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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a RSS trigger and Ably 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 Publish Push Notification action
1. Connect your Ably account
2. Configure Channel Name
3. Configure Notification Title
4. Configure Notification Body
5. Configure Notification Data
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#

Publish Push Notification on Ably

Description:Publish a push notification for a channel. [See docs here](https://ably.com/docs/general/push/publish#channel-broadcast-example)

Version:0.0.1

Key:ably-publish-push-notification

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Ably Overview#

Ably API provides a platform for adding real-time messaging, streaming, and presence capabilities to your apps. With Pipedream, you can harness this power to create dynamic, event-driven workflows. Automate notifications, synchronize data across systems in real time, or react to Ably events to trigger actions in other services, like sending emails, updating databases, or calling external APIs.

Action Code#

import ably from "../../ably.app.mjs";

export default {
  name: "Publish Push Notification",
  version: "0.0.1",
  key: "ably-publish-push-notification",
  description: "Publish a push notification for a channel. [See docs here](https://ably.com/docs/general/push/publish#channel-broadcast-example)",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    ably,
    channelName: {
      propDefinition: [
        ably,
        "channelName",
      ],
      description: "The name of channel that will be published",
    },
    notificationTitle: {
      label: "Notification Title",
      description: "The title of push notification",
      type: "string",
    },
    notificationBody: {
      label: "Notification Body",
      description: "The body of push notification",
      type: "string",
    },
    notificationData: {
      label: "Notification Data",
      description: "The data of push notification",
      type: "object",
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const response = await this.ably.publishMessage({
      $,
      channelName: this.channelName,
      data: {
        name: this.eventName,
        data: this.notificationData,
        extras: {
          push: {
            data: this.notificationData,
            notification: {
              title: this.notificationTitle,
              body: this.notificationBody,
            },
          },
        },
      },
    });

    if (response.messageId) {
      $.export("$summary", `Successfully pushed notification with ID ${response.messageId}`);
    }

    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
Ably	`ably`	`app`	This component uses the Ably app.
Channel Name	`channelName`	`string`	The name of channel that will be published
Notification Title	`notificationTitle`	`string`	The title of push notification
Notification Body	`notificationBody`	`string`	The body of push notification
Notification Data	`notificationData`	`object`	The data of push notification

Action Authentication#

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

The full application key string can obtained through the dashboard and split at the colon.
api_key_initial is the initial segment of the api key before the colon used as the user name
api_key_remaining is the remaining string (without the leading colon) used as the password.