Monday usability improvements

components/monday/actions/common/common-create-item.mjs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import {
+  capitalizeWord, getColumnOptions,
+} from "../../common/utils.mjs";
 import monday from "../../monday.app.mjs";
 
 export default {
@@ -11,7 +14,7 @@ export default {
         }),
       ],
       type: "string[]",
-      description: "Select columns to fill",
+      description: "Select which item columns to set values for",
       reloadProps: true,
     },
   },
@@ -20,26 +23,32 @@ export default {
     if (!this.columns) {
       return props;
     }
+    const columnData = await this.monday.listColumns({
+      boardId: +this.boardId,
+    });
     for (const column of this.columns) {
-      let description;
-      if (column === "status") {
-        description = "Value for status. [Status Index Value Map](https://view.monday.com/1073554546-ad9f20a427a16e67ded630108994c11b?r=use1)";
-      } else if (column === "person") {
-        description = "The ID of the person/user to add to item";
+      let description, options;
+      options = getColumnOptions(columnData, column);
+      if (column === "person") {
+        description = "The ID of a person/user";
       } else if (column === "date4") {
-        description = "Enter date of item in YYYY-MM-DD format. Eg. `2022-09-02`";
+        description = "A date string in `YYYY-MM-DD` format, e.g. `2022-09-02`";
+      } else if (options) {
+        description = `Select a value from the list for column "${column}".`;
       } else {
-        description = `Value for column ${column}. See the [Column Type Reference](https://developer.monday.com/api-reference/docs/column-types-reference) to learn more about entering column type values.`;
+        description = `Value for column "${column}". See the [Column Type Reference](https://developer.monday.com/api-reference/reference/column-types-reference) to learn more about entering column type values.`;
       }
       props[column] = {
         type: "string",
-        label: column,
+        label: capitalizeWord(column),
         description,
+        options,
       };
     }
     return props;
   },
   methods: {
+    capitalizeWord,
     getEmailValue(value) {
       let email = value;
       if (typeof value === "string") {

components/monday/actions/create-board/create-board.mjs

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import monday from "../../monday.app.mjs";
 export default {
   key: "monday-create-board",
   name: "Create Board",
-  description: "Creates a new board. [See the documentation](https://api.developer.monday.com/docs/boards#create-a-board)",
+  description: "Creates a new board. [See the documentation](https://developer.monday.com/api-reference/reference/boards#create-a-board)",
   type: "action",
-  version: "0.0.7",
+  version: "0.0.8",
   props: {
     monday,
     boardName: {

components/monday/actions/create-column/create-column.mjs

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import constants from "../../common/constants.mjs";
 import monday from "../../monday.app.mjs";
+import { ConfigurationError } from "@pipedream/platform";
 
 export default {
   key: "monday-create-column",
   name: "Create Column",
   description: "Creates a column. [See the documentation](https://developer.monday.com/api-reference/reference/columns#create-a-column)",
   type: "action",
-  version: "0.0.8",
+  version: "0.1.0",
   props: {
     monday,
     boardId: {
@@ -18,45 +19,63 @@ export default {
     title: {
       type: "string",
       label: "Title",
-      description: "The new column's title.",
+      description: "The title of the new column",
     },
     columnType: {
       type: "string",
       label: "Column Type",
-      description: "The new column's title",
+      description: "The type of the new column",
       options: constants.COLUMN_TYPE_OPTIONS,
       reloadProps: true,
     },
     description: {
       type: "string",
       label: "Description",
-      description: "The column's description.",
+      description: "The description of the new column",
       optional: true,
     },
   },
   async additionalProps() {
     const props = {};
-    const defaults = {
-      type: "string",
-      label: "Defaults",
-      description: "The new column's defaults. For use with column types `status` or `dropdown`. [See the documentation](https://developer.monday.com/api-reference/reference/columns#create-a-status-or-dropdown-column-with-custom-labels) for additional information.",
-      optional: true,
-    };
-    if (this.columnType === "status") {
-      props.defaults = {
-        ...defaults,
-        default: "{\"labels\":{\"1\":\"Option1\",\"2\":\"Option2\",\"3\":\"Option3\",\"4\": \"Option4\"}}",
-      };
-    }
-    if (this.columnType === "dropdown") {
+    if ([
+      "status",
+      "dropdown",
+    ].includes(this.columnType)) {
       props.defaults = {
-        ...defaults,
-        default: "{\"settings\":{\"labels\":[{\"id\":1,\"name\":\"Option1\"}, {\"id\":2,\"name\":\"Option2\"}, {\"id\":3,\"name\":\"Option3\"}]}}",
+        type: "string",
+        label: "Custom Labels (Defaults)",
+        description: "The new column's custom labels (defaults). For use with column types `status` or `dropdown`. Should be an object in the format `{ \"1\": \"Technology\", \"2\": \"Marketing\" }` where each key is the label ID and each value is the label text. [See the documentation](https://developer.monday.com/api-reference/reference/columns#create-a-status-or-dropdown-column-with-custom-labels) for more information.",
+        optional: true,
       };
     }
     return props;
   },
   async run({ $ }) {
+    let { defaults } = this;
+    if (defaults) {
+      try {
+        if (this.columnType === "status") {
+          defaults = JSON.stringify({
+            labels: JSON.parse(defaults),
+          });
+        } else if (this.columnType === "dropdown") {
+          const obj = JSON.parse(defaults);
+          defaults = JSON.stringify({
+            settings: {
+              labels: Object.entries(obj).map(([
+                id,
+                name,
+              ]) => ({
+                id: Number(id),
+                name,
+              })),
+            },
+          });
+        }
+      } catch (err) {
+        throw new ConfigurationError(`Error parsing \`Custom Labels\` as JSON: "${err}"`);
+      }
+    }
     const {
       data,
       errors,
@@ -66,11 +85,7 @@ export default {
         boardId: +this.boardId,
         title: this.title,
         columnType: this.columnType,
-        defaults: this.defaults
-          ? typeof this.defaults !== "string"
-            ? JSON.stringify(this.defaults)
-            : this.defaults
-          : undefined,
+        defaults,
         description: this.description,
       });
 

components/monday/actions/create-group/create-group.mjs

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ import monday from "../../monday.app.mjs";
 export default {
   key: "monday-create-group",
   name: "Create Group",
-  description: "Creates a new group in a specific board. [See the documentation](https://api.developer.monday.com/docs/groups-queries#create-a-group)",
+  description: "Creates a new group in a specific board. [See the documentation](https://developer.monday.com/api-reference/reference/groups#create-a-group)",
   type: "action",
-  version: "0.0.8",
+  version: "0.0.9",
   props: {
     monday,
     boardId: {

components/monday/actions/create-item/create-item.mjs

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ export default {
   ...commonCreateItem,
   key: "monday-create-item",
   name: "Create Item",
-  description: "Creates an item. [See the documentation](https://api.developer.monday.com/docs/items-queries#create-an-item)",
+  description: "Creates an item. [See the documentation](https://developer.monday.com/api-reference/reference/items#create-an-item)",
   type: "action",
-  version: "0.0.10",
+  version: "0.1.0",
   props: {
     monday,
     boardId: {

components/monday/actions/create-subitem/create-subitem.mjs

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export default {
   name: "Create Subitem",
   description: "Creates a subitem. [See the documentation](https://developer.monday.com/api-reference/reference/subitems#create-a-subitem)",
   type: "action",
-  version: "0.0.3",
+  version: "0.1.0",
   props: {
     monday,
     boardId: {
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export default {
         }),
       ],
       optional: false,
-      description: "The parent item's unique identifier",
+      description: "Select a parent item or provide an item ID",
     },
     itemName: {
       propDefinition: [

components/monday/actions/create-update/create-update.mjs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ export default {
   name: "Create an Update",
   description: "Creates a new update. [See the documentation](https://developer.monday.com/api-reference/reference/updates#create-an-update)",
   type: "action",
-  version: "0.0.10",
+  version: "0.0.11",
   props: {
     monday,
     updateBody: {
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export default {
     },
     parentId: {
       label: "Parent Update ID",
-      description: "The parent post identifier",
+      description: "Select a parent update or provide an update ID",
       propDefinition: [
         monday,
         "updateId",

components/monday/actions/get-column-values/get-column-values.mjs

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ export default {
   ...common,
   key: "monday-get-column-values",
   name: "Get Column Values",
-  description: "Return values of a specific column or columns for a board item. [See the documentation](https://developer.monday.com/api-reference/docs/column-values-v2)",
-  version: "0.0.5",
+  description: "Return values of specific column(s) for a board item. [See the documentation](https://developer.monday.com/api-reference/reference/column-values-v2)",
+  version: "0.0.6",
   type: "action",
   props: {
     ...common.props,
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export default {
       ],
       type: "string[]",
       label: "Columns",
-      description: "Return data from the specified column(s)",
+      description: "Select the column(s) to return data from",
       optional: true,
     },
   },
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export default {
       throw new Error(response.errors[0].message);
     }
 
-    $.export("$summary", `Successfully retrieved column values for item with ID ${this.itemId}.`);
+    $.export("$summary", `Successfully retrieved column values for item with ID ${this.itemId}`);
 
     return this.formatColumnValues(response.data.items);
   },

components/monday/actions/get-items-by-column-value/get-items-by-column-value.mjs

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
+import { getColumnOptions } from "../../common/utils.mjs";
 import common from "../common/column-values.mjs";
 
 export default {
   ...common,
   key: "monday-get-items-by-column-value",
   name: "Get Items By Column Value",
-  description: "Searches a column for items matching a value. [See the documentation](https://developer.monday.com/api-reference/docs/items-page-by-column-values)",
-  version: "0.0.5",
+  description: "Searches a column for items matching a value. [See the documentation](https://developer.monday.com/api-reference/reference/items-page-by-column-values)",
+  version: "0.1.0",
   type: "action",
   props: {
     ...common.props,
@@ -18,12 +19,26 @@ export default {
         }),
       ],
       description: "The column to search",
+      reloadProps: true,
     },
-    value: {
-      type: "string",
-      label: "Value",
-      description: "The value to serach for. [See documentation](https://developer.monday.com/api-reference/docs/items-by-column-values#supported-limited-support-and-unsupported-columns) for additional information about column values.",
-    },
+  },
+  async additionalProps() {
+    const columnData = await this.monday.listColumns({
+      boardId: +this.boardId,
+    });
+
+    const options = getColumnOptions(columnData, this.columnId, true);
+
+    return {
+      value: {
+        type: "string",
+        label: "Value",
+        description: `The value to search for.${options
+          ? ""
+          : " [See the documentation](https://developer.monday.com/api-reference/reference/items-page-by-column-values#supported-and-unsupported-columns) for additional information about column values"} `,
+        options,
+      },
+    };
   },
   async run({ $ }) {
     const response = await this.monday.getItemsByColumnValue({

components/monday/actions/update-column-values/update-column-values.mjs

@@ -2,19 +2,24 @@
 import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform";
 import fs from "fs";
 import FormData from "form-data";
+import { getColumnOptions } from "../../common/utils.mjs";
 
 export default {
   ...common,
   key: "monday-update-column-values",
   name: "Update Column Values",
-  description: "Update multiple column values of an item. [See the documentation](https://developer.monday.com/api-reference/docs/columns#change-multiple-column-values)",
-  version: "0.0.5",
+  description: "Update multiple column values of an item. [See the documentation](https://developer.monday.com/api-reference/reference/columns#change-multiple-column-values)",
+  version: "0.1.0",
   type: "action",
   props: {
     ...common.props,
+    updateInfoBox: {
+      type: "alert",
+      alertType: "info",
+      content: "See the [Column types reference](https://developer.monday.com/api-reference/reference/column-types-reference) to find the proper data structures for supported column types",
+    },
     boardId: {
       ...common.props.boardId,
-      description: "The board's unique identifier. See the [Column types reference](https://developer.monday.com/api-reference/docs/column-types-reference) to find the proper data structures for supported column types.",
       reloadProps: true,
     },
     itemId: {
@@ -30,17 +35,22 @@
   },
   async additionalProps() {
     const props = {};
-    if (this.boardId) {
-      const columns = await this.getColumns(this.boardId);
+    const { boardId } = this;
+    if (boardId) {
+      const columns = await this.monday.listColumns({
+        boardId: +boardId,
+      });
       for (const column of columns) {
-        props[column.id] = {
+        const id = column.id;
+        props[id] = {
           type: "string",
           label: column.title,
-          description: `The value for column ${column.title}`,
+          description: `The value for the "${column.title}" column (\`${id}\`)`,
           optional: true,
+          options: getColumnOptions(columns, id),
         };
         if (column.type === "file") {
-          props[column.id].description += ". The path to a file in the `/tmp` directory. [See the documentation on working with files](https://pipedream.com/docs/code/nodejs/working-with-files/#writing-a-file-to-tmp).";
+          props[column.id].description += ". The path to a file in the `/tmp` directory. [See the documentation on working with files](https://pipedream.com/docs/code/nodejs/working-with-files/#writing-a-file-to-tmp)";
         }
       }
     }

components/monday/actions/update-item-name/update-item-name.mjs

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ import monday from "../../monday.app.mjs";
 export default {
   key: "monday-update-item-name",
   name: "Update Item Name",
-  description: "Update an item's name. [See the documentation](https://api.developer.monday.com/docs/item-name)",
+  description: "Update an item's name. [See the documentation](https://developer.monday.com/api-reference/reference/columns#change-multiple-column-values)",
   type: "action",
-  version: "0.0.9",
+  version: "0.0.10",
   props: {
     monday,
     boardId: {