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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a Slack trigger and Gmail 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 Send Email action
1. Connect your Gmail account
2. Configure To
3. Optional- Configure Cc
4. Optional- Configure Bcc
5. Optional- Configure From Name
6. Optional- Configure Reply To
7. Configure Subject
8. Configure Email Body
9. Optional- Select a Body Type
10. Optional- Configure Attachments
11. Optional- Configure In Reply To
12. Optional- Select a Mime Type
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#

Send Email on Gmail

Description:Send an email from your Google Workspace email account

Version:0.1.1

Key:gmail-send-email

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Gmail Overview#

By connecting your personal Gmail account to Pipedream, you'll be able to incorporate email into whatever you're building with any of the thousands of apps that are available on Pipedream.

Action Code#

/* eslint-disable pipedream/props-description */
import gmail from "../../gmail.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "gmail-send-email",
  name: "Send Email",
  description: "Send an email from your Google Workspace email account",
  version: "0.1.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    gmail,
    to: {
      propDefinition: [
        gmail,
        "to",
      ],
    },
    cc: {
      propDefinition: [
        gmail,
        "cc",
      ],
    },
    bcc: {
      propDefinition: [
        gmail,
        "bcc",
      ],
    },
    fromName: {
      propDefinition: [
        gmail,
        "fromName",
      ],
    },
    replyTo: {
      propDefinition: [
        gmail,
        "replyTo",
      ],
    },
    subject: {
      propDefinition: [
        gmail,
        "subject",
      ],
    },
    body: {
      propDefinition: [
        gmail,
        "body",
      ],
    },
    bodyType: {
      propDefinition: [
        gmail,
        "bodyType",
      ],
    },
    attachments: {
      propDefinition: [
        gmail,
        "attachments",
      ],
    },
    inReplyTo: {
      propDefinition: [
        gmail,
        "inReplyTo",
      ],
    },
    mimeType: {
      propDefinition: [
        gmail,
        "mimeType",
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const opts = await this.gmail.getOptionsToSendEmail($, this);
    const response = await this.gmail.sendEmail(opts);
    $.export("$summary", `Successfully sent email to ${this.to}`);
    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
Gmail	`gmail`	`app`	This component uses the Gmail app.
To	`to`	`string[]`	Enter a single recipient's email or multiple emails as items in an array.
Cc	`cc`	`string[]`	Enter a single recipient's email or multiple emails as items in an array.
Bcc	`bcc`	`string[]`	Enter a single recipient's email or multiple emails as items in an array.
From Name	`fromName`	`string`	Specify the name that will be displayed in the "From" section of the email.
Reply To	`replyTo`	`string`	Specify the email address that will appear on the "Reply-To" field, if different than the sender's email.
Subject	`subject`	`string`	Specify a subject for the email.
Email Body	`body`	`any`	Include an email body as either plain text or HTML. If HTML, make sure to set the "Body Type" prop to `html`.
Body Type	`bodyType`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`htmlplaintext`
Attachments	`attachments`	`object`	Add any attachments you'd like to include as objects. The `key` should be the filename and the `value` should be the url for the attachment. The filename must contain the file extension (i.e. `.jpeg`, `.txt`) and the url is the download link for the file.
In Reply To	`inReplyTo`	`string`	Specify the `message-id` this email is replying to. Must be from the first message sent in the thread. To use this prop with `async options` please use `Gmail (Developer App)` `Send Email` component.
Mime Type	`mimeType`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.

Action Authentication#

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

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

emailprofilehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.sendhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.labels

About Gmail#

Gmail offers private and secure email by Google at no cost, for business and consumer accounts.

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