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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a npm trigger and Trawlingweb action. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Select this integration
Configure the New Download Counts trigger
1. Connect your npm account
2. Configure timer
3. Select a Period
4. Optional- Configure Package
Configure the Search News action
1. Connect your Trawlingweb account
2. Configure Query
3. Optional- Configure Date Start
4. Optional- Configure Date End
5. Optional- Select a Sort
6. Optional- Select a Order
7. Optional- Configure Max 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 Download Counts on npm

Description:Emit new event with the latest count of downloads for an npm package. [See the documentation](https://github.com/npm/registry/blob/main/docs/download-counts.md).

Version:0.1.0

Key:npm-download-counts

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Trigger Code#

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

export default {
  key: "npm-download-counts",
  name: "New Download Counts",
  description: "Emit new event with the latest count of downloads for an npm package. [See the documentation](https://github.com/npm/registry/blob/main/docs/download-counts.md).",
  version: "0.1.0",
  type: "source",
  props: {
    app,
    db: "$.service.db",
    timer: {
      type: "$.interface.timer",
      description: "One day interval time is recommended because NPM only update metrics once a day. [See the documentation](https://github.com/npm/registry/blob/main/docs/download-counts.md#data-source).",
      default: {
        intervalSeconds: 60 * 60 * 24,
      },
    },
    period: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Period",
      description: "Select last-day, last-week or last-month.",
      optional: false,
      default: "last-day",
      options: [
        "last-day",
        "last-week",
        "last-month",
      ],
    },
    packageName: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Package",
      description: "Enter an npm package name. Leave blank for all",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  methods: {
    getDownloadCounts({
      period, packageName, ...args
    } = {}) {
      const basePath = `/downloads/point/${encodeURIComponent(period)}`;
      return this.app.makeRequest({
        path: packageName
          ? `${basePath}/${encodeURIComponent(packageName)}`
          : basePath,
        ...args,
      });
    },
  },
  async run({ timestamp: ts }) {
    const {
      getDownloadCounts,
      period,
      packageName,
    } = this;

    const response = await getDownloadCounts({
      period,
      packageName,
    });

    this.$emit(response, {
      id: ts,
      summary: `New Download Count ${response.downloads}`,
      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
npm	`app`	`app`	This component uses the npm app.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`	One day interval time is recommended because NPM only update metrics once a day. See the documentation
Period	`period`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`last-daylast-weeklast-month`
Package	`packageName`	`string`	Enter an npm package name. Leave blank for all

Trigger Authentication#

The npm API does not require authentication.

About npm#

Node package manager

Action#

Search News on Trawlingweb

Description:Search for news based on the specified search parameters. [See the documentation](https://dashboard.trawlingweb.com/documentation)

Version:0.0.1

Key:trawlingweb-search-news

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Trawlingweb Overview#

The Trawlingweb API lets you access real-time data from across the web. By integrating with Pipedream, you can automate web monitoring tasks, analyze trends, and react to content changes without manual oversight. Pipedream's serverless platform allows for seamless integration with Trawlingweb, enabling you to create workflows that can, for instance, trigger on specific API responses, process the data, and connect with multiple other services.

Action Code#

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

export default {
  key: "trawlingweb-search-news",
  name: "Search News",
  description: "Search for news based on the specified search parameters. [See the documentation](https://dashboard.trawlingweb.com/documentation)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  annotations: {
    destructiveHint: false,
    openWorldHint: true,
    readOnlyHint: true,
  },
  props: {
    trawlingweb,
    query: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Query",
      description: "The search query",
    },
    dateStart: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Date Start",
      description: "The start date of the search in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD)",
      optional: true,
    },
    dateEnd: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Date End",
      description: "The end date of the search in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD)",
      optional: true,
    },
    sort: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Sort",
      description: "Sort by publishing date or crawled date. Default: `crawled`",
      options: [
        "published",
        "crawled",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    order: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Order",
      description: "Set up the order in ascending (from older news to newer) or descending (from newer news to older)",
      options: [
        "asc",
        "desc",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    maxResults: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Max Results",
      description: "The maximum number of results to return",
      optional: true,
      max: 100,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const { response: { data } } = await this.trawlingweb.searchNews({
      $,
      params: {
        q: this.query,
        ts: this.dateStart
          ? Date.parse(this.dateStart)
          : undefined,
        tsi: this.dateEnd
          ? Date.parse(this.dateEnd)
          : undefined,
        sort: this.sort === "published"
          ? "published"
          : undefined,
        order: this.order,
        size: this.maxResults,
      },
    });

    $.export("$summary", `Found ${data?.length} news resources`);

    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
Trawlingweb	`trawlingweb`	`app`	This component uses the Trawlingweb app.
Query	`query`	`string`	The search query
Date Start	`dateStart`	`string`	The start date of the search in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD)
Date End	`dateEnd`	`string`	The end date of the search in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD)
Sort	`sort`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`publishedcrawled`
Order	`order`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`ascdesc`
Max Results	`maxResults`	`integer`	The maximum number of results to return