Notify Devices with Alerty 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 Alerty 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 Notify Devices action
1. Connect your Alerty account
2. Configure Message
3. Optional- Configure Title
4. Optional- Configure Image URL
5. Optional- Configure Icon URL
6. Optional- Configure Device ID
7. Optional- Select a Urgency
8. Optional- Configure Actions
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:1.2.7

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: "1.2.7",
    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#

Notify Devices on Alerty

Description:Sends a notification to active devices. [See the documentation](https://alerty.dev/api/notify)

Version:0.0.1

Key:alerty-notify-devices

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Action Code#

import alerty from "../../alerty.app.mjs";
import { URGENCY_OPTIONS } from "../../common/constants.mjs";
import { parseObject } from "../../common/utils.mjs";

export default {
  key: "alerty-notify-devices",
  name: "Notify Devices",
  description: "Sends a notification to active devices. [See the documentation](https://alerty.dev/api/notify)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    alerty,
    message: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Message",
      description: "The message to be included in the push notification.",
    },
    title: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Title",
      description: "Title for your notification message.",
      optional: true,
    },
    image: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Image URL",
      description: "URL of an image to be displayed in the notification.",
      optional: true,
    },
    icon: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Icon URL",
      description: "URL of an image to be used as an icon by the notification. Default: Alerty Logo",
      optional: true,
    },
    deviceId: {
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Device ID",
      description: "Specific device IDs to send the notification to. If no Device Id is included, the push message will be sent to all active devices on your account.",
      optional: true,
    },
    urgency: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Urgency",
      description: "Urgency of the notification. Default: very-low",
      options: URGENCY_OPTIONS,
      optional: true,
    },
    actions: {
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Actions",
      description: "Actions for the notification, each item should be a JSON string. Example: { \"action\": \"https://example.com\", \"title\": \"Open Site\", \"icon\": \"https://example.com/icon.png\" }",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const response = await this.alerty.makeRequest({
      $,
      data: {
        message: this.message,
        title: this.title,
        image: this.image,
        icon: this.icon,
        device_id: parseObject(this.deviceId),
        urgency: this.urgency,
        actions: parseObject(this.actions),
      },
    });

    $.export("$summary", `Notification sent with message: "${this.message}"`);
    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
Alerty	`alerty`	`app`	This component uses the Alerty app.
Message	`message`	`string`	The message to be included in the push notification.
Title	`title`	`string`	Title for your notification message.
Image URL	`image`	`string`	URL of an image to be displayed in the notification.
Icon URL	`icon`	`string`	URL of an image to be used as an icon by the notification. Default: Alerty Logo
Device ID	`deviceId`	`string[]`	Specific device IDs to send the notification to. If no Device Id is included, the push message will be sent to all active devices on your account.
Urgency	`urgency`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`very-lowlownormalhigh`
Actions	`actions`	`string[]`	Actions for the notification, each item should be a JSON string. Example: { "action": "https://example.com", "title": "Open Site", "icon": "https://example.com/icon.png" }