Run Automation with Browserhub API on Weekly schedule from Schedule API

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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the Weekly schedule trigger
1. Connect your Schedule account
2. Configure Cron Schedule
Configure the Run Automation action
1. Connect your Browserhub account
2. Select a Scraper ID
3. Optional- Configure Rows Limit
4. Optional- Configure Webhook URL
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#

Weekly schedule on Schedule

Description:Trigger your workflow on one or more days each week at a specific time (with timezone support).

Version:0.0.1

Key:schedule-weekly

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Schedule Overview#

The Schedule app in Pipedream is a powerful tool that allows you to trigger workflows at regular intervals, ranging from every minute to once a year. This enables the automation of repetitive tasks and the scheduling of actions to occur without manual intervention. By leveraging this API, you can execute code, run integrations, and process data on a reliable schedule, all within Pipedream's serverless environment.

Trigger Code#

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

export default {
  name: "Weekly schedule",
  version: "0.0.1",
  key: "schedule-weekly",
  type: "source",
  description: "Trigger your workflow on one or more days each week at a specific time (with timezone support).",
  props: {
    schedule,
    cron: {
      propDefinition: [
        schedule,
        "cron",
      ],
      default: {
        cron: "0 10 * * 1",
      },
    },
  },
};

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
Schedule	`schedule`	`app`	This component uses the Schedule app.
Cron Schedule	`cron`	`$.interface.timer`	Enter a cron expression

Trigger Authentication#

The Schedule API does not require authentication.

About Schedule#

Trigger workflows on an interval or cron schedule.

Action#

Run Automation on Browserhub

Description:Triggers a pre-built automation by providing the scraper ID. [See the documentation](https://developer.browserhub.io/runs/#create-a-run)

Version:0.0.1

Key:browserhub-run-automation

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Browserhub Overview#

The Browserhub API offers automation and control over browser sessions, enabling users to create, manipulate, and extract data from web pages programmatically. Integrating Browserhub with Pipedream opens a world of possibilities for automating web interaction workflows, monitoring website changes, scraping data, and testing web applications. Pipedream's serverless platform allows for easy orchestration of API calls and data handling, making it a powerful tool for developers to harness the capabilities of Browserhub in a scalable and efficient manner.

Action Code#

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

export default {
  key: "browserhub-run-automation",
  name: "Run Automation",
  description: "Triggers a pre-built automation by providing the scraper ID. [See the documentation](https://developer.browserhub.io/runs/#create-a-run)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    browserhub,
    scraperId: {
      propDefinition: [
        browserhub,
        "scraperId",
      ],
    },
    rowsLimit: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Rows Limit",
      description: "Maximum number of extracted rows that want to be modified.",
      optional: true,
    },
    webhookURL: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Webhook URL",
      description: "URL that will be called after the scraper run `status` is **not** `running` anymore.",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const response = await this.browserhub.createRun({
      $,
      data: {
        scraper_id: this.scraperId,
        rows_limit: this.rowsLimit,
        webhook_url: this.webhookURL,
      },
    });
    $.export("$summary", `Successfully triggered automation with Scraper ID: ${response.id}`);
    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
Browserhub	`browserhub`	`app`	This component uses the Browserhub app.
Scraper ID	`scraperId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Rows Limit	`rowsLimit`	`integer`	Maximum number of extracted rows that want to be modified.
Webhook URL	`webhookURL`	`string`	URL that will be called after the scraper run `status` is not `running` anymore.