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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a Slack Bot trigger and GitHub 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 Slack Bot account
2. Configure Polling schedule
3. Select a Channel ID
Configure the Search Issues and Pull Requests action
1. Connect your GitHub account
2. Configure infoBox
3. Configure Query
4. Configure Maximum Results
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 Slack Bot

Description:Emit new event when a new message is posted to a public, private or group channel (Bot)

Version:0.0.4

Key:slack_bot-new-message-in-channel

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Slack Bot Overview#

The Slack Bot API allows you to build rich, interactive bots for Slack workspaces. These bots can respond to messages, post updates, and interact with users in various ways. With the Slack Bot API on Pipedream, developers can create automated workflows that trigger on specific events in Slack, such as new messages or reactions, and then perform defined actions, like sending data to other apps or processing the information within Pipedream's serverless platform. This tight integration with Pipedream enables both simple and complex automations, leveraging Pipedream's ability to connect with numerous apps and its powerful built-in code steps.

Trigger Code#

import common from "../common/base.mjs";
import constants from "../../common/constants.mjs";
import utils from "../../common/utils.mjs";

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "slack_bot-new-message-in-channel",
  name: "New Message In Channel",
  version: "0.0.4",
  description: "Emit new event when a new message is posted to a public, private or group channel (Bot)",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    ...common.props,
    channelId: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.app,
        "channelId",
        () => ({
          types: [
            constants.CHANNEL_TYPE.PUBLIC,
            constants.CHANNEL_TYPE.PRIVATE,
            constants.CHANNEL_TYPE.MPIM,
          ],
        }),
      ],
      description: `Select the channel's ID. ${utils.CONVERSATION_PERMISSION_MESSAGE}`,
    },
  },
  methods: {
    ...common.methods,
    getResourceName() {
      return constants.RESOURCE_NAME.MESSAGES;
    },
    getResourceFn() {
      return this.app.conversationsHistory;
    },
    getResourceFnArgs() {
      return {
        channel: this.channelId,
        limit: constants.LIMIT,
        oldest: this.getLastTimestamp(),
        inclusive: false,
      };
    },
    generateMeta(resource) {
      return {
        id: resource.ts,
        ts: resource.ts,
        summary: `New Message Timestamp ${resource.ts}`,
      };
    },
  },
};

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 Bot	`app`	`app`	This component uses the Slack Bot app.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
Polling schedule	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`	How often to poll the Slack API
Channel ID	`channelId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.

Trigger Authentication#

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

In the settings for your Slack app, visit the OAuth & Permissions section on the left. You'll see a token labeled Bot User OAuth Access Token. Copy and paste that below.

See Slack's docs on Bot User Tokens for more info.

About Slack Bot#

Interact with Slack with your own bot user

Action#

Search Issues and Pull Requests on GitHub

Description:Find issues and pull requests by state and keyword. [See the documentation](https://docs.github.com/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-issues-and-pull-requests)

Version:0.2.1

Key:github-search-issues-and-pull-requests

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GitHub Overview#

The GitHub API is a powerful gateway to interaction with GitHub's vast web of data and services, offering a suite of endpoints to manipulate and retrieve information on repositories, pull requests, issues, and more. Harnessing this API on Pipedream, you can orchestrate automated workflows that respond to events in real-time, manage repository data, streamline collaborative processes, and connect GitHub with other services for a more integrated development lifecycle.

Action Code#

import github from "../../github.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "github-search-issues-and-pull-requests",
  name: "Search Issues and Pull Requests",
  description: "Find issues and pull requests by state and keyword. [See the documentation](https://docs.github.com/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-issues-and-pull-requests)",
  version: "0.2.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    github,
    infoBox: {
      type: "alert",
      alertType: "info",
      content: `Example query: \`bug report in:title type:issue repo:octocat/Hello-World\`
      
This will return issues in the repository [octocat/Hello-World](https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World) with the title including the words "bug report".`,
    },
    query: {
      label: "Query",
      description: "The query contains one or more search keywords and qualifiers. [See the documentation](https://docs.github.com/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-issues-and-pull-requests) for more information and examples",
      type: "string",
    },
    maxResults: {
      label: "Maximum Results",
      description: "The maximum amount of items to retrieve",
      type: "integer",
      default: 100,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const response = await this.github.searchIssueAndPullRequests({
      query: this.query,
      maxResults: this.maxResults,
    });
    $.export("$summary", `Successfully fetched ${response.length} items`);
    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
GitHub	`github`	`app`	This component uses the GitHub app.
Query	`query`	`string`	The query contains one or more search keywords and qualifiers. See the documentation for more information and examples
Maximum Results	`maxResults`	`integer`	The maximum amount of items to retrieve

Action Authentication#

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

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

repoadmin:orgadmin:public_keyadmin:org_hookgistprojectnotificationsuserwrite:discussionwrite:packagesread:packagesadmin:repo_hook

About GitHub#

Where the world builds software. Millions of developers and companies build, ship, and maintain their software on GitHub—the largest and most advanced development platform in the world.

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