Send Email with Amazon SES API on New Stories for a Tag from Dev.to API

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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Stories for a Tag trigger
1. Configure Timer
2. Optional- Configure Tag
3. Connect your Dev.to account
Configure the Send Email action
1. Connect your Amazon SES account
2. Select a AWS Region
3. Configure To Addresses
4. Optional- Configure CC Addresses
5. Optional- Configure BCC Addresses
6. Optional- Configure Reply To Addresses
7. Configure Subject
8. Configure Text
9. Optional- Configure HTML
10. Configure From
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 Stories for a Tag on Dev.to

Description:Emit new event for each new story that has a matching tag (e.g., javascript)

Version:0.0.3

Key:dev_to-fresh-stories-by-tag

View on GitHub

Dev.to Overview#

The Dev.to API enables programmatic interaction with Dev.to, a community for software developers to share articles and engage with content. Through the API, you can automate content creation, management, and analysis. Accessing user articles, managing comments, and triggering actions based on Dev.to events are just a few capabilities at your disposal. By leveraging these with Pipedream's serverless platform, you can craft powerful automations that respond in real-time to activities on Dev.to, streamlining your content strategy and community engagement.

Trigger Code#

import devTo from "../../dev_to.app.mjs";
import moment from "moment";
import common from "../common.mjs";

export default {
  name: "New Stories for a Tag",
  type: "source",
  description: "Emit new event for each new story that has a matching tag (e.g., javascript)",
  key: "dev_to-fresh-stories-by-tag",
  version: "0.0.3",
  props: {
    ...common.props,
    tag: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Tag",
      description: "Tags to watch",
      optional: true,
      default: "",
    },
    devTo,
  },
  dedupe: "greatest",
  async run({ $ }) {
    const data = await this.devTo.getArticles($, {
      params: {
        per_page: 1000,
        top: 1,
        tag: encodeURIComponent(this.tag),
      },
    });

    data.forEach((event) => {
      this.$emit(event, {
        id: event.id,
        ts: moment(event.published_timestamp).valueOf(),
        summary: event.title,
      });
    });
  },
};

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
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
Timer	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`	How often to poll Dev.to for new articles
Tag	`tag`	`string`	Tags to watch
Dev.to	`devTo`	`app`	This component uses the Dev.to app.

Trigger Authentication#

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

Generate an API key at https://dev.to/settings/account

About Dev.to#

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Action#

Send Email on Amazon SES

Description:Send an email using Amazon SES. Supports simple email messaging. [See the docs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSJavaScriptSDK/v3/latest/clients/client-sesv2/classes/sendemailcommand.html)

Version:0.9.0

Key:amazon_ses-send-email

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Amazon SES Overview#

Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) is a powerful cloud-based email sending service designed to help digital marketers and application developers send marketing, notification, and transactional emails. With the SES API, you can reliably send emails at scale, manage sender reputations, view email sending statistics, and maintain a high deliverability rate. Leveraging Pipedream's capabilities, you can integrate SES seamlessly into serverless workflows, automate email responses based on triggers from other apps, and analyze the effectiveness of your email campaigns by connecting to data analytics platforms.

Action Code#

import base from "../common/base.mjs";
import { ConfigurationError } from "@pipedream/platform";

export default {
  key: "amazon_ses-send-email",
  name: "Send Email",
  description: "Send an email using Amazon SES. Supports simple email messaging. [See the docs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSJavaScriptSDK/v3/latest/clients/client-sesv2/classes/sendemailcommand.html)",
  version: "0.9.0",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    ...base.props,
    ToAddresses: {
      propDefinition: [
        base.props.amazonSes,
        "ToAddresses",
      ],
    },
    CcAddresses: {
      propDefinition: [
        base.props.amazonSes,
        "CcAddresses",
      ],
    },
    BccAddresses: {
      propDefinition: [
        base.props.amazonSes,
        "BccAddresses",
      ],
    },
    ReplyToAddresses: {
      propDefinition: [
        base.props.amazonSes,
        "ReplyToAddresses",
      ],
    },
    Subject: {
      propDefinition: [
        base.props.amazonSes,
        "Subject",
      ],
    },
    Text: {
      propDefinition: [
        base.props.amazonSes,
        "Text",
      ],
      default: "",
    },
    Html: {
      propDefinition: [
        base.props.amazonSes,
        "Html",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    FromEmailAddress: {
      propDefinition: [
        base.props.amazonSes,
        "FromEmailAddress",
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    if (!(this.Text || this.Html)) {
      throw new ConfigurationError("Email Text or HTML must be supplied");
    }

    const params = {
      Content: {
        Simple: {
          Subject: this.amazonSes.createCharsetContent(this.Subject),
          Body: {
            Text: this.amazonSes.createCharsetContent(this.Text),
          },
        },
      },
      Destination: {
        ToAddresses: this.ToAddresses,
        CcAddresses: this.CcAddresses,
        BccAddresses: this.BccAddresses,
      },
      FromEmailAddress: this.FromEmailAddress,
      ReplyToAddresses: this.ReplyToAddresses,
    };

    if (this.Html) {
      params.Content.Simple.Body.Html = this.amazonSes.createCharsetContent(this.Html);
    }

    const response = await this.amazonSes.sendEmail(this.region, params);
    $.export("$summary", "Sent email successfully");
    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
Amazon SES	`amazonSes`	`app`	This component uses the Amazon SES app.
AWS Region	`region`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
To Addresses	`ToAddresses`	`string[]`	An array of recipient email addresses you want to send to
CC Addresses	`CcAddresses`	`string[]`	An array of email addresses you want to CC
BCC Addresses	`BccAddresses`	`string[]`	An array of email addresses you want to BCC
Reply To Addresses	`ReplyToAddresses`	`string[]`	An array of reply-to addresses
Subject	`Subject`	`string`	The email subject line. Use `\{\{` and `\}\}` to insert tags. Example: `This is a \{\{tagname\}\}`.
Text	`Text`	`string`	The email body that will be visible to recipients whose email clients do not display HTML. Use `\{\{` and `\}\}` to insert tags. Example: `This is a \{\{tagname\}\}`.
HTML	`Html`	`string`	The HTML email body. Use `\{\{` and `\}\}` to insert tags. Example: `This is a \{\{tagname\}\}`.
From	`FromEmailAddress`	`string`	The email from which the email is addressed

Action Authentication#

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

Follow the AWS Instructions for creating an IAM user with an associated access and secret key, with the minimum IAM permissions necessary to send email or hit the desired SES APIs from Pipedream.

Enter the access and secret key below.