Get Table Record By SysId with ServiceNow API on New Follower from Wordpress.com API

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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Follower trigger
1. Connect your Wordpress.com account
2. Select a Site ID or Domain
3. Select a Follower Type
4. Configure Timer
Configure the Get Table Record By SysId action
1. Connect your ServiceNow account
2. Configure table_name
3. Configure sys_id
4. Optional- Select a api_version
5. Optional- Select a request_format
6. Optional- Select a response_format
7. Optional- Select a sysparm_display_value
8. Optional- Configure sysparm_exclude_reference_link
9. Optional- Configure sysparm_fields
10. Optional- Configure sysparm_view
11. Optional- Configure sysparm_query_no_domain
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 Follower on Wordpress.com

Description:Emit new event for each new follower that subscribes to the site.

Version:0.0.2

Key:wordpress_com-new-follower

View on GitHub

Wordpress.com Overview#

The Wordpress.com API empowers developers to extend and integrate their website's capabilities with custom automations and connections to a multitude of apps. Through Pipedream's serverless platform, you have the ability to automate content management tasks such as posting new articles, managing comments, and synchronizing users. This can streamline content workflows, enhance user engagement, and keep your site's data in sync with other services like social media, email marketing platforms, and analytics tools.

Trigger Code#

import wordpress from "../../wordpress_com.app.mjs";
import { DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL } from "@pipedream/platform";

export default {
  key: "wordpress_com-new-follower",
  name: "New Follower",
  description: "Emit new event for each new follower that subscribes to the site.",
  version: "0.0.2",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  methods: {
    getWordpressFollowers($) {

      return this.wordpress.getWordpressFollowers({
        $,
        site: this.site,
        type: this.type,
      });

    },
  },
  props: {
    wordpress,
    db: "$.service.db",
    site: {
      propDefinition: [
        wordpress,
        "siteId",
      ],
    },
    type: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Follower Type",
      description: "Select the type of followers to fetch: those who clicked Subscribe or those manually added in the dashboard.",
      options: [
        {
          label: "WordPress.com Followers",
          value: "wpcom",
        },
        {
          label: "Email-only Followers",
          value: "email",
        },
      ],
      default: "wpcom",
    },
    timer: {
      type: "$.interface.timer",
      label: "Timer",
      description: "How often to poll WordPress for new followers.",
      default: {
        intervalSeconds: DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL,
      },
    },
  },
  hooks: {
    async activate() {

      const {
        wordpress,
        db,
      } = this;

      await this.db.set("lastFollowerId", null); //reset

      const response = await this.getWordpressFollowers();

      const followers = response.subscribers || [];

      await wordpress.initialize(followers, db, "lastFollowerId");
    },
  },

  async run({ $ }) {
    const {
      wordpress,
      db,
    } = this;

    const response = await this.getWordpressFollowers($);

    const followers = response.subscribers || [];

    const lastFollowerId = Number(await db.get("lastFollowerId"));

    if (!lastFollowerId) await wordpress.initialize(followers, db, "lastFollowerId");

    let maxFollowerIdTracker = lastFollowerId;
    const newFollowers = [];

    for (const follower of followers) {
      if (Number(follower.ID) > lastFollowerId) {
        newFollowers.push(follower);
        if (Number(follower.ID) > maxFollowerIdTracker) {
          maxFollowerIdTracker = follower.ID;
        }
      }
    }

    for (const follower of newFollowers) {
      this.$emit(follower, {
        id: follower.ID,
        summary: follower.label || follower.login || "Anonymous Follower",
        ts: follower.date_subscribed && +new Date(follower.date_subscribed),
      });
    }

    // Update last seen follower ID
    if (newFollowers.length > 0) {
      await db.set("lastFollowerId", maxFollowerIdTracker);
      console.log(`Checked for new followers. Emitted ${newFollowers.length} follower(s).`);
    } else {
      console.log("No new followers found.");
    }
  },
};

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
Wordpress.com	`wordpress`	`app`	This component uses the Wordpress.com app.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
Site ID or Domain	`site`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Follower Type	`type`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`{ "label": "WordPress.com Followers", "value": "wpcom" }{ "label": "Email-only Followers", "value": "email" }`
Timer	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`	How often to poll WordPress for new followers.

Trigger Authentication#

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

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

global

About Wordpress.com#

Hosted Wordpress

Action#

Get Table Record By SysId on ServiceNow

Description:Retrieves the record identified by the specified sys_id from the specified table.

Version:0.3.1

Key:servicenow-get-table-record-by-sysid

View on GitHub

ServiceNow Overview#

The ServiceNow API lets developers access and manipulate records, manage workflows, and integrate with other services on its IT service management platform. These capabilities support automating tasks, syncing data across platforms, and boosting operational efficiencies.

Action Code#

// legacy_hash_id: a_rJid2e
import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform";

export default {
  key: "servicenow-get-table-record-by-sysid",
  name: "Get Table Record By SysId",
  description: "Retrieves the record identified by the specified sys_id from the specified table.",
  version: "0.3.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    servicenow: {
      type: "app",
      app: "servicenow",
    },
    table_name: {
      type: "string",
      description: "The name of the table containing the record to retrieve.",
    },
    sys_id: {
      type: "string",
      description: "Unique identifier of the record to retrieve.",
    },
    api_version: {
      type: "string",
      description: "API version number. Version numbers identify the endpoint version that a URI accesses. By specifying a version number in your URIs, you can ensure that future updates to the REST API do not negatively impact your integration. Use `lastest` to use the latest REST endpoint for your instance version.",
      optional: true,
      options: [
        "lastest",
        "v1",
        "v2",
      ],
    },
    request_format: {
      type: "string",
      description: "Format of REST request body",
      optional: true,
      options: [
        "application/json",
        "application/xml",
        "text/xml",
      ],
    },
    response_format: {
      type: "string",
      description: "Format of REST response body.",
      optional: true,
      options: [
        "application/json",
        "application/xml",
        "text/xml",
      ],
    },
    sysparm_display_value: {
      type: "string",
      description: "Return field display values (true), actual values (false), or both (all) (default: false).",
      optional: true,
      options: [
        "true",
        "false",
        "all",
      ],
    },
    sysparm_exclude_reference_link: {
      type: "boolean",
      description: "True to exclude Table API links for reference fields (default: false).",
      optional: true,
    },
    sysparm_fields: {
      type: "string",
      description: "A comma-separated list of fields to return in the response.",
      optional: true,
    },
    sysparm_view: {
      type: "string",
      description: "Render the response according to the specified UI view (overridden by sysparm_fields).",
      optional: true,
    },
    sysparm_query_no_domain: {
      type: "boolean",
      description: "True to access data across domains if authorized (default: false).",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
  // See the API docs: https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/paris-application-development/page/integrate/inbound-rest/concept/c_TableAPI.html#table-GET-id                      */

    if (!this.table_name || !this.sys_id) {
      throw new Error("Must provide table_name, and sys_id parameters.");
    }

    var apiVersion = "";
    if (this.api_version == "v1" || this.api_version == "v2") {
      apiVersion = this.api_version + "/";
    }

    return await axios($, {
      url: `https://${this.servicenow.$auth.instance_name}.service-now.com/api/now/${apiVersion}table/${this.table_name}/${this.sys_id}`,
      headers: {
        "Authorization": `Bearer ${this.servicenow.$auth.oauth_access_token}`,
        "Accept": this.request_format || "application/json",
        "Content-Type": this.response_format || "application/json",
      },
      params: {
        sysparm_display_value: this.sysparm_display_value,
        sysparm_exclude_reference_link: this.sysparm_exclude_reference_link,
        sysparm_fields: this.sysparm_fields,
        sysparm_view: this.sysparm_view,
        sysparm_query_no_domain: this.sysparm_query_no_domain,
      },
    });
  },
};

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
ServiceNow	`servicenow`	`app`	This component uses the ServiceNow app.
table_name	`table_name`	`string`	The name of the table containing the record to retrieve.
sys_id	`sys_id`	`string`	Unique identifier of the record to retrieve.
api_version	`api_version`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`lastestv1v2`
request_format	`request_format`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`application/jsonapplication/xmltext/xml`
response_format	`response_format`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`application/jsonapplication/xmltext/xml`
sysparm_display_value	`sysparm_display_value`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`truefalseall`
sysparm_exclude_reference_link	`sysparm_exclude_reference_link`	`boolean`	True to exclude Table API links for reference fields (default: false).
sysparm_fields	`sysparm_fields`	`string`	A comma-separated list of fields to return in the response.
sysparm_view	`sysparm_view`	`string`	Render the response according to the specified UI view (overridden by sysparm_fields).
sysparm_query_no_domain	`sysparm_query_no_domain`	`boolean`	True to access data across domains if authorized (default: false).

Action Authentication#

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

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