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Getting Started#

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

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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 Identify a user, tie them to their actions and record traits about them action
1. Connect your Segment account
2. Optional- Configure Anonymous ID
3. Optional- Configure Context
4. Optional- Configure Integrations
5. Optional- Configure Timestamp
6. Optional- Configure Traits
7. Optional- Configure User 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 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#

Identify a user, tie them to their actions and record traits about them on Segment

Description:Identify lets you tie a user to their actions and record traits about them. It includes a unique User ID and any optional traits you know about them (note requires userId or anonymousId). See the docs [here](https://segment.com/docs/connections/sources/catalog/libraries/server/http-api/#identify)

Version:0.2.5

Key:segment-identify

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Segment Overview#

The Segment API enables you to collect, manage, and route your customer analytics data to various tools for marketing, analytics, and data warehousing. By harnessing the Segment API on Pipedream, you can automate the ingestion and syncing of user events and properties to multiple destinations, allowing you to create seamless data pipelines without manual intervention. Pipedream's serverless platform empowers you to build custom workflows that react to events in real-time, enrich data, or trigger actions across your tech stack.

Action Code#

import segmentApp from "../../segment.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "segment-identify",
  name: "Identify a user, tie them to their actions and record traits about them",
  description: "Identify lets you tie a user to their actions and record traits about them. It includes a unique User ID and any optional traits you know about them (note requires userId or anonymousId). See the docs [here](https://segment.com/docs/connections/sources/catalog/libraries/server/http-api/#identify)",
  version: "0.2.5",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    segmentApp,
    anonymousId: {
      propDefinition: [
        segmentApp,
        "anonymousId",
      ],
    },
    context: {
      propDefinition: [
        segmentApp,
        "context",
      ],
    },
    integrations: {
      propDefinition: [
        segmentApp,
        "integrations",
      ],
    },
    timestamp: {
      propDefinition: [
        segmentApp,
        "timestamp",
      ],
    },
    traits: {
      type: "object",
      label: "Traits",
      description: "Free-form dictionary of traits of the user, like email or name.",
      optional: true,
    },
    userId: {
      propDefinition: [
        segmentApp,
        "userId",
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    return this.segmentApp.identify({
      $,
      data: {
        anonymousId: this.anonymousId,
        context: this.context,
        integrations: this.integrations,
        timestamp: this.timestamp,
        traits: this.traits,
        userId: this.userId,
      },
    });
  },
};

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
Segment	`segmentApp`	`app`	This component uses the Segment app.
Anonymous ID	`anonymousId`	`string`	A pseudo-unique substitute for a User ID, for cases when you don't have an absolutely unique identifier. A User ID or an Anonymous ID is required.
Context	`context`	`object`	Dictionary of extra information that provides useful context about a message, but is not directly related to the API call like ip address or locale
Integrations	`integrations`	`object`	Dictionary of destinations to either enable or disable
Timestamp	`timestamp`	`string`	Timestamp when the message itself took place, defaulted to the current time by the Segment Tracking API. It is an ISO-8601 date string. For example, `2022-04-08T17:32:11.318Z`
Traits	`traits`	`object`	Free-form dictionary of traits of the user, like email or name.
User ID	`userId`	`string`	Unique identifier for the user in your database., A User ID or an Anonymous ID is required.

Action Authentication#

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

Segment's APIs are accessed programmatically using access tokens, as well as write keys.

Access Token

Create access tokens via the Access Management page in your account: https://app.segment.com/{your-workspace-name}/settings/access-management. See "Get a Token" for more details. Please note, that you must be on a Team or Business plan to create an access token.

Write Key

You will also need to find your write key, which is a unique identifier for your Source. To find a write key, you first need to create a non-Cloud Source such as a website, server, or mobile source. (Cloud-sources do not have write keys, as they use a token or key from your account with that service.) Then, in the Source, go to “Settings’, and then go to “API Keys”. See "Locating Your Write Key" for more details.

About Segment#

Customer data platform

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