Submit Image to Alttextify with AltTextify API on New Item in Feed from RSS API

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Getting Started#

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

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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 Submit Image to Alttextify action
1. Connect your AltTextify account
2. Configure alert
3. Configure Async
4. Configure Image
5. Configure Language
6. Configure Max Characters
7. Optional- Configure Asset ID
8. Optional- Configure Keywords
9. Configure Ecommerce Run OCR
10. Optional- Configure Ecommerce Product Name
11. Optional- Configure Ecommerce Product Brand
12. Optional- Configure Ecommerce Product Color
13. Optional- Configure Ecommerce Product Size
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#

Submit Image to Alttextify on AltTextify

Description:Upload or submit an image to Alttextify for alt text generation. [See the documentation](https://apidoc.alttextify.net/#api-Image-UploadRawImage)

Version:0.0.1

Key:alttextify-submit-image

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Action Code#

import { getFileStreamAndMetadata } from "@pipedream/platform";
import alttextify from "../../alttextify.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "alttextify-submit-image",
  name: "Submit Image to Alttextify",
  description: "Upload or submit an image to Alttextify for alt text generation. [See the documentation](https://apidoc.alttextify.net/#api-Image-UploadRawImage)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    alttextify,
    alert: {
      type: "alert",
      alertType: "info",
      content: "Supported formats: JPEG, PNG, GIF, WEBP, BMP\nMaximum file size: 16 MB\nMinimum dimensions: 50 x 50 (smaller images may not be able to generate alt text).",
    },
    async: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Async",
      description: "Whether to add the image in the background or immediately (synchronously). If async is set to true, the API response will always be successful with an empty response body.",
      default: false,
    },
    image: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Image",
      description: "The URL of the file or path to the file saved to the `/tmp` directory. [See the documentation on working with files](https://pipedream.com/docs/code/nodejs/working-with-files/#writing-a-file-to-tmp)",
    },
    lang: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Language",
      description: "The language for the alt text. Supported language codes are accepted. If not provided, the account's default language is used.",
      default: "en",
    },
    maxChars: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Max Characters",
      description: "Maximum length of the generated alt text.",
    },
    assetId: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Asset ID",
      description: "The unique identifier for the asset.",
      optional: true,
    },
    keywords: {
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Keywords",
      description: "List of keywords/phrases for SEO-optimized alt text. Only one or two will be used per alt text, but all are considered. Keywords must be in English, even for alt text in other languages.",
      optional: true,
    },
    ecommerceRunOCR: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Ecommerce Run OCR",
      description: "Flag to indicate if OCR should be run on the product.",
    },
    ecommerceProductName: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Ecommerce Product Name",
      description: "The name of the product in the image.",
      optional: true,
    },
    ecommerceProductBrand: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Ecommerce Product Brand",
      description: "The brand of the product in the image.",
      optional: true,
    },
    ecommerceProductColor: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Ecommerce Product Color",
      description: "The color of the product in the image.",
      optional: true,
    },
    ecommerceProductSize: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Ecommerce Product Size",
      description: "The size of the product in the image.",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  methods: {
    async streamToBase64(stream) {
      return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
        const chunks = [];

        stream.on("data", (chunk) => {
          chunks.push(chunk);
        });

        stream.on("end", () => {
          const buffer = Buffer.concat(chunks);
          resolve(buffer.toString("base64"));
        });

        stream.on("error", (err) => {
          reject(err);
        });
      });
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const {
      stream, metadata,
    } = await getFileStreamAndMetadata(this.image);
    const base64String = await this.streamToBase64(stream);

    const response = await this.alttextify.uploadImage({
      $,
      data: {
        async: this.async,
        image: `data:${metadata.contentType};base64,${base64String}`,
        lang: this.lang,
        maxChars: this.maxChars,
        assetId: this.assetId,
        keywords: this.keywords,
        ecommerce: {
          run_ocr: this.ecommerceRunOCR,
          product: {
            name: this.ecommerceProductName,
            brand: this.ecommerceProductBrand,
            color: this.ecommerceProductColor,
            size: this.ecommerceProductSize,
          },
        },
      },

    });

    $.export("$summary", `Successfully submitted image to Alttextify for alt text generation with Asset ID: ${response.asset_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.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
AltTextify	`alttextify`	`app`	This component uses the AltTextify app.
Async	`async`	`boolean`	Whether to add the image in the background or immediately (synchronously). If async is set to true, the API response will always be successful with an empty response body.
Image	`image`	`string`	The URL of the file or path to the file saved to the `/tmp` directory. See the documentation on working with files
Language	`lang`	`string`	The language for the alt text. Supported language codes are accepted. If not provided, the account's default language is used.
Max Characters	`maxChars`	`integer`	Maximum length of the generated alt text.
Asset ID	`assetId`	`string`	The unique identifier for the asset.
Keywords	`keywords`	`string[]`	List of keywords/phrases for SEO-optimized alt text. Only one or two will be used per alt text, but all are considered. Keywords must be in English, even for alt text in other languages.
Ecommerce Run OCR	`ecommerceRunOCR`	`boolean`	Flag to indicate if OCR should be run on the product.
Ecommerce Product Name	`ecommerceProductName`	`string`	The name of the product in the image.
Ecommerce Product Brand	`ecommerceProductBrand`	`string`	The brand of the product in the image.
Ecommerce Product Color	`ecommerceProductColor`	`string`	The color of the product in the image.
Ecommerce Product Size	`ecommerceProductSize`	`string`	The size of the product in the image.