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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a RSS trigger and AskNicely 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 Send Survey action
1. Connect your AskNicely account
2. Configure Email
3. Optional- Configure Name
4. Optional- Configure Trigger Email
5. Optional- Configure Delay Minutes
6. Optional- Configure Segment
7. Optional- Configure Custom Fields
8. Optional- Configure Then Deactivate
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#

Send Survey on AskNicely

Description:Trigger a survey to a contact. [See the documentation](https://demo.asknice.ly/help/apidocs/survey)

Version:0.0.1

Key:asknicely-send-survey

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AskNicely Overview#

The AskNicely API enables you to tap into customer feedback processes by automating the collection and analysis of customer satisfaction data. With Pipedream, you can leverage this API to create custom workflows that trigger on specific events, interact with other apps, and perform actions based on customer feedback scores and comments. Whether you're syncing data to a CRM, triggering email campaigns based on scores, or aggregating responses for analysis, the API's integration into Pipedream opens a world of possibilities for enhancing customer experience and operational efficiency.

Action Code#

import asknicely from "../../asknicely.app.mjs";
import { clearObj } from "../../common/utils.mjs";

export default {
  key: "asknicely-send-survey",
  name: "Send Survey",
  version: "0.0.1",
  description: "Trigger a survey to a contact. [See the documentation](https://demo.asknice.ly/help/apidocs/survey)",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    asknicely,
    email: {
      propDefinition: [
        asknicely,
        "email",
      ],
    },
    name: {
      propDefinition: [
        asknicely,
        "name",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    triggeremail: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Trigger Email",
      description: "If set to true, the API will always send a survey, we recommend to only use this parameter for testing the API to see the survey emails being sent. Remove this entirely when in production, as including this parameter will override all contact rules and send a survey for each API call. Setting **false** won't stop it from sending surveys.",
      optional: true,
    },
    delayminutes: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Delay Minutes",
      description: "If you want to trigger a survey to have a delay, use delayminutes. 10 = 10 minute delay. 7 day delay would be 60*24*7 = 10800, there is no limit to how minutes or days you can delay. This value ignored for sms, surveys are always sent immediately.",
      optional: true,
    },
    segment: {
      propDefinition: [
        asknicely,
        "segment",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    customFields: {
      propDefinition: [
        asknicely,
        "customFields",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    thendeactivate: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Then Deactivate",
      description: "After a survey has been sent, de-activate this customer so they are not eligible for NPS surveys sent via the Daily Scheduler on the Send page. If you wish to de-activate a customer regardless of if a survey is sent or not, please use the [remove contact](https://demo.asknice.ly/help/removecontact) API. `Very handy if you are using both the Daily Scheduler and API calls.`",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const {
      asknicely,
      segment,
      customFields,
      ...params
    } = this;

    const response = await asknicely.sendSurvey(clearObj({
      $,
      params: {
        ...customFields,
        segment,
        ...params,
      },
    }));

    $.export("$summary", "The survey was successfully sent!");
    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
AskNicely	`asknicely`	`app`	This component uses the AskNicely app.
Email	`email`	`string`	The email of the contact.
Name	`name`	`string`	The name of the contact.
Trigger Email	`triggeremail`	`boolean`	If set to true, the API will always send a survey, we recommend to only use this parameter for testing the API to see the survey emails being sent. Remove this entirely when in production, as including this parameter will override all contact rules and send a survey for each API call. Setting false won't stop it from sending surveys.
Delay Minutes	`delayminutes`	`integer`	If you want to trigger a survey to have a delay, use delayminutes. 10 = 10 minute delay. 7 day delay would be 60247 = 10800, there is no limit to how minutes or days you can delay. This value ignored for sms, surveys are always sent immediately.
Segment	`segment`	`string`	Set a customers segments.
Custom Fields	`customFields`	`object`	Add extra argments to send through extra custom data to help identify/filter/leaderboard customers. Multiple arguments can be sent with each request.
Then Deactivate	`thendeactivate`	`boolean`	After a survey has been sent, de-activate this customer so they are not eligible for NPS surveys sent via the Daily Scheduler on the Send page. If you wish to de-activate a customer regardless of if a survey is sent or not, please use the remove contact API. `Very handy if you are using both the Daily Scheduler and API calls.`

Action Authentication#

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

To retrieve your API Key,