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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a RSS trigger and PostGrid Print & Mail 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 Create Letter action
1. Connect your PostGrid Print & Mail account
2. Select a To
3. Select a From
4. Configure HTML
5. Optional- Select a Address Placement
6. Optional- Configure Double Sided
7. Optional- Configure Color
8. Optional- Configure Perforated Page
9. Optional- Select a Extra Service
10. Optional- Select a Envelope Type
11. Optional- Select a Return Envelope
12. Optional- Configure Send Date
13. Optional- Configure Description
14. Optional- Configure Express
15. Optional- Select a Mailing Class
16. Optional- Select a 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:1.2.6

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 rss from "../../app/rss.app.mjs";
import { defineSource } from "@pipedream/types";
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: "1.2.6",
    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#

Create Letter on PostGrid Print & Mail

Description:Creates a new letter in PostGrid. [See the documentation](https://docs.postgrid.com/#3359155b-f225-4f6a-b08a-eafe7a52b54d)

Version:0.0.1

Key:postgrid-create-letter

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PostGrid Print & Mail Overview#

The PostGrid Print & Mail API offers seamless print and mail solutions, enabling the automation of sending personalized letters, postcards, checks, and more. With this API, you can systematize direct mail campaigns, transactional mailings, or on-demand dispatch without managing printing infrastructure. In Pipedream, you can harness this capability to interlace PostGrid with an array of other services and triggers, creating workflows that respond to events such as form submissions, scheduled campaigns, or customer actions.

Action Code#

import postgrid from "../../postgrid.app.mjs";
import constants from "../../common/constants.mjs";

export default {
  key: "postgrid-create-letter",
  name: "Create Letter",
  description: "Creates a new letter in PostGrid. [See the documentation](https://docs.postgrid.com/#3359155b-f225-4f6a-b08a-eafe7a52b54d)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    postgrid,
    to: {
      propDefinition: [
        postgrid,
        "contactId",
      ],
      label: "To",
      description: "The id or contact object of the receiver.",
    },
    from: {
      propDefinition: [
        postgrid,
        "contactId",
      ],
      label: "From",
      description: "The id or contact object of the sender.",
    },
    html: {
      type: "string",
      label: "HTML",
      description: "The HTML content of the letter.",
    },
    addressPlacement: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Address Placement",
      description: "The location where the address will be placed.",
      options: constants.ADDRESS_PLACEMENT,
      optional: true,
    },
    doubleSided: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Double Sided",
      description: "Indicates if the letter is double sided or not.",
      optional: true,
    },
    color: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Color",
      description: "Indicates whether the letter will be printed in color or not.",
      optional: true,
    },
    perforatedPage: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Perforated Page",
      description: "Indicates if the page is to be perforated (holes).",
      optional: true,
    },
    extraService: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Extra Service",
      description: "Indicates extra services for the letter.",
      options: constants.EXTRA_SERVICE,
      optional: true,
    },
    envelopeType: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Envelope Type",
      description: "Indicates the envelope type for the letter.",
      options: constants.ENVELOPE_TYPE,
      optional: true,
    },
    returnEnvelope: {
      propDefinition: [
        postgrid,
        "returnEnvelopeId",
      ],
    },
    sendDate: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Send Date",
      description: "The desired date for the letter to be sent out.  Example: `2023-02-16T15:40:35.873Z`",
      optional: true,
    },
    description: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Description",
      description: "A description for the letter.",
      optional: true,
    },
    express: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Express",
      description: "See express shipping.",
      optional: true,
    },
    mailingClass: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Mailing Class",
      description: "Defaults to first_class. See mailing class.",
      options: constants.MAILING_CLASS,
      optional: true,
    },
    size: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Size",
      description: "Default size will be chosen based on the destination country, if not provided. Indicates the letter size for the letter being created.",
      options: constants.LETTER_SIZE,
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const {
      postgrid,
      ...data
    } = this;

    const response = await postgrid.createLetter({
      data,
      $,
    });

    if (response.id) {
      $.export("$summary", `Successfully created letter with ID ${response.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
PostGrid Print & Mail	`postgrid`	`app`	This component uses the PostGrid Print & Mail app.
To	`to`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
From	`from`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
HTML	`html`	`string`	The HTML content of the letter.
Address Placement	`addressPlacement`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`{ "value": "top_first_page", "label": "Top First Page" }{ "value": "insert_blank_page", "label": "Insert Blank Page" }`
Double Sided	`doubleSided`	`boolean`	Indicates if the letter is double sided or not.
Color	`color`	`boolean`	Indicates whether the letter will be printed in color or not.
Perforated Page	`perforatedPage`	`integer`	Indicates if the page is to be perforated (holes).
Extra Service	`extraService`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`{ "value": "certified", "label": "Certified" }{ "value": "certified_return_receipt", "label": "Certified Return Receipt" }{ "value": "registered", "label": "Registered" }`
Envelope Type	`envelopeType`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`{ "value": "standard_double_window", "label": "Standard Double Window" }{ "value": "flat", "label": "Flat" }`
Return Envelope	`returnEnvelope`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Send Date	`sendDate`	`string`	The desired date for the letter to be sent out. Example: `2023-02-16T15:40:35.873Z`
Description	`description`	`string`	A description for the letter.
Express	`express`	`boolean`	See express shipping.
Mailing Class	`mailingClass`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`{ "value": "standard_class", "label": "Standard Class" }{ "value": "first_class", "label": "First Class" }`
Size	`size`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`{ "value": "us_letter", "label": "US Letter" }{ "value": "us_legal", "label": "US Legal" }{ "value": "a4", "label": "A4" }`

Action Authentication#

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

To retrieve your API Key,