message (Instant) on Discord

Description:Emit new event for each message posted to one or more channels in a Discord server

Version:1.0.3

Key:discord-new-message

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Discord Overview#

The Discord API interacts seamlessly with Pipedream, empowering you to craft customized automations and workflows for your Discord server. With this powerful integration, you can automate tasks like message posting, user management, and notifications, based on a myriad of triggers and actions from different apps. These automations can enhance the Discord experience for community moderators and members, by synchronizing with external tools, organizing community engagement, and streamlining notifications.

Trigger Code#

import discord from "../../discord.app.mjs";
import sampleEmit from "./test-event.mjs";

export default {
  type: "source",
  key: "discord-new-message",
  name: "New Message (Instant)",
  description: "Emit new event for each message posted to one or more channels in a Discord server",
  version: "1.0.3",

  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    discord,
    channels: {
      type: "$.discord.channel[]",
      appProp: "discord",
      label: "Channels",
      description: "Select the channel(s) you'd like to be notified for",
    },
    // eslint-disable-next-line pipedream/props-label,pipedream/props-description
    discordApphook: {
      type: "$.interface.apphook",
      appProp: "discord",
      async eventNames() {
        return this.channels || [];
      },
    },
  },
  async run(event) {
    if (event.guildID != this.discord.$auth.guild_id) {
      return;
    }
    this.$emit(event, {
      id: event.id,
    });
  },
  sampleEmit,
};

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
Discord	`discord`	`app`	This component uses the Discord app.
Channels	`channels`	`$.discord.channel[]`	Select the channel(s) you'd like to be notified for
	`discordApphook`	`$.interface.apphook`

Trigger Authentication#

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

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

botemailidentifyguilds

About Discord#

Use this app to create a Discord source that emits messages from your guild to a Pipedream workflow.

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,