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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a Discord Bot 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 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 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 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 Pipedream Discord app enables you to build event-driven workflows that interact with the Discord API. When you authorize the Pipedream app's access to your guilds, you can use Pipedream workflows to perform common Discord actions, or write your own code against the Discord API.

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#

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`

Action Authentication#

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

Get an API Key via the developers dashboard.

About Giphy#

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