Get Attendance Entries with Zoho People API on New Events (Instant) from Twilio SendGrid API

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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Events (Instant) trigger
1. Connect your Twilio SendGrid account
2. Select one or more Event Types
Configure the Get Attendance Entries action
1. Connect your Zoho People account
2. Configure Start Date
3. Configure End Date
4. Optional- Select a Employee ID
5. Optional- Configure Email ID
6. Optional- Configure Map ID
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 Events (Instant) on Twilio SendGrid

Description:Emit new event when any of the specified SendGrid events is received

Version:0.0.5

Key:sendgrid-events

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Twilio SendGrid Overview#

The Twilio SendGrid API opens up a world of possibilities for email automation, enabling you to send emails efficiently and track their performance. With this API, you can programmatically create and send personalized email campaigns, manage contacts, and parse inbound emails for data extraction. When you harness the power of Pipedream, you can connect SendGrid to hundreds of other apps to automate workflows, such as triggering email notifications based on specific actions, syncing email stats with your analytics, or handling incoming emails to create tasks or tickets.

Trigger Code#

import common from "../common/http-based.mjs";
import deliveryEventTypes from "./delivery-event-types.mjs";
import engagementEventTypes from "./engagement-event-types.mjs";

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "sendgrid-events",
  name: "New Events (Instant)",
  description: "Emit new event when any of the specified SendGrid events is received",
  version: "0.0.5",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    ...common.props,
    eventTypes: {
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Event Types",
      description: "The type of events to listen to",
      options(context) {
        const { page } = context;
        if (page !== 0) {
          return {
            options: [],
          };
        }

        const options = [
          ...deliveryEventTypes,
          ...engagementEventTypes,
        ];
        return {
          options,
        };
      },
    },
  },
  methods: {
    ...common.methods,
    baseWebhookSettings() {
      // The list of events that a webhook can listen to. This method returns an
      // exhaustive list of all such flags disabled, and each event source can
      // then override the flags that are relevant to the event they handle.
      //
      // See the docs for more information:
      // https://sendgrid.com/docs/api-reference/
      const eventTypesData = [
        ...deliveryEventTypes,
        ...engagementEventTypes,
      ];
      return eventTypesData.reduce((accum, eventTypeData) => ({
        ...accum,
        [eventTypeData.value]: false,
      }), {});
    },
    webhookEventFlags() {
      return this.eventTypes.reduce((accum, eventType) => ({
        ...accum,
        [eventType]: true,
      }), {});
    },
    generateMeta(data) {
      const {
        event: eventType,
        sg_event_id: id,
        timestamp: ts,
      } = data;
      const summary = `New event: ${eventType}`;
      return {
        id,
        summary,
        ts,
      };
    },
  },
};

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
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
Twilio SendGrid	`sendgrid`	`app`	This component uses the Twilio SendGrid 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.
Event Types	`eventTypes`	`string[]`	Select a value from the drop down menu.

Trigger Authentication#

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

About Twilio SendGrid#

Send marketing and transactional email through the Twilio SendGrid platform with the Email API, proprietary mail transfer agent, and infrastructure for scalable delivery.

Action#

Get Attendance Entries on Zoho People

Description:This API is used to fetch the shift configuration details of an employee. All the details of the shift, that has been configured to the employee, in the given duration can be fetched using this API. Details include shifts mapped to the employee, start and end time of the shift and holiday, Weekend set for the shift. [See the documentation](https://www.zoho.com/people/api/attendance-shift-details.html)

Version:0.0.1

Key:zoho_people-get-attendance-entries

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Zoho People Overview#

The Zoho People API lets you interface with Zoho People, a human resource management platform. With this API on Pipedream, you can automate HR processes, sync employee data across systems, manage leave records, and more. Use Pipedream's no-code platform to integrate Zoho People with hundreds of other apps for custom workflows that fit your business needs.

Action Code#

import { ConfigurationError } from "@pipedream/platform";
import app from "../../zoho_people.app.mjs";
import { convertEmptyToNull } from "../common/add-update-record-common.mjs";

export default {
  type: "action",
  key: "zoho_people-get-attendance-entries",
  name: "Get Attendance Entries",
  version: "0.0.1",
  description: "This API is used to fetch the shift configuration details of an employee. All the details of the shift, that has been configured to the employee, in the given duration can be fetched using this API. Details include shifts mapped to the employee, start and end time of the shift and holiday, Weekend set for the shift. [See the documentation](https://www.zoho.com/people/api/attendance-shift-details.html)",
  props: {
    app,
    sdate: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Start Date",
      description: "The start date of the attendance entry. The format should be `yyyy-MM-dd`",
    },
    edate: {
      type: "string",
      label: "End Date",
      description: "The end date of the attendance entry. The format should be `yyyy-MM-dd`",
    },
    empId: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "empId",
      ],
    },
    emailId: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "emailId",
      ],
    },
    mapId: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "mapId",
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const {
      app,
      ...data
    } = this;

    if (!data.empId && !data.emailId && !data.mapId) {
      throw new ConfigurationError("One of the following fields is required: Employee ID, Email ID, Map ID");
    }
    const res = await app.getShiftConfiguration(convertEmptyToNull(data));
    if (res.error) {
      throw new Error(`Zoho People error response: ${res.error}`);
    }
    $.export("summary", "Attendance entry successfully fetched");
    return res;
  },
};

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
Zoho People	`app`	`app`	This component uses the Zoho People app.
Start Date	`sdate`	`string`	The start date of the attendance entry. The format should be `yyyy-MM-dd`
End Date	`edate`	`string`	The end date of the attendance entry. The format should be `yyyy-MM-dd`
Employee ID	`empId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Email ID	`emailId`	`string`	The email ID of the employee
Map ID	`mapId`	`string`	The mapper ID of the employee

Action Authentication#

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

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

ZOHOPEOPLE.automation.allZOHOPEOPLE.employee.allZOHOPEOPLE.performance.allZOHOPEOPLE.attendance.allZOHOPEOPLE.timetracker.allZOHOPEOPLE.forms.allZOHOPEOPLE.leave.allZOHOPEOPLE.assessment.allZOHOPEOPLE.training.allZOHOPEOPLE.announcement.allZOHOPEOPLE.feeds.allZOHOPEOPLE.dashboard.allZOHOPEOPLE.files.allZOHOPEOPLE.onboarding.allZOHOPEOPLE.integration.all