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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a Slack 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 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 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 Channels (Instant) on Slack

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

Version:1.0.14

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

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "slack-new-message-in-channels",
  name: "New Message In Channels (Instant)",
  version: "1.0.14",
  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;
      }
      console.log(event.s);
      // 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:

bookmarks:writecalls:readcalls:writechannels:historychannels:readchannels:writednd:readdnd:writeemoji:readfiles:readgroups:historygroups:readgroups:writeim:historyim:readim:writelinks:readlinks:writempim:historympim:readmpim:writepins:readpins:writereactions:readreactions:writereminders:readreminders:writeremote_files:readremote_files:sharestars:readstars:writeteam:readusergroups:readusergroups:writeusers:readusers:read.emailusers:writechat:write:botchat:write:usercommandsfiles:write:userusers.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#

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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