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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Direct Message (Instant) trigger
1. Connect your Slack account
2. Configure slackApphook
3. Configure Ignore myself
4. Optional- Configure Ignore Bots
Configure the Take a Screenshot action
1. Connect your Browserless account
2. Configure URL
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 Direct Message (Instant) on Slack

Description:Emit new event when a message was posted in a direct message channel

Version:1.0.6

Key:slack-new-direct-message

View on GitHub

Slack Overview#

With the Slack API, you can build all sorts of integrations and applications to
make your work life easier. Here are just a few examples:

Automate posting updates to your team channel
Create a bot to answer common questions
Integrate with your existing tools and services
Build a custom dashboard to track your team's progress
Create a bot to handle scheduling and meeting requests
And much more!

Trigger Code#

import common from "../common/base.mjs";

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "slack-new-direct-message",
  name: "New Direct Message (Instant)",
  version: "1.0.6",
  description: "Emit new event when a message was posted in a direct message channel",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    ...common.props,
    // eslint-disable-next-line pipedream/props-description,pipedream/props-label
    slackApphook: {
      type: "$.interface.apphook",
      appProp: "slack",
      async eventNames() {
        return [
          "message.im",
        ];
      },
    },
    ignoreMyself: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.slack,
        "ignoreMyself",
      ],
    },
    ignoreBot: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.slack,
        "ignoreBot",
      ],
    },
  },
  methods: {
    ...common.methods,
    getSummary() {
      return "New direct message received";
    },
    processEvent(event) {
      if (this.ignoreMyself && event.user == this.slack.mySlackId()) {
        return;
      }
      if ((this.ignoreBot) && (event.subtype == "bot_message" || event.bot_id)) {
        return;
      }
      return event;
    },
  },
};

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	`nameCache`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between component invocations.
	`slackApphook`	`$.interface.apphook`
Ignore myself	`ignoreMyself`	`boolean`	Ignore messages from me
Ignore Bots	`ignoreBot`	`boolean`	Ignore messages from bots

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#

Take a Screenshot on Browserless

Description:

Version:0.5.1

Key:browserless-take-screenshot

View on GitHub

Browserless Overview#

Browserless allows you to build websites and applications that can be used
without a web browser. This means that you can create apps that can be used
offline, or that can be used on devices that don't have a web browser
installed.

Some examples of things that you can build using Browserless are:

A website that can be used without a web browser
An app that can be used offline
A app that can be used on devices that don't have a web browser installed

Action Code#

// legacy_hash_id: a_oViVKv
import puppeteer from "puppeteer-core";

export default {
  key: "browserless-take-screenshot",
  name: "Take a Screenshot",
  version: "0.5.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    browserless: {
      type: "app",
      app: "browserless",
    },
    url: {
      type: "string",
      label: "URL",
      description: "Enter the URL you'd like to take a screenshot of here",
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const browser = await puppeteer.connect({
      browserWSEndpoint: `wss://chrome.browserless.io?token=${this.browserless.$auth.api_key}`,
    });
    const page = await browser.newPage();

    const { url } = this;
    await page.goto(url);
    const screenshot = await page.screenshot();

    // export the base64-encoded screenshot for use in future steps,
    // along with the image type and filename
    $.export("screenshot", Buffer.from(screenshot, "binary").toString("base64"));
    $.export("type", "png");
    $.export(
      "filename",
      `${url.replace(/[&\/\\#, +()$~%.'":*?<>{}]/g, "_")}-${+new Date()}.${this.type}`,
    );

    await browser.close();
  },
};

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
Browserless	`browserless`	`app`	This component uses the Browserless app.
URL	`url`	`string`	Enter the URL you'd like to take a screenshot of here

Action Authentication#

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

Sign-up for a browserless account, it will create a unique token that allows service interaction.

About Browserless#

Powerful browser automation built for developers

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