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Getting Started#

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

Select this integration
Configure the New Message In Channels (Instant) trigger
1. Connect your Slack account
2. Optional- Select one or more Channels
3. Configure slackApphook
4. Optional- Configure Resolve Names
5. Optional- Configure Ignore Bots
6. Optional- Configure Ignore replies in threads
Configure the Update Job action
1. Connect your VisualPing account
2. Select a Workspace ID
3. Select a Job ID
4. Optional- Configure Organisation Id
5. Optional- Configure URL
6. Optional- Configure Description
7. Optional- Select a Mode
8. Optional- Configure Active
9. Optional- Configure Interval
10. Optional- Configure Trigger
11. Optional- Configure Proxy
12. Optional- Configure Fixed Proxy Alias
13. Optional- Configure Xpath
14. Optional- Configure Renderer
15. Optional- Configure Disable JS
16. Optional- Configure Page Height
17. Optional- Select a Target Device
18. Optional- Configure Wait Time
19. Optional- Configure Preactions Active
20. Optional- Configure Preactions Objects
21. Optional- Configure Advanced Schedule Active
22. Optional- Configure Multicheck Enabled
23. Optional- Configure Enable SMS Alert
24. Optional- Configure Enable Email Alert
25. Optional- Configure Use Slack Notification
26. Optional- Configure Use Teams Notification
27. Optional- Configure Use Webhook Notification
28. Optional- Configure Use Discord Notification
29. Optional- Configure Use Slack App Notification
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 Message In Channels (Instant) on Slack

Description:Emit new event when a new message is posted to one or more channels

Version:1.0.15

Key:slack-new-message-in-channels

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Slack Overview#

The Pipedream Slack app enables you to build event-driven workflows that interact with the Slack API. When you authorize the Pipedream app's access to your workspace, you can use Pipedream workflows to perform common Slack actions, or write your own code against the Slack API.

The Pipedream Slack app is not a typical app. You don't interact with it directly as a bot, and it doesn't add custom functionality to your workspace out of the box. It makes it easier to automate anything you'd typically use the Slack API for, using Pipedream workflows.

Automate posting updates to your team channels
Create a bot to answer common questions
Integrate with your existing tools and services
And much more!

Trigger Code#

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

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "slack-new-message-in-channels",
  name: "New Message In Channels (Instant)",
  version: "1.0.15",
  description: "Emit new event when a new message is posted to one or more channels",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    ...common.props,
    conversations: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.slack,
        "conversation",
      ],
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Channels",
      description: "Select one or more channels to monitor for new messages.",
      optional: true,
    },
    // eslint-disable-next-line pipedream/props-description,pipedream/props-label
    slackApphook: {
      type: "$.interface.apphook",
      appProp: "slack",
      async eventNames() {
        return this.conversations || [
          "message",
        ];
      },
    },
    resolveNames: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.slack,
        "resolveNames",
      ],
    },
    ignoreBot: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.slack,
        "ignoreBot",
      ],
    },
    ignoreThreads: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Ignore replies in threads",
      description: "Ignore replies to messages in threads",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  methods: {
    ...common.methods,
    getSummary() {
      return "New message in channel";
    },
    async processEvent(event) {
      if (event.type !== "message") {
        console.log(`Ignoring event with unexpected type "${event.type}"`);
        return;
      }
      if (event.subtype && !constants.ALLOWED_MESSAGE_IN_CHANNEL_SUBTYPES.includes(event.subtype)) {
        // This source is designed to just emit an event for each new message received.
        // Due to inconsistencies with the shape of message_changed and message_deleted
        // events, we are ignoring them for now. If you want to handle these types of
        // events, feel free to change this code!!
        console.log("Ignoring message with subtype.");
        return;
      }
      if ((this.ignoreBot) && (event.subtype == "bot_message" || event.bot_id)) {
        return;
      }
      console.log(event.s);
      // There is no thread message type only the thread_ts field
      // indicates if the message is part of a thread in the event.
      if (this.ignoreThreads && event.thread_ts) {
        console.log("Ignoring reply in thread");
        return;
      }
      if (this.resolveNames) {
        if (event.user) {
          event.user_id = event.user;
          event.user = await this.getUserName(event.user);
        } else if (event.bot_id) {
          event.bot = await this.getBotName(event.bot_id);
        }
        event.channel_id = event.channel;
        event.channel = await this.getConversationName(event.channel);
        if (event.team) {
          event.team_id = event.team;
          event.team = await this.getTeamName(event.team);
        }
      }
      return 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.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Slack	`slack`	`app`	This component uses the Slack app.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
Channels	`conversations`	`string[]`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
	`slackApphook`	`$.interface.apphook`
Resolve Names	`resolveNames`	`boolean`	Instead of returning `channel`, `team`, and `user` as IDs, return their human-readable names.
Ignore Bots	`ignoreBot`	`boolean`	Ignore messages from bots
Ignore replies in threads	`ignoreThreads`	`boolean`	Ignore replies to messages in threads

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:

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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#

Update Job on VisualPing

Description:Update an existing job. [See the docs here](https://develop.api.visualping.io/doc.html#tag/Jobs/paths/~1v2~1jobs~1%7BjobId%7D/put)

Version:0.0.2

Key:visualping-update-job

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VisualPing Overview#

VisualPing is a tool that lets you monitor web pages for changes. Using its API with Pipedream, you can automate reactions to those changes. For instance, you can set up workflows that notify you or your team when specific parts of a web page update, or use changes to trigger downstream actions in other apps. Pipedream's serverless platform enables you to connect VisualPing with a vast array of apps to create custom, automated workflows without writing a lot of code.

Action Code#

import visualping from "../../app/visualping.app.mjs";
import { prepareData } from "../../common/utils.mjs";

export default {
  key: "visualping-update-job",
  name: "Update Job",
  version: "0.0.2",
  description: "Update an existing job. [See the docs here](https://develop.api.visualping.io/doc.html#tag/Jobs/paths/~1v2~1jobs~1%7BjobId%7D/put)",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    visualping,
    workspaceId: {
      propDefinition: [
        visualping,
        "workspaceId",
      ],
    },
    jobId: {
      propDefinition: [
        visualping,
        "jobId",
        ({ workspaceId }) => ({
          workspaceId,
        }),
      ],
    },
    organisationId: {
      propDefinition: [
        visualping,
        "organisationId",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    url: {
      propDefinition: [
        visualping,
        "url",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    description: {
      propDefinition: [
        visualping,
        "description",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    mode: {
      propDefinition: [
        visualping,
        "mode",
      ],
      reloadProps: true,
      optional: true,
    },
    active: {
      propDefinition: [
        visualping,
        "active",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    interval: {
      propDefinition: [
        visualping,
        "interval",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    trigger: {
      propDefinition: [
        visualping,
        "trigger",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    proxy: {
      propDefinition: [
        visualping,
        "proxy",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    fixedProxyAlias: {
      propDefinition: [
        visualping,
        "fixedProxyAlias",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    xpath: {
      propDefinition: [
        visualping,
        "xpath",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    renderer: {
      propDefinition: [
        visualping,
        "renderer",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    disableJS: {
      propDefinition: [
        visualping,
        "disableJS",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    pageHeight: {
      propDefinition: [
        visualping,
        "pageHeight",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    targetDevice: {
      propDefinition: [
        visualping,
        "targetDevice",
      ],
      reloadProps: true,
      optional: true,
    },
    waitTime: {
      propDefinition: [
        visualping,
        "waitTime",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    preactionsActive: {
      propDefinition: [
        visualping,
        "preactionsActive",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    preactionsObjects: {
      propDefinition: [
        visualping,
        "preactionsObjects",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    advancedScheduleActive: {
      propDefinition: [
        visualping,
        "advancedScheduleActive",
      ],
      optional: true,
      reloadProps: true,
    },
    multicheckEnabled: {
      propDefinition: [
        visualping,
        "multicheckEnabled",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    enableSmsAlert: {
      propDefinition: [
        visualping,
        "enableSmsAlert",
      ],
      default: false,
      optional: true,
    },
    enableEmailAlert: {
      propDefinition: [
        visualping,
        "enableEmailAlert",
      ],
      default: false,
      optional: true,
    },
    useSlackNotification: {
      propDefinition: [
        visualping,
        "useSlackNotification",
      ],
      reloadProps: true,
      optional: true,
    },
    useTeamsNotification: {
      propDefinition: [
        visualping,
        "useTeamsNotification",
      ],
      reloadProps: true,
      optional: true,
    },
    useWebhookNotification: {
      propDefinition: [
        visualping,
        "useWebhookNotification",
      ],
      reloadProps: true,
      optional: true,
    },
    useDiscordNotification: {
      propDefinition: [
        visualping,
        "useDiscordNotification",
      ],
      reloadProps: true,
      optional: true,
    },
    useSlackAppNotification: {
      propDefinition: [
        visualping,
        "useSlackAppNotification",
      ],
      reloadProps: true,
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async additionalProps() {
    const props = {};
    if (this.targetDevice && (this.targetDevice === "1" || this.targetDevice === "3")) {
      props.cropX = {
        type: "integer",
        label: "Crop X",
        description: "Start X position to the crop.",
      };
      props.cropY = {
        type: "integer",
        label: "Crop Y",
        description: "Start Y position to the crop.",
      };
      props.cropWidth = {
        type: "integer",
        label: "Crop Width",
        description: "The width of the crop.",
      };
      props.cropHeight = {
        type: "integer",
        label: "Crop Height",
        description: "The height of the crop.",
      };
    }
    if (this.mode && this.mode === "TEXT") {
      props.keywordAction = {
        type: "string",
        label: "Keyword Action",
        description: "Keyword detection mode.",
        optional: true,
        options: [
          "ADDED",
          "ALL",
          "DELETED",
        ],
      };
      props.keywords = {
        type: "string[]",
        label: "Keywords",
        description: "List of keywords.",
        optional: true,
      };
    }
    if (this.advancedScheduleActive) {
      props.stopTime = {
        type: "integer",
        min: 0,
        max: 24,
        label: "Stop Time",
        description: "The time to stop.",
      };
      props.startTime = {
        type: "integer",
        min: 0,
        max: 24,
        label: "Start Time",
        description: "The time to start.",
      };
      props.activeDays = {
        type: "integer[]",
        label: "Active days",
        description: "List of days from 1 to 7.",
      };
    }
    if (this.useSlackNotification) {
      props.slackUrl = {
        type: "string",
        label: "Slack URL",
        description: "The URL to the slack notification.",
      };
      props.slackChannels = {
        type: "string[]",
        label: "Slack Channels",
        description: "A list of slack's channels.",
      };
    }
    if (this.useTeamsNotification) {
      props.teamsUrl = {
        type: "string",
        label: "Teams URL",
        description: "The URL to the teams notification.",
      };
    }
    if (this.useWebhookNotification) {
      props.webhookUrl = {
        type: "string",
        label: "Webhook URL",
        description: "The URL to the webhook notification.",
      };
    }
    if (this.useDiscordNotification) {
      props.discordUrl = {
        type: "string",
        label: "Discord URL",
        description: "The URL to the discord notification.",
      };
    }
    if (this.useSlackAppNotification) {
      props.slackAppUrl = {
        type: "string",
        label: "Slack App URL",
        description: "The URL to the slack app notification.",
      };
      props.slackAppChannels = {
        type: "string[]",
        label: "Slack App Channels",
        description: "A list of slack app' channels.",
      };
    }
    return props;
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const {
      visualping,
      jobId,
      workspaceId,
      ...data
    } = this;

    const job = await visualping.getJob({
      workspaceId,
      jobId,
    });

    const response = await visualping.updateJob({
      $,
      jobId,
      data: {
        workspaceId,
        ...prepareData(job, data),
      },
    });

    $.export("$summary", `The job with id ${jobId} was successfully updated!`);
    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
VisualPing	`visualping`	`app`	This component uses the VisualPing app.
Workspace ID	`workspaceId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Job ID	`jobId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Organisation Id	`organisationId`	`string`	Unique ID of the organisation.
URL	`url`	`string`	Url of the web page monitored by this job.
Description	`description`	`string`	Job Description
Mode	`mode`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`TEXTVISUALWEB`
Active	`active`	`boolean`	Whether the job is active or paused.
Interval	`interval`	`string`	Job's crawling interval expressed in minutes. Examples: `5`, `15`, `1440`...
Trigger	`trigger`	`string`	Job's diff detection trigger expressed in percents. Examples: `0.1`, `25`...
Proxy	`proxy`	`string`	String code representing the optional proxy to use for this job. Contact Visualping for details.
Fixed Proxy Alias	`fixedProxyAlias`	`string`	For internal use.
Xpath	`xpath`	`string`	Optional xpath representing the root web element to consider for this job.
Renderer	`renderer`	`string`	For internal use.
Disable JS	`disableJS`	`boolean`	For internal use.
Page Height	`pageHeight`	`string`	For internal use.
Target Device	`targetDevice`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`{ "label": "1 - Area", "value": "1" }{ "label": "2 - Mobile", "value": "2" }{ "label": "3 - Specific Fold", "value": "3" }{ "label": "4 - All Page", "value": "4" }`
Wait Time	`waitTime`	`integer`	Number of seconds to wait the crawling and before applying any actions on the wab page.
Preactions Active	`preactionsActive`	`boolean`	Whether Preactions is active or not.
Preactions Objects	`preactionsObjects`	`any`	Array of `LegacyJobPreAction` objects.
Advanced Schedule Active	`advancedScheduleActive`	`boolean`	Whether advanced schedule is active or not.
Multicheck Enabled	`multicheckEnabled`	`string`	For internal use.
Enable SMS Alert	`enableSmsAlert`	`boolean`	Used to enable sms notifications for the considered job. Typically false.
Enable Email Alert	`enableEmailAlert`	`boolean`	Used to enable email notifications for the considered job. Typically false.
Use Slack Notification	`useSlackNotification`	`boolean`	If this job uses slack notification.
Use Teams Notification	`useTeamsNotification`	`boolean`	If this job uses teams notification.
Use Webhook Notification	`useWebhookNotification`	`boolean`	If this job uses webhook notification.
Use Discord Notification	`useDiscordNotification`	`boolean`	If this job uses discord notification.
Use Slack App Notification	`useSlackAppNotification`	`boolean`	If this job uses slack app notification.

Action Authentication#

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

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

About VisualPing#

Website change detection, monitoring and alerting

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