Search Gifs/Stickers with Giphy 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 Giphy action. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Select this integration
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 Search Gifs/Stickers action
1. Connect your Giphy account
2. Select a Search Type
3. Configure Query
4. Optional- Select a Rating
5. Optional- Configure Max
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#

Search Gifs/Stickers on Giphy

Description:Searches all GIPHY gifs or stickers for a word or phrase. [See the docs here](https://developers.giphy.com/docs/api/endpoint#search).

Version:0.0.1

Key:giphy-search-gifs-stickers

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Giphy Overview#

The Giphy API provides programmatic access to Giphy's vast library of animated GIFs, allowing you to search, share, and explore this rich visual content. Leveraging Pipedream, you can harness the power of Giphy to add engaging visuals to your applications, automate the delivery of GIFs in response to events, or enrich your social media interactions with dynamic imagery. It opens up fun and expressive ways to inject personality into chatbots, forums, or any platform that could use a splash of animated flair.

Action Code#

import giphyApp from "../../giphy.app.mjs";
import options from "../../common/constants.mjs";

export default {
  name: "Search Gifs/Stickers",
  description: "Searches all GIPHY gifs or stickers for a word or phrase. [See the docs here](https://developers.giphy.com/docs/api/endpoint#search).",
  key: "giphy-search-gifs-stickers",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    giphyApp,
    searchType: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Search Type",
      description: "The type of resource you want to search",
      options: [
        "gifs",
        "stickers",
      ],
    },
    query: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Query",
      description: "Search query term or phrase. Adding `@<username>` anywhere in the q parameter effectively changes the search query to be a search for a specific user’s GIFs (user has to be public and verified user by GIPHY.) Maximum length: 50 chars.",
    },
    rating: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Rating",
      description: "Filters results by [specified rating](https://developers.giphy.com/docs/optional-settings/#rating). Acceptable values include `g`, `pg`, `pg-13`, `r`. If you do not specify a rating, you will receive results from all possible ratings.",
      options: options.rating,
      optional: true,
    },
    max: {
      propDefinition: [
        giphyApp,
        "max",
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const {
      searchType,
      query,
      rating,
      max,
    } = this;

    const params = {
      q: query,
      rating,
    };

    const data = await this.giphyApp.getGifsOrStickers(searchType, params, max, $);
    if (data.length === 0) {
      $.export("$summary", "No data fetched");
    } else {
      $.export("$summary", `${data.length} register(s) fetched`);
    }
    return data;
  },
};

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
Giphy	`giphyApp`	`app`	This component uses the Giphy app.
Search Type	`searchType`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`gifsstickers`
Query	`query`	`string`	Search query term or phrase. Adding `@<username>` anywhere in the q parameter effectively changes the search query to be a search for a specific user’s GIFs (user has to be public and verified user by GIPHY.) Maximum length: 50 chars.
Rating	`rating`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`{ "label": "Level 1 (G) - Contains images that are broadly accepted as appropriate and commonly witnessed by people in a public environment.", "value": "g" }{ "label": "Level 2 (PG) - Contains images that are commonly witnessed in a public environment, but not as broadly accepted as appropriate.", "value": "pg" }{ "label": "Level 3 (PG-13) - Contains images that are typically not seen unless sought out, but still commonly witnessed.", "value": "pg-13" }{ "label": "Level 4 (R) - Contains images that are typically not seen unless sought out and could be considered alarming if witnessed.", "value": "r" }`
Max	`max`	`integer`	The maximum amount of registers to be fetched. Defaults to `50`