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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a Slack trigger and Scrapeless 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 Channels (Instant) trigger
1. Connect your Slack account
2. Optional- Select one or more Channels
3. Configure slackApphook
4. Optional- Configure Resolve Names
5. Optional- Configure Ignore Bots
6. Optional- Configure Ignore replies in threads
Configure the Scraping API action
1. Connect your Scrapeless account
2. Select a Please select a API server
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 Channels (Instant) on Slack

Description:Emit new event when a new message is posted to one or more channels

Version:1.0.25

Key:slack-new-message-in-channels

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Slack Overview#

The Pipedream Slack app enables you to build event-driven workflows that interact with the Slack API. Once you authorize the Pipedream app's access to your workspace, you can use Pipedream workflows to perform common Slack actions or write your own code against the Slack API.

The Pipedream Slack app is not a typical app. You don't interact with it directly as a bot, and it doesn't add custom functionality to your workspace out of the box. It makes it easier to automate anything you'd typically use the Slack API for, using Pipedream workflows.

Automate posting updates to your team channels
Create a bot to answer common questions
Integrate with your existing tools and services
And much more!

Trigger Code#

import common from "../common/base.mjs";
import constants from "../common/constants.mjs";
import sampleEmit from "./test-event.mjs";

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "slack-new-message-in-channels",
  name: "New Message In Channels (Instant)",
  version: "1.0.25",
  description: "Emit new event when a new message is posted to one or more channels",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    ...common.props,
    conversations: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.slack,
        "conversation",
      ],
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Channels",
      description: "Select one or more channels to monitor for new messages.",
      optional: true,
    },
    // eslint-disable-next-line pipedream/props-description,pipedream/props-label
    slackApphook: {
      type: "$.interface.apphook",
      appProp: "slack",
      async eventNames() {
        return this.conversations || [
          "message",
        ];
      },
    },
    resolveNames: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.slack,
        "resolveNames",
      ],
    },
    ignoreBot: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.slack,
        "ignoreBot",
      ],
    },
    ignoreThreads: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Ignore replies in threads",
      description: "Ignore replies to messages in threads",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  methods: {
    ...common.methods,
    getSummary() {
      return "New message in channel";
    },
    async processEvent(event) {
      if (event.type !== "message") {
        console.log(`Ignoring event with unexpected type "${event.type}"`);
        return;
      }
      if (event.subtype && !constants.ALLOWED_MESSAGE_IN_CHANNEL_SUBTYPES.includes(event.subtype)) {
        // This source is designed to just emit an event for each new message received.
        // Due to inconsistencies with the shape of message_changed and message_deleted
        // events, we are ignoring them for now. If you want to handle these types of
        // events, feel free to change this code!!
        console.log("Ignoring message with subtype.");
        return;
      }
      if ((this.ignoreBot) && (event.subtype == "bot_message" || event.bot_id)) {
        return;
      }
      // There is no thread message type only the thread_ts field
      // indicates if the message is part of a thread in the event.
      if (this.ignoreThreads && event.thread_ts) {
        console.log("Ignoring reply in thread");
        return;
      }
      if (this.resolveNames) {
        if (event.user) {
          event.user_id = event.user;
          event.user = await this.getUserName(event.user);
        } else if (event.bot_id) {
          event.bot = await this.getBotName(event.bot_id);
        }
        event.channel_id = event.channel;
        event.channel = await this.getConversationName(event.channel);
        if (event.team) {
          event.team_id = event.team;
          event.team = await this.getTeamName(event.team);
        }
      }
      return event;
    },
  },
  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
Slack	`slack`	`app`	This component uses the Slack app.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
Channels	`conversations`	`string[]`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
	`slackApphook`	`$.interface.apphook`
Resolve Names	`resolveNames`	`boolean`	Instead of returning `channel`, `team`, and `user` as IDs, return their human-readable names.
Ignore Bots	`ignoreBot`	`boolean`	Ignore messages from bots
Ignore replies in threads	`ignoreThreads`	`boolean`	Ignore replies to messages in threads

Trigger Authentication#

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

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

channels:historychannels:readchannels:writeemoji:readgroups:historygroups:readgroups:writeim:historyim:readim:writelinks:readlinks:writempim:historympim:readmpim:writereactions:readreactions:writereminders:readreminders:writestars:readteam:readusergroups:readusergroups:writeusers:readusers:read.emailusers:writechat:write:botchat:write:userfiles:write:usercommandsusers.profile:writeusers.profile:readsearch:read

About Slack#

Slack is a channel-based messaging platform. With Slack, people can work together more effectively, connect all their software tools and services, and find the information they need to do their best work — all within a secure, enterprise-grade environment.

Action#

Scraping API on Scrapeless

Description:Endpoints for fresh, structured data from 100+ popular sites. [See the documentation](https://apidocs.scrapeless.com/api-12919045).

Version:0.0.1

Key:scrapeless-scraping-api

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Scrapeless Overview#

Scrapeless – your go-to platform for powerful, compliant web data extraction. With tools like Universal Scraping API, Scrapeless makes it easy to access and gather data from complex sites. Focus on insights while we handle the technical hurdles. Scrapeless – data extraction made simple.

Action Code#

import scrapeless from "../../scrapeless.app.mjs";
import { log } from "../../common/utils.mjs";
export default {
  key: "scrapeless-scraping-api",
  name: "Scraping API",
  description: "Endpoints for fresh, structured data from 100+ popular sites. [See the documentation](https://apidocs.scrapeless.com/api-12919045).",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    scrapeless,
    apiServer: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Please select a API server",
      default: "googleSearch",
      description: "Please select a API server to use",
      options: [
        {
          label: "Google Search",
          value: "googleSearch",
        },
      ],
      reloadProps: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const {
      scrapeless, apiServer, ...inputProps
    } = this;

    const MAX_RETRIES = 3;
    // 10 seconds
    const DELAY = 1000 * 10;
    const { run } = $.context;

    let submitData;
    let job;

    // pre check if the job is already in the context
    if (run?.context?.job) {
      job = run.context.job;
    }

    if (apiServer === "googleSearch") {
      submitData = {
        actor: "scraper.google.search",
        input: {
          q: inputProps.q,
          hl: inputProps.hl,
          gl: inputProps.gl,
        },
      };
    }

    if (!submitData) {
      throw new Error("No actor found");
    }
    // 1. Create a new scraping job
    if (!job) {
      job = await scrapeless._scrapelessClient().deepserp.createTask({
        actor: submitData.actor,
        input: submitData.input,
      });

      if (job.status === 200) {
        $.export("$summary", "Successfully retrieved scraping results");
        return job.data;
      }

      log("task in progress");
    }

    // 2. Wait for the job to complete
    if (run.runs === 1) {
      $.flow.rerun(DELAY, {
        job,
      }, MAX_RETRIES);
    } else if (run.runs > MAX_RETRIES ) {
      throw new Error("Max retries reached");
    } else if (job && job?.data?.taskId) {
      const result = await scrapeless._scrapelessClient().deepserp.getTaskResult(job.data.taskId);
      if (result.status === 200) {
        $.export("$summary", "Successfully retrieved scraping results");
        return result.data;
      } else {
        $.flow.rerun(DELAY, {
          job,
        }, MAX_RETRIES);
      }
    } else {
      throw new Error("No job found");
    }

  },
  additionalProps() {
    const { apiServer } = this;

    const props = {};

    if (apiServer === "googleSearch") {
      props.q = {
        type: "string",
        label: "Search Query",
        description: "Parameter defines the query you want to search. You can use anything that you would use in a regular Google search. e.g. inurl:, site:, intitle:. We also support advanced search query parameters such as as_dt and as_eq.",
        default: "coffee",
      };

      props.hl = {
        type: "string",
        label: "Language",
        description: "Parameter defines the language to use for the Google search. It's a two-letter language code. (e.g., en for English, es for Spanish, or fr for French).",
        default: "en",
      };

      props.gl = {
        type: "string",
        label: "Country",
        description: "Parameter defines the country to use for the Google search. It's a two-letter country code. (e.g., us for the United States, uk for United Kingdom, or fr for France).",
        default: "us",
      };
    }

    return props;
  },
};

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
Scrapeless	`scrapeless`	`app`	This component uses the Scrapeless app.
Please select a API server	`apiServer`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`{ "label": "Google Search", "value": "googleSearch" }`

Scraping API with Scrapeless API on New Message In Channels (Instant) from Slack API

Pipedream makes it easy to connect APIs for Scrapeless, Slack and 2,700+ other apps remarkably fast.

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Developers ♥ Pipedream

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