Extract Data with FireCrawl 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 FireCrawl 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 action
1. Connect your FireCrawl account
2. Configure URLs
3. Optional- Configure Prompt
4. Optional- Configure Schema
5. Optional- Configure Enable Web Search
6. Optional- Configure Ignore Sitemap
7. Optional- Configure Include Subdomains
8. Optional- Configure Show Sources
9. Optional- Configure Wait For Completion
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:1.2.9

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 { defineSource } from "@pipedream/types";
import rss from "../../app/rss.app.mjs";
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: "1.2.9",
    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 on FireCrawl

Description:Extract structured data from one or multiple URLs. [See the documentation](https://docs.firecrawl.dev/api-reference/endpoint/extract)

Version:0.0.4

Key:firecrawl-extract-data

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Action Code#

import firecrawl from "../../firecrawl.app.mjs";
import { ConfigurationError } from "@pipedream/platform";
import { parseObjectEntries } from "../../common/utils.mjs";

export default {
  key: "firecrawl-extract-data",
  name: "Extract Data",
  description: "Extract structured data from one or multiple URLs. [See the documentation](https://docs.firecrawl.dev/api-reference/endpoint/extract)",
  version: "0.0.4",
  annotations: {
    destructiveHint: false,
    openWorldHint: true,
    readOnlyHint: false,
  },
  type: "action",
  props: {
    firecrawl,
    urls: {
      type: "string[]",
      label: "URLs",
      description: "An array of one or more URLs. Supports wildcards (/*) for broader crawling.",
    },
    prompt: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Prompt",
      description: "(Optional unless no schema): A natural language prompt describing the data you want or specifying how you want that data structured.",
      optional: true,
    },
    schema: {
      type: "object",
      label: "Schema",
      description: "(Optional unless no prompt): A more rigid structure if you already know the JSON layout.",
      optional: true,
    },
    enableWebSearch: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Enable Web Search",
      description: "When `true`, the extraction will use web search to find additional data",
      optional: true,
    },
    ignoreSitemap: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Ignore Sitemap",
      description: "When true, sitemap.xml files will be ignored during website scanning",
      optional: true,
    },
    includeSubdomains: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Include Subdomains",
      description: "When true, subdomains of the provided URLs will also be scanned",
      optional: true,
    },
    showSources: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Show Sources",
      description: "When true, the sources used to extract the data will be included in the response",
      optional: true,
    },
    waitForCompletion: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Wait For Completion",
      description: "Set to `true` to poll the API in 3-second intervals until the job is completed",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    if (!this.prompt && !this.schema) {
      throw new ConfigurationError("Must enter one of Prompt or Schema");
    }

    let response = await this.firecrawl.extract({
      $,
      data: {
        urls: this.urls,
        prompt: this.prompt,
        schema: this.schema && parseObjectEntries(this.schema),
        enableWebSearch: this.enableWebSearch,
        ignoreSitemap: this.ignoreSitemap,
        includeSubdomains: this.includeSubdomains,
        showSources: this.showSources,
      },
    });

    if (this.waitForCompletion) {
      const id = response.id;
      const timer = (ms) => new Promise((res) => setTimeout(res, ms));
      do {
        response = await this.firecrawl.getExtractStatus({
          $,
          id,
        });
        await timer(3000);
      } while (response.status === "processing");
    }

    if (response.success) {
      $.export("$summary", "Successfully extracted data.");
    }
    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
FireCrawl	`firecrawl`	`app`	This component uses the FireCrawl app.
URLs	`urls`	`string[]`	An array of one or more URLs. Supports wildcards (/*) for broader crawling.
Prompt	`prompt`	`string`	(Optional unless no schema): A natural language prompt describing the data you want or specifying how you want that data structured.
Schema	`schema`	`object`	(Optional unless no prompt): A more rigid structure if you already know the JSON layout.
Enable Web Search	`enableWebSearch`	`boolean`	When `true`, the extraction will use web search to find additional data
Ignore Sitemap	`ignoreSitemap`	`boolean`	When true, sitemap.xml files will be ignored during website scanning
Include Subdomains	`includeSubdomains`	`boolean`	When true, subdomains of the provided URLs will also be scanned
Show Sources	`showSources`	`boolean`	When true, the sources used to extract the data will be included in the response
Wait For Completion	`waitForCompletion`	`boolean`	Set to `true` to poll the API in 3-second intervals until the job is completed