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You know what's worth celebrating? SPACE. Use this task to activate a discount code every time the International Space Station passes over your store (or some other location of your choice), powered by Mechanic webhooks, IFTTT, and NASA. π
Runs Occurs whenever user/space/iss is triggered. Configuration includes discount code, notification email address, and discount percentage.
You know what's worth celebrating? SPACE. Use this task to activate a discount code every time the International Space Station passes over your store (or some other location of your choice), powered by Mechanic webhooks, IFTTT, and NASA. π
To get set up, follow our guide on Triggering tasks with IFTTT, with these modifications:
user/space/iss.When configuring the webhook action, set the content type to "application/json", and set the body to the following code:
{ "duration_seconds": "{{DurationSeconds}}", "location_map_url": "{{LocationMapUrl}}" }
That's it! :) Every time the ISS arrives at your location, this task will activate the discount code of your choice (re-activating it when it already exists, and creating it if it does not), setting it to expire when the ISS departs.
Mechanic is designed to benefit everybody: merchants, customers, developers, agencies, Shopifolks, everybody.
Thatβs why we make it easy to configure automation without code, why we make it easy to tweak the underlying code once tasks are installed, and why we publish it all here for everyone to learn from.
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user/space/iss
{% assign discount_code_code = options.discount_code__required %}
{% assign discount_code = shop.discount_codes[discount_code_code] %}
{% assign price_rule = discount_code.price_rule %}
{% if event.data._sync and event.preview != true %}
{% if discount_code == nil %}
{% if price_rule == nil %}
{% for some_price_rule in shop.price_rules %}
{% if some_price_rule.title == discount_code_code %}
{% assign price_rule = some_price_rule %}
{% break %}
{% endif %}
{% endfor %}
{% endif %}
{% if price_rule != nil %}
{
"action": {
"type": "shopify",
"options": [
"create",
["price_rule", {{ price_rule.id | json }}, "discount_code"],
{
"code": {{ discount_code_code | json }}
}
]
}
}
{% else %}
{"log": "Failed to find price rule; can't create discount code."}
{% endif %}
{% endif %}
{% else %}
{% assign starts_at = "now" %}
{% assign ends_at = "now" | date: "%s" | plus: event.data.duration_seconds %}
{% assign starts_at_day = starts_at | date: "%d %b" %}
{% assign ends_at_day = ends_at | date: "%d %b" %}
{% assign ends_same_day = true %}
{% if starts_at_day != ends_at_day %}
{% assign ends_same_day = false %}
{% endif %}
{% assign minutes = event.data.duration_seconds | divided_by: 60 | floor %}
{% assign seconds = minutes | times: 60 | minus: event.data.duration_seconds | times: -1 %}
{% if options.notification_email_address__email != blank %}
{% capture email_subject %}The ISS has arrived! Discount {{ discount_code_code }} is now active{% endcapture %}
{% capture email_body %}
Hello,
Mechanic has just activated the discount code <b>{{ discount_code_code }}</b> (for {{ options.discount_percentage__number_required }}% off), to celebrate the International Space Station arriving <a href="{{ event.data.location_map_url }}">at your store</a>!
The ISS will be overhead for {{ minutes }}m{{ seconds }}s, so the discount will be active from {% if ends_same_day %}{{ starts_at | date: "%l:%M %p" }} to {{ ends_at | date: "%l:%M %p" }} ({{ "now" | date: "%d %b" }}){% else %}{{ starts_at | date: "%d %b %Y at %l:%M %p" }}, to {{ ends_at | date: "%d %b %Y at %l:%M %p" }}{% endif %}. You can manage it from <a href="https://{{ shop.domain }}/admin/discounts?query={{ discount_code_code }}">your Shopify admin area</a>.
Thanks,
Mechanic, for {{ shop.name }}
{% endcapture %}
{
"action": {
"type": "email",
"options": {
"to": {{ options.notification_email_address__email | json }},
"subject": {{ email_subject | json }},
"body": {{ email_body | unindent | strip | newline_to_br | json }},
"reply_to": {{ shop.customer_email | json }},
"from_display_name": {{ shop.name | json }}
}
}
}
{% endif %}
{% if price_rule == blank %}
{
"action": {
"type": "shopify",
"options": [
"create",
"price_rule",
{
"title": {{ discount_code_code | json }},
"target_type": "line_item",
"target_selection": "all",
"allocation_method": "across",
"value_type": "percentage",
"value": "-{{ options.discount_percentage__number_required }}",
"customer_selection": "all",
"starts_at": {{ starts_at | date: "%FT%T%:z" | json }},
"ends_at": {{ ends_at | date: "%FT%T%:z" | json }}
}
]
}
}
{
"action": {
"type": "event",
"options": {
"topic": "user/space/iss",
"data": {
"_sync": true
}
}
}
}
{% else %}
{
"action": {
"type": "shopify",
"options": [
"update",
["price_rule", {{ price_rule.id | json }}],
{
"starts_at": {{ starts_at | date: "%FT%T%:z" | json }},
"ends_at": {{ ends_at | date: "%FT%T%:z" | json }}
}
]
}
}
{% endif %}
{% endif %}SPAAAACE
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