Refactor: Simplified Action Template

actions/get-reddit-posts/action-definition.js

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+// See README.MD for an in-depth explanation of each parameter.
+module.exports = {
+  name: "get-top-reddit-posts", 
+  function: require('./get-top-reddit-posts.js'), 
+  documentationUri: "https://github.com/clay-run/action-template-nodejs/blob/master/README.md", 
+  iconUri: "https://logo.clearbit.com/reddit.com?size=80", 
+  displayName: "Get Top Reddit Posts", 
+  description: "This action allows to get the top posts of a sub-reddit", 
+  inputParameterSchema: [ 
+    {
+      name: "subredditName", 
+      type: "text", 
+      optional: false, 
+      displayName: "SubReddit Name", 
+      description: "The sub-reddit name to get posts from"
+    },
+    {
+      name: "numberOfPosts",
+      type: "number",
+      displayName: "# of posts",
+      description: "The number of posts to fetch"
+    }
+  ],
+  outputParameterSchema: require('./output_parameter_schema.js'),
+  inputSample: require('./test-inputs').goodSample,
+  outputSample: require('./output_sample.js'),  
+}

src/get_top_reddit_posts/output_parameter_schema.js → actions/get-reddit-posts/output-schema.js

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-module.exports = [ // the action function must return an object with the following parameters
+// These are used to help Clay's interface provide ways to extract data from the output of this action into the table
+
+module.exports = [ 
   {
     name: "arrayOfPosts",
     type: "array",

index.js

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+/*
+    This is an Action Package. It consists of one more Actions. 
+    Add an Action by importing it's action-definition.js and adding it to the actionDefinitions array
+*/
+
+const getTopRedditPosts = require("./actions/get-reddit-posts/action-definition.js")
+
+module.exports =  {
+  name: "Reddit-Action-Package", 
+  description: "Actions to search and get posts from Reddit", 
+  actionDefinitions: [getTopRedditPosts], 
+}