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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Message in Channel trigger
1. Connect your Discord Bot account
2. Select a Guild
3. Select one or more Channels
4. Optional- Configure Emit messages as a single event
5. Configure timer
Configure the Scrape Website Text action
1. Connect your WebScraping.AI account
2. Configure Target URL
3. Optional- Configure Headers
4. Optional- Configure Timeout
5. Optional- Configure JS
6. Optional- Configure JS Timeout
7. Optional- Configure Wait For
8. Optional- Select a Proxy
9. Optional- Select a Country
10. Optional- Configure Custom Proxy
11. Optional- Select a Device
12. Optional- Configure Error on 404
13. Optional- Configure Error on Redirect
14. Optional- Configure JS Script
15. Optional- Select a Text Format
16. Optional- Configure Return Links
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 Message in Channel on Discord Bot

Description:Emit new event for each message posted to one or more channels

Version:0.0.18

Key:discord_bot-new-message-in-channel

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Discord Bot Overview#

The Discord Bot API unlocks the power to interact with Discord users and channels programmatically, making it possible to automate messages, manage servers, and integrate with other services. With Pipedream's serverless platform, you can create complex workflows that respond to events in Discord, process data, and trigger actions in other apps. This opens up opportunities for community engagement, content moderation, analytics, and more, without the overhead of managing infrastructure.

Trigger Code#

import { DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL } from "@pipedream/platform";
import maxBy from "lodash.maxby";
import common from "../common.mjs";
import sampleEmit from "./test-event.mjs";

const { discord } = common.props;

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "discord_bot-new-message-in-channel",
  name: "New Message in Channel",
  description: "Emit new event for each message posted to one or more channels",
  type: "source",
  version: "0.0.18",

  dedupe: "unique", // Dedupe events based on the Discord message ID
  props: {
    ...common.props,
    db: "$.service.db",
    channels: {
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Channels",
      description: "The channels you'd like to watch for new messages",
      propDefinition: [
        discord,
        "channelId",
        ({ guildId }) => ({
          guildId,
        }),
      ],
    },
    emitEventsInBatch: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Emit messages as a single event",
      description:
        "If `true`, all messages are emitted as an array, within a single Pipedream event. Defaults to `false`, emitting each Discord message as its own event in Pipedream",
      optional: true,
      default: false,
    },
    timer: {
      type: "$.interface.timer",
      default: {
        intervalSeconds: DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL,
      },
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    // We store a cursor to the last message ID
    let lastMessageIDs = this._getLastMessageIDs();

    // If this is our first time running this source,
    // get the last N messages, emit them, and checkpoint
    for (const channelId of this.channels) {
      let lastMessageID;
      let messages = [];

      if (!lastMessageID) {
        messages = await this.discord.getMessages({
          $,
          channelId,
          params: {
            limit: 100,
          },
        });

        lastMessageID = messages.length
          ? maxBy(messages, (message) => message.id).id
          : 1;

      } else {
        let newMessages = [];

        do {
          newMessages = await this.discord.getMessages({
            $,
            channelId,
            params: {
              after: lastMessageIDs[channelId],
            },
          });

          messages = messages.concat(newMessages);

          lastMessageID = newMessages.length
            ? maxBy(newMessages, (message) => message.id).id
            : lastMessageIDs[channelId];

        } while (newMessages.length);
      }

      // Set the new high water mark for the last message ID
      // for this channel
      lastMessageIDs[channelId] = lastMessageID;

      if (!messages.length) {
        console.log(`No new messages in channel ${channelId}`);
        return;
      }

      console.log(`${messages.length} new messages in channel ${channelId}`);

      // Batched emits do not take advantage of the built-in deduper
      if (this.emitEventsInBatch) {
        const suffixChar =
          messages.length > 1
            ? "s"
            : "";

        this.$emit(messages, {
          summary: `${messages.length} new message${suffixChar}`,
          id: lastMessageID,
        });

      } else {
        messages.forEach((message) => {
          this.$emit(message, {
            summary: message.content,
            id: message.id, // dedupes events based on this ID
          });
        });
      }
    }

    // Set the last message ID for the next run
    this._setLastMessageIDs(lastMessageIDs);
  },
  sampleEmit,
};

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
Discord Bot	`discord`	`app`	This component uses the Discord Bot app.
Guild	`guildId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
Channels	`channels`	`string[]`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Emit messages as a single event	`emitEventsInBatch`	`boolean`	If `true`, all messages are emitted as an array, within a single Pipedream event. Defaults to `false`, emitting each Discord message as its own event in Pipedream
	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`

Trigger Authentication#

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

This app allows you to use the Discord API using your own Discord bot. If you don't want to use a custom bot, and you just need to use the Discord API, exit this screen and use the Discord app, instead.

If you want to use your own Discord bot, but haven't created one yet, see these instructions or watch this video. You'll need to add this bot to your server(s) to make successful API requests.

Once you've created your bot, you'll find the Bot token within the Bot section of your app. Enter that token below.

About Discord Bot#

Use this app to interact with the Discord API using a bot in your account

Action#

Scrape Website Text on WebScraping.AI

Description:Returns the visible text content of a webpage specified by the URL. [See the documentation](https://webscraping.ai/docs#tag/Text/operation/getText).

Version:0.0.1

Key:webscraping_ai-scrape-website-text

View on GitHub

WebScraping.AI Overview#

WebScraping.AI API provides powerful tools for extracting data from websites, enabling users to retrieve structured information without the hassle of setting up a custom scraper. It handles proxy rotation, browsers, and CAPTCHAs, allowing you to focus on data collection. With Pipedream, you can harness this capability to create automated workflows that trigger on various events, process web content, and connect with countless other apps to feed data pipelines, monitor changes, or populate databases.

Action Code#

import webscrapingAI from "../../webscraping_ai.app.mjs";
import utils from "../../common/utils.mjs";

export default {
  key: "webscraping_ai-scrape-website-text",
  name: "Scrape Website Text",
  description: "Returns the visible text content of a webpage specified by the URL. [See the documentation](https://webscraping.ai/docs#tag/Text/operation/getText).",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    webscrapingAI,
    targetUrl: {
      propDefinition: [
        webscrapingAI,
        "targetUrl",
      ],
    },
    headers: {
      propDefinition: [
        webscrapingAI,
        "headers",
      ],
    },
    timeout: {
      propDefinition: [
        webscrapingAI,
        "timeout",
      ],
    },
    js: {
      propDefinition: [
        webscrapingAI,
        "js",
      ],
    },
    jsTimeout: {
      propDefinition: [
        webscrapingAI,
        "jsTimeout",
      ],
    },
    waitFor: {
      propDefinition: [
        webscrapingAI,
        "waitFor",
      ],
    },
    proxy: {
      propDefinition: [
        webscrapingAI,
        "proxy",
      ],
    },
    country: {
      propDefinition: [
        webscrapingAI,
        "country",
      ],
    },
    customProxy: {
      propDefinition: [
        webscrapingAI,
        "customProxy",
      ],
    },
    device: {
      propDefinition: [
        webscrapingAI,
        "device",
      ],
    },
    errorOn404: {
      propDefinition: [
        webscrapingAI,
        "errorOn404",
      ],
    },
    errorOnRedirect: {
      propDefinition: [
        webscrapingAI,
        "errorOnRedirect",
      ],
    },
    jsScript: {
      propDefinition: [
        webscrapingAI,
        "jsScript",
      ],
    },
    textFormat: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Text Format",
      description: "The format of the returned text content. Default: `json`",
      options: [
        "plain",
        "xml",
        "json",
      ],
      default: "json",
      optional: true,
    },
    returnLinks: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Return Links",
      description: "Whether to include links in the returned text content. Works only when Text Format is `json`.",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const response = await this.webscrapingAI.pageTextByUrl({
      $,
      params: {
        url: this.targetUrl,
        headers: utils.stringifyHeaders(this.headers),
        timeout: this.timeout,
        js: this.js,
        js_timeout: this.jsTimeout,
        wait_for: this.waitFor,
        proxy: this.proxy,
        country: this.country,
        custom_proxy: this.customProxy,
        device: this.device,
        error_on_404: this.errorOn404,
        error_on_redirect: this.errorOnRedirect,
        js_script: this.jsScript,
        text_format: this.textFormat,
        return_links: this.returnLinks,
      },
    });
    $.export("$summary", `Successfully scraped text from ${this.targetUrl}`);
    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
WebScraping.AI	`webscrapingAI`	`app`	This component uses the WebScraping.AI app.
Target URL	`targetUrl`	`string`	The URL of the webpage to scrape.
Headers	`headers`	`object`	HTTP headers to pass to the target page
Timeout	`timeout`	`integer`	Maximum web page retrieval time in ms. Increase it in case of timeout errors (10000 by default, maximum is 30000).
JS	`js`	`boolean`	Execute on-page JavaScript using a headless browser (`true` by default)
JS Timeout	`jsTimeout`	`integer`	Maximum JavaScript rendering time in ms. Default: `2000`
Wait For	`waitFor`	`string`	CSS selector to wait for before returning the page content. Useful for pages with dynamic content loading. Overrides js_timeout.
Proxy	`proxy`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`datacenterresidential`
Country	`country`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`usgbdeitfrcaesrujpkrin`
Custom Proxy	`customProxy`	`string`	Your own proxy URL to use instead of our built-in proxy pool in "http://user:password@host:port" format (Smartproxy for example).
Device	`device`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`desktopmobiletablet`
Error on 404	`errorOn404`	`boolean`	Return error on 404 HTTP status on the target page (`false` by default)
Error on Redirect	`errorOnRedirect`	`boolean`	Return error on redirect on the target page (`false` by default)
JS Script	`jsScript`	`string`	Custom JavaScript code to execute on the target page. Example: `document.querySelector('button').click();`
Text Format	`textFormat`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`plainxmljson`
Return Links	`returnLinks`	`boolean`	Whether to include links in the returned text content. Works only when Text Format is `json`.

Action Authentication#

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

About WebScraping.AI#

Simple and powerful web scraping API with automated proxies rotation and Chrome JS rendering

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