Receive Custom Messages with Front 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 Front 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 Receive Custom Messages action
1. Connect your Front account
2. Select a Channel ID
3. Configure Handle
4. Optional- Select a Contact ID
5. Optional- Configure Sender Name
6. Optional- Configure Subject
7. Optional- Select a Body Format
8. Configure Body
9. Optional- Select a Thread Ref
10. Optional- Configure Headers
11. Optional- Configure Attachments
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#

Receive Custom Messages on Front

Description:Receive a custom message in Front. [See the docs here](https://dev.frontapp.com/reference/post_channels-channel-id-incoming-messages).

Version:0.0.3

Key:frontapp-receive-custom-messages

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Front Overview#

The Front API empowers you to automate the handling of your team's email inbox, collaborate on conversations, and streamline communication workflows. By harnessing this API on Pipedream, you can craft custom integrations that trigger actions in Front in response to events, synchronize data across platforms, and augment your team's productivity with automated tasks. This can include creating or updating conversations and contacts, managing tags, or firing off custom automation rules within Front.

Action Code#

import utils from "../../common/utils.mjs";
import frontApp from "../../frontapp.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "frontapp-receive-custom-messages",
  name: "Receive Custom Messages",
  description: "Receive a custom message in Front. [See the docs here](https://dev.frontapp.com/reference/post_channels-channel-id-incoming-messages).",
  version: "0.0.3",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    frontApp,
    channelId: {
      propDefinition: [
        frontApp,
        "channelId",
        () => ({
          filter: (channel) => [
            "custom",
          ].includes(channel.type),
        }),
      ],
    },
    handle: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Handle",
      description: "Handle of the sender. It can be any string used to uniquely identify the sender",
    },
    contactId: {
      propDefinition: [
        frontApp,
        "contactId",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    senderName: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Sender Name",
      description: "Name of the sender",
      optional: true,
    },
    subject: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Subject",
      description: "Subject of the message",
      optional: true,
    },
    bodyFormat: {
      propDefinition: [
        frontApp,
        "bodyFormat",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    body: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Body",
      description: "Body of the message",
    },
    threadRef: {
      propDefinition: [
        frontApp,
        "threadRef",
      ],
    },
    headers: {
      type: "object",
      label: "Headers",
      description: "Custom object where any internal information can be stored",
      optional: true,
    },
    attachments: {
      propDefinition: [
        frontApp,
        "attachments",
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const {
      channelId,
      handle,
      contactId,
      senderName,
      subject,
      body,
      bodyFormat,
      threadRef,
      headers,
    } = this;

    const attachments = utils.parse(this.attachments);

    const hasAttachments = attachments?.length > 0;

    const sender = utils.emptyObjectToUndefined({
      contact_id: contactId,
      name: senderName,
      handle,
    });

    const metadata = utils.emptyObjectToUndefined({
      thread_ref: threadRef,
      headers,
    });

    const data = utils.reduceProperties({
      initialProps: {
        body,
        sender,
      },
      additionalProps: {
        body_format: bodyFormat,
        metadata,
        attachments: [
          attachments,
          hasAttachments,
        ],
        subject,
      },
    });

    const args = utils.reduceProperties({
      initialProps: {
        channelId,
        data,
      },
      additionalProps: {
        headers: [
          {
            "Content-Type": "multipart/form-data",
          },
          hasAttachments,
        ],
      },
    });

    const response = await this.frontApp.receiveCustomMessages(args);

    $.export("$summary", `Successfully received message with ID ${response.message_uid}`);

    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
Front	`frontApp`	`app`	This component uses the Front app.
Channel ID	`channelId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Handle	`handle`	`string`	Handle of the sender. It can be any string used to uniquely identify the sender
Contact ID	`contactId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Sender Name	`senderName`	`string`	Name of the sender
Subject	`subject`	`string`	Subject of the message
Body Format	`bodyFormat`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`htmlmarkdown`
Body	`body`	`string`	Body of the message
Thread Ref	`threadRef`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Headers	`headers`	`object`	Custom object where any internal information can be stored
Attachments	`attachments`	`string[]`	File paths of files previously downloaded in Pipedream E.g. (`/tmp/my-image.jpg`). Download a file to the `/tmp` directory

Action Authentication#

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

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

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