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Getting Started

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

  1. Select this integration
  2. Configure the New or Modified Records trigger
    1. Connect your Airtable (OAuth) account
    2. Configure timer
    3. Select a Base
    4. Select a Table
    5. Optional- Select one or more Field IDs
    6. Optional- Configure Return Fields By Field ID
  3. Configure the Send New Message action
    1. Connect your Front account
    2. Select a Channel ID
    3. Select a Author ID
    4. Optional- Configure Sender Name
    5. Optional- Configure Subject
    6. Configure Body
    7. Optional- Configure Text
    8. Optional- Configure Attachments
    9. Optional- Select one or more Tag IDs
    10. Optional- Configure Is Archive
    11. Configure To
    12. Optional- Configure CC
    13. Optional- Configure BCC
  4. Deploy the workflow
  5. Send a test event to validate your setup
  6. 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

Description:Emit new event for each new or modified record in a table
Version:0.0.8
Key:airtable_oauth-new-or-modified-records

Airtable (OAuth) Overview

Using the Airtable API, you can build applications that can:

  • Create and manage databases
  • Add, update, and delete records
  • Search for records
  • Sort and filter records
  • Display records in a variety of ways
  • Import and export data

Trigger Code

import base from "../common/common.mjs";
import sampleEmit from "./test-event.mjs";
import moment from "moment";

export default {
  ...base,
  name: "New or Modified Records",
  key: "airtable_oauth-new-or-modified-records",
  description: "Emit new event for each new or modified record in a table",
  version: "0.0.8",
  type: "source",
  props: {
    ...base.props,
    tableId: {
      propDefinition: [
        base.props.airtable,
        "tableId",
        ({ baseId }) => ({
          baseId,
        }),
      ],
      description: "The table ID to watch for changes.",
    },
    fieldIds: {
      propDefinition: [
        base.props.airtable,
        "sortFieldId",
        ({
          baseId, tableId,
        }) => ({
          baseId,
          tableId,
        }),
      ],
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Field IDs",
      description: "Identifiers of spedific fields/columns to watch for updates",
      withLabel: true,
    },
    returnFieldsByFieldId: {
      propDefinition: [
        base.props.airtable,
        "returnFieldsByFieldId",
      ],
    },
  },
  methods: {
    ...base.methods,
    _getFieldValues() {
      return this.db.get("fieldValues") || {};
    },
    _setFieldValues(fieldValues) {
      this.db.set("fieldValues", fieldValues);
    },
    updateFieldValues(newFieldValues, record) {
      const fieldKey = this.returnFieldsByFieldId
        ? "value"
        : "label";
      for (const fieldId of this.fieldIds) {
        newFieldValues[record.id] = {
          ...newFieldValues[record.id],
          [fieldId.value]: record.fields[fieldId[fieldKey]] || null,
        };
      }
      return newFieldValues;
    },
    isUpdated(fieldValues, fieldIds, record) {
      const fieldKey = this.returnFieldsByFieldId
        ? "value"
        : "label";
      for (const fieldId of fieldIds) {
        if (!record.fields[fieldId[fieldKey]]) {
          record.fields[fieldId[fieldKey]] = null;
        }
        if (fieldValues[record.id]
          && fieldValues[record.id][fieldId.value] !== undefined
          && record.fields[fieldId[fieldKey]] !== fieldValues[record.id][fieldId.value]
        ) {
          return true;
        }
      }
      return false;
    },
  },
  async run(event) {
    const {
      baseId,
      tableId,
      viewId,
    } = this;

    const lastTimestamp = this._getLastTimestamp();
    const fieldValues = this._getFieldValues();
    const isFirstRunWithFields = this.fieldIds && Object.keys(fieldValues).length === 0;
    const params = {
      returnFieldsByFieldId: this.returnFieldsByFieldId || false,
    };
    if (!isFirstRunWithFields) {
      params.filterByFormula = `LAST_MODIFIED_TIME() > "${lastTimestamp}"`;
    }

    const records = await this.airtable.listRecords({
      baseId,
      tableId,
      params,
    });

    if (!records.length) {
      console.log("No new or modified records.");
      return;
    }

    const metadata = {
      baseId,
      tableId,
      viewId,
    };

    let newRecords = 0, modifiedRecords = 0;
    let newFieldValues = {
      ...fieldValues,
    };
    for (const record of records) {
      if (this.fieldIds) {
        newFieldValues = this.updateFieldValues(newFieldValues, record);
      }
      if (!lastTimestamp || moment(record.createdTime) > moment(lastTimestamp)) {
        record.type = "new_record";
        newRecords++;
      } else {
        if (this.fieldIds
          && (!this.isUpdated(fieldValues, this.fieldIds, record) || isFirstRunWithFields)
        ) {
          continue;
        }
        record.type = "record_modified";
        modifiedRecords++;
      }

      record.metadata = metadata;

      this.$emit(record, {
        summary: `${record.type}: ${JSON.stringify(record.fields)}`,
        id: record.id,
        ts: Date.now(),
      });
    }
    this._setFieldValues(newFieldValues);
    console.log(`Emitted ${newRecords} new records(s) and ${modifiedRecords} modified record(s).`);

    // We keep track of the timestamp of the current invocation
    this.updateLastTimestamp(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.
LabelPropTypeDescription
Airtable (OAuth)airtableappThis component uses the Airtable (OAuth) app.
N/Adb$.service.dbThis component uses $.service.db to maintain state between executions.
timer$.interface.timer
BasebaseIdstringSelect a value from the drop down menu.
TabletableIdstringSelect a value from the drop down menu.
Field IDsfieldIdsstring[]Select a value from the drop down menu.
Return Fields By Field IDreturnFieldsByFieldIdboolean

An optional boolean value that lets you return field objects where the key is the field id. This defaults to false, which returns field objects where the key is the field name.

Trigger Authentication

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

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

data.records:readdata.records:writedata.recordComments:readdata.recordComments:writeschema.bases:readschema.bases:writewebhook:manageuser.email:read

About Airtable (OAuth)

Airtable is a low-code platform to build next-gen apps. Move beyond rigid tools, operationalize your critical data, and reimagine workflows with AI.

Action

Description:Sends a new message from a channel. It will create a new conversation. [See the docs here](https://dev.frontapp.com/reference/post_channels-channel-id-messages).
Version:0.2.4
Key:frontapp-send-new-message

Front Overview

With the Front API, you can build a variety of applications and integrations to
help you and your team manage your email inboxes. Here are a few examples of
what you can build:

  • A personalized email assistant that can help you triage and respond to emails
  • An integration with your CRM that automatically adds emails from customers to
    your CRM
  • A tool that flags important emails and sends you notifications about them
  • An app that helps you find emails from a specific sender or with a certain
    subject line
  • A script that archives all of your old emails

These are just a few examples of what you can build with the Front API – the
possibilities are really only limited by your imagination!

Action Code

import utils from "../../common/utils.mjs";
import frontApp from "../../frontapp.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "frontapp-send-new-message",
  name: "Send New Message",
  description: "Sends a new message from a channel. It will create a new conversation. [See the docs here](https://dev.frontapp.com/reference/post_channels-channel-id-messages).",
  version: "0.2.4",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    frontApp,
    channelId: {
      propDefinition: [
        frontApp,
        "channelId",
      ],
    },
    authorId: {
      propDefinition: [
        frontApp,
        "teammateId",
      ],
      label: "Author ID",
      description: "ID of the teammate on behalf of whom the answer is sent",
    },
    senderName: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Sender Name",
      description: "Name used for the sender info of the message",
      optional: true,
    },
    subject: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Subject",
      description: "Subject of the message for email message",
      optional: true,
    },
    body: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Body",
      description: "Body of the message",
    },
    text: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Text",
      description: "Text version of the body for messages with non-text body",
      optional: true,
    },
    attachments: {
      propDefinition: [
        frontApp,
        "attachments",
      ],
    },
    optionsTagIds: {
      propDefinition: [
        frontApp,
        "tagIds",
      ],
      optional: true,
      description: "List of tag names to add to the conversation (unknown tags will automatically be created)",
    },
    optionsIsArchive: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Is Archive",
      description: "Archive the conversation right when sending the message (Default: true)",
      optional: true,
    },
    to: {
      propDefinition: [
        frontApp,
        "to",
      ],
    },
    cc: {
      propDefinition: [
        frontApp,
        "cc",
      ],
    },
    bcc: {
      propDefinition: [
        frontApp,
        "bcc",
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const {
      channelId,
      authorId,
      senderName,
      subject,
      body,
      text,
      optionsIsArchive,
    } = this;

    const to = utils.parse(this.to);
    const cc = utils.parse(this.cc);
    const bcc = utils.parse(this.bcc);
    const tagIds = utils.parse(this.optionsTagIds);
    const attachments = utils.parse(this.attachments);

    const hasAttachments = utils.hasArrayItems(attachments);
    const hasCc = utils.hasArrayItems(cc);
    const hasBcc = utils.hasArrayItems(bcc);

    const data = utils.reduceProperties({
      initialProps: {
        to,
        body,
      },
      additionalProps: {
        cc: [
          cc,
          hasCc,
        ],
        bcc: [
          bcc,
          hasBcc,
        ],
        sender_name: senderName,
        subject,
        author_id: authorId,
        body,
        text,
        options: {
          tag_ids: tagIds,
          archive: optionsIsArchive ?? true,
        },
        attachments: [
          attachments,
          hasAttachments,
        ],
      },
    });

    const args = utils.reduceProperties({
      initialProps: {
        channelId,
        data,
      },
      additionalProps: {
        headers: [
          {
            "Content-Type": "multipart/form-data",
          },
          hasAttachments,
        ],
      },
    });

    const response = await this.frontApp.sendMessage(args);

    $.export("$summary", `Successfully sent new message to channel with ID ${response.id}`);

    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.

LabelPropTypeDescription
FrontfrontAppappThis component uses the Front app.
Channel IDchannelIdstringSelect a value from the drop down menu.
Author IDauthorIdstringSelect a value from the drop down menu.
Sender NamesenderNamestring

Name used for the sender info of the message

Subjectsubjectstring

Subject of the message for email message

Bodybodystring

Body of the message

Texttextstring

Text version of the body for messages with non-text body

Attachmentsattachmentsstring[]

File paths of files previously downloaded in Pipedream E.g. (/tmp/my-image.jpg). Download a file to the /tmp directory

Tag IDsoptionsTagIdsstring[]Select a value from the drop down menu.
Is ArchiveoptionsIsArchiveboolean

Archive the conversation right when sending the message (Default: true)

Totostring[]

List of recipient handles who received the message.

CCccstring[]

List of recipient handles who received a copy of the message.

BCCbccstring[]

List of the recipeient handles who received a blind copy of the message.

Action Authentication

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

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

About Front

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