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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Scheduled Tasks trigger
1. Connect your AWS account
2. Select a AWS Region
3. Optional- Configure Secret
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 Scheduled Tasks on AWS

Description:Creates a Step Function State Machine to publish a message to an SNS topic at a specific timestamp. The SNS topic delivers the message to this Pipedream source, and the source emits it as a new event.

Version:0.4.2

Key:aws-new-scheduled-tasks

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AWS Overview#

The AWS API unlocks endless possibilities for automation with Pipedream. With this powerful combo, you can manage your AWS services and resources, automate deployment workflows, process data, and react to events across your AWS infrastructure. Pipedream offers a serverless platform for creating workflows triggered by various events that can execute AWS SDK functions, making it an efficient tool to integrate, automate, and orchestrate tasks across AWS services and other apps.

Trigger Code#

import base from "../common/scheduled.mjs";
import { toSingleLineString } from "../../common/utils.mjs";

export default {
  ...base,
  key: "aws-new-scheduled-tasks",
  name: "New Scheduled Tasks",
  description: toSingleLineString(`
    Creates a Step Function State Machine to publish a message
    to an SNS topic at a specific timestamp. The SNS topic delivers
    the message to this Pipedream source, and the source emits it as a new event.
  `),
  version: "0.4.2",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique", // Dedupe on SNS message ID
  methods: {
    ...base.methods,
    getStateMachineDefinition() {
      const { PD_COMPONENT: componentId } = process.env;
      const topicArn = this.getTopicArn();
      return {
        Comment: `Task Scheduler for Pipedream component ${componentId}`,
        StartAt: "Wait",
        States: {
          Wait: {
            Comment: "Wait until specified timestamp",
            Type: "Wait",
            TimestampPath: "$.timestamp",
            Next: "SendMessageToSNS",
          },
          SendMessageToSNS: {
            Type: "Task",
            Resource: "arn:aws:states:::sns:publish",
            Parameters: {
              "TopicArn": topicArn,
              "Message.$": "$",
            },
            End: true,
          },
        },
      };
    },
    getStateMachinePermissions() {
      const topicArn = this.getTopicArn();
      const document = {
        Version: "2012-10-17",
        Statement: [
          {
            Effect: "Allow",
            Action: [
              "sns:Publish",
            ],
            Resource: [
              topicArn,
            ],
          },
        ],
      };
      const name = "publish-messages-to-pipedream-sns-topic";
      return {
        document,
        name,
      };
    },
  },
};

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
AWS	`aws`	`app`	This component uses the AWS app.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
N/A	`http`	`$.interface.http`	This component uses `$.interface.http` to generate a unique URL when the component is first instantiated. Each request to the URL will trigger the `run()` method of the component.
AWS Region	`region`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Secret	`secret`	`string`	Optional but recommended: if you enter a secret here, you must pass this value in the `secret` parameter of each HTTP POST request

Trigger Authentication#

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

Follow the AWS Instructions for creating an IAM user with an associated access and secret key.

As a best practice, attach the minimum set of IAM permissions necessary to perform the specific task in Pipedream. If your workflow only needs to perform a single API call, you should create a user and associate an IAM group / policy with permission to do only that task. You can create as many linked AWS accounts in Pipedream as you'd like.

Enter your access and secret key below.

About AWS#

Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers reliable, scalable, and inexpensive cloud computing services.

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:

About Front#

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