Create Piece Definition

This tutorial will guide you through the process of creating a Gelato piece with an action that fetches random icecream flavor and trigger that fetches new icecream flavor created. It assumes that you are familiar with the following:

• Activepieces Repo Structure
• Activepieces Local development Or GitHub Codespaces.
• TypeScript syntax.

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Piece Definition

To get started, let’s generate a new piece for Gelato

npm run cli pieces create

You will be asked three questions to define your new piece:

1. Piece Name: Specify a name for your piece. This name uniquely identifies your piece within the ActivePieces ecosystem.
2. Package Name: Optionally, you can enter a name for the npm package associated with your piece. If left blank, the default name will be used.
3. Piece Type: Choose the piece type based on your intention. It can be either “custom” if it’s a tailored solution for your needs, or “community” if it’s designed to be shared and used by the broader community.

Example:

npm run cli pieces create

? Enter the piece name: gelato
? Enter the package name: @activepieces/piece-gelato
? Select the piece type: community

The piece will be generated at packages/pieces/community/gelato/, the src/index.ts file should contain the following code

import { PieceAuth, createPiece } from '@activepieces/pieces-framework';

export const gelato = createPiece({
  displayName: 'Gelato',
  logoUrl: 'https://cdn.activepieces.com/pieces/gelato.png',
  auth: PieceAuth.None(),
  authors: [],
  actions: [],
  triggers: [],
});