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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Item in Feed trigger
1. Connect your RSS account
2. Configure timer
3. Configure Feed URL
4. Configure Published After
Configure the Start Browser action
1. Connect your Anchor Browser account
2. Configure Adblock Configuration - Active
3. Configure Adblock Configuration - Popup Blocking Active
4. Configure Captcha Configuration - Active
5. Configure Headless
6. Optional- Configure Proxy Configuration - Type
7. Optional- Configure Proxy Configuration - Active
8. Optional- Configure Recording - Active
9. Select a Profile Name
10. Configure Profile - Persist
11. Configure Viewport - Width
12. Configure Viewport - Height
13. Optional- Configure Timeout
14. Optional- Configure Idle Timeout
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 Item in Feed on RSS

Description:Emit new items from an RSS feed

Version:1.2.7

Key:rss-new-item-in-feed

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RSS Overview#

The RSS app allows users to automatically fetch and parse updates from web feeds. This functionality is pivotal for staying abreast of content changes or updates from websites, blogs, and news outlets that offer RSS feeds. With Pipedream, you can harness the RSS API to trigger workflows that enable a broad range of automations, like content aggregation, monitoring for specific keywords, notifications, and data synchronization across platforms.

Trigger Code#

import { defineSource } from "@pipedream/types";
import rss from "../../app/rss.app.mjs";
import rssCommon from "../common/common.mjs";
export default defineSource({
    ...rssCommon,
    key: "rss-new-item-in-feed",
    name: "New Item in Feed",
    description: "Emit new items from an RSS feed",
    version: "1.2.7",
    type: "source",
    dedupe: "unique",
    props: {
        ...rssCommon.props,
        url: {
            propDefinition: [
                rss,
                "url",
            ],
        },
        publishedAfter: {
            type: "string",
            label: "Published After",
            description: "Emit items published after the specified date in ISO 8601 format .e.g `2022-12-07T12:57:10+07:00`",
            default: new Date(Date.now() - 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000).toISOString(), // default to one day ago
        },
    },
    hooks: {
        async activate() {
            // Try to parse the feed one time to confirm we can fetch and parse.
            // The code will throw any errors to the user.
            await this.rss.fetchAndParseFeed(this.url);
        },
    },
    methods: {
        ...rssCommon.methods,
        generateMeta: function (item) {
            return {
                id: this.rss.itemKey(item),
                summary: item.title,
                ts: Date.now(),
            };
        },
    },
    async run() {
        const items = await this.rss.fetchAndParseFeed(this.url);
        for (const item of items.reverse()) {
            const publishedAfter = +new Date(this.publishedAfter);
            const ts = this.rss.itemTs(item);
            if (Number.isNaN(publishedAfter) || publishedAfter > ts) {
                continue;
            }
            const meta = this.generateMeta(item);
            this.$emit(item, meta);
        }
    },
});

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
RSS	`rss`	`app`	This component uses the RSS app.
	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`	How often you want to poll the feed for new items
Feed URL	`url`	`string`	Enter the URL for any public RSS feed
Published After	`publishedAfter`	`string`	Emit items published after the specified date in ISO 8601 format .e.g `2022-12-07T12:57:10+07:00`

Trigger Authentication#

The RSS API does not require authentication.

About RSS#

Real Simple Syndication

Action#

Start Browser on Anchor Browser

Description:Allocates a new browser session for the user, with optional configurations for ad-blocking, captcha solving, proxy usage, and idle timeout. [See the documentation](https://docs.anchorbrowser.io/api-reference/browser-sessions/start-browser).

Version:0.0.1

Key:anchor_browser-start-browser

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Action Code#

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

export default {
  key: "anchor_browser-start-browser",
  name: "Start Browser",
  description: "Allocates a new browser session for the user, with optional configurations for ad-blocking, captcha solving, proxy usage, and idle timeout. [See the documentation](https://docs.anchorbrowser.io/api-reference/browser-sessions/start-browser).",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    app,
    adblockConfigActive: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Adblock Configuration - Active",
      description: "Whether adblock configuration is active",
    },
    adblockConfigPopupBlockingActive: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Adblock Configuration - Popup Blocking Active",
      description: "Whether popup blocking is active",
    },
    captchaConfigActive: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Captcha Configuration - Active",
      description: "Whether captcha configuration is active",
    },
    headless: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Headless",
      description: "Whether browser should be headless or headfull.",
    },
    proxyConfigType: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Proxy Configuration - Type",
      description: "The type of proxy configuration to use. Eg. `anchor_residential`.",
      optional: true,
    },
    proxyConfigActive: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Proxy Configuration - Active",
      description: "Whether proxy configuration is active",
      optional: true,
    },
    recordingActive: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Recording - Active",
      description: "Whether recording is active",
      optional: true,
    },
    profileName: {
      description: "The name of the profile to use for the browser session.",
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "profileName",
      ],
    },
    profilePersist: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Profile - Persist",
      description: "Whether the profile should persist after the session ends.",
    },
    viewportWidth: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Viewport - Width",
      description: "The width of the viewport",
    },
    viewportHeight: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Viewport - Height",
      description: "The height of the viewport",
    },
    timeout: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Timeout",
      description: "Maximum amount of time (in minutes) for the browser to run, before terminating. Defaults to `-1`, which disables the global timeout mechanism.",
      optional: true,
    },
    idleTimeout: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Idle Timeout",
      description: "The amount of time (in minutes) the session waits for new connections after all others are closed before stopping. Defaults to `1`. Setting it to `-1` let the browser session continue forever [**CAUTION** - Keep track of long living sessions and manually kill them].",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  methods: {
    startBrowserSession(args = {}) {
      return this.app.post({
        path: "/sessions",
        ...args,
      });
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const {
      startBrowserSession,
      adblockConfigActive,
      adblockConfigPopupBlockingActive,
      captchaConfigActive,
      headless,
      proxyConfigType,
      proxyConfigActive,
      recordingActive,
      profileName,
      profilePersist,
      viewportWidth,
      viewportHeight,
      timeout,
      idleTimeout,
    } = this;

    const response = await startBrowserSession({
      $,
      data: {
        adblock_config: {
          active: adblockConfigActive,
          popup_blocking_active: adblockConfigPopupBlockingActive,
        },
        captcha_config: {
          active: captchaConfigActive,
        },
        headless,
        proxy_config: {
          type: proxyConfigType,
          active: proxyConfigActive,
        },
        recording: {
          active: recordingActive,
        },
        profile: {
          name: profileName,
          persist: profilePersist,
        },
        viewport: {
          width: viewportWidth,
          height: viewportHeight,
        },
        timeout,
        idle_timeout: idleTimeout,
      },
    });

    $.export("$summary", "Successfully started browser session.");
    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
Anchor Browser	`app`	`app`	This component uses the Anchor Browser app.
Adblock Configuration - Active	`adblockConfigActive`	`boolean`	Whether adblock configuration is active
Adblock Configuration - Popup Blocking Active	`adblockConfigPopupBlockingActive`	`boolean`	Whether popup blocking is active
Captcha Configuration - Active	`captchaConfigActive`	`boolean`	Whether captcha configuration is active
Headless	`headless`	`boolean`	Whether browser should be headless or headfull.
Proxy Configuration - Type	`proxyConfigType`	`string`	The type of proxy configuration to use. Eg. `anchor_residential`.
Proxy Configuration - Active	`proxyConfigActive`	`boolean`	Whether proxy configuration is active
Recording - Active	`recordingActive`	`boolean`	Whether recording is active
Profile Name	`profileName`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Profile - Persist	`profilePersist`	`boolean`	Whether the profile should persist after the session ends.
Viewport - Width	`viewportWidth`	`integer`	The width of the viewport
Viewport - Height	`viewportHeight`	`integer`	The height of the viewport
Timeout	`timeout`	`string`	Maximum amount of time (in minutes) for the browser to run, before terminating. Defaults to `-1`, which disables the global timeout mechanism.
Idle Timeout	`idleTimeout`	`string`	The amount of time (in minutes) the session waits for new connections after all others are closed before stopping. Defaults to `1`. Setting it to `-1` let the browser session continue forever [CAUTION - Keep track of long living sessions and manually kill them].

Action Authentication#

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

About Anchor Browser#

Browser For AI Agents

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