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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a RSS 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 Item in Feed trigger
1. Connect your RSS account
2. Configure timer
3. Configure Feed URL
4. Configure Published After
Configure the Take a Screenshot action
1. Connect your Browserless account
2. Configure URL
3. Optional- Configure Download Path
4. Optional- Configure waitFor
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#

Take a Screenshot on Browserless

Description:Take a screenshot of a page. [See the documentation](https://www.browserless.io/docs/screenshot)

Version:0.5.3

Key:browserless-take-screenshot

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Browserless Overview#

The Browserless API on Pipedream allows you to automate browser actions without the overhead of managing your own browser infrastructure. This service provides a way to run Chrome browser sessions programmatically, making it ideal for web scraping, automated testing, and screenshot capture. Leveraging this on Pipedream, you can create serverless workflows that interact with web pages, extract data, and perform actions as a human would, all in a scalable and efficient manner.

Action Code#

import browserless from "../../browserless.app.mjs";
import fs from "fs";

export default {
  key: "browserless-take-screenshot",
  name: "Take a Screenshot",
  description: "Take a screenshot of a page. [See the documentation](https://www.browserless.io/docs/screenshot)",
  version: "0.5.3",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    browserless,
    url: {
      type: "string",
      label: "URL",
      description: "Enter the URL you'd like to take a screenshot of here",
    },
    downloadPath: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Download Path",
      description: "Download the screenshot to the `/tmp` directory with the specified filename",
      optional: true,
    },
    waitFor: {
      type: "string",
      label: "waitFor",
      description: "Allows you to wait for a selector to appear in the DOM, to wait for a timeout to happen, or to execute a custom function before screenshotting. See [more details in the API Doc](https://www.browserless.io/docs/screenshot#custom-behavior-with-waitfor)",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  methods: {
    async downloadToTMP(screenshot) {
      const path = this.downloadPath.includes("/tmp")
        ? this.downloadPath
        : `/tmp/${this.downloadPath}`;
      fs.writeFileSync(path, screenshot);
      return path;
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const screenshot = await this.browserless.takeScreenshot({
      data: {
        url: this.url,
        waitFor: !isNaN(this.waitFor)
          ? parseInt(this.waitFor)
          : this.waitFor,
      },
      $,
    });

    const result = {
      screenshot: screenshot.toString("base64"),
      type: "png",
    };

    if (screenshot && this.downloadPath) {
      const filePath = await this.downloadToTMP(screenshot);
      result.filename = filePath;
    }

    if (screenshot) {
      $.export("$summary", `Successfully created screenshot of URL ${this.url}.`);
    }

    return result;
  },
};

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
Download Path	`downloadPath`	`string`	Download the screenshot to the `/tmp` directory with the specified filename
waitFor	`waitFor`	`string`	Allows you to wait for a selector to appear in the DOM, to wait for a timeout to happen, or to execute a custom function before screenshotting. See more details in the API Doc