In this quickstart guide, we'll build a simple integration that automatically transforms text between two text columns on a board between lowercase and uppercase. The app will do the following things:
Use a monday trigger to notify your app when column data has changed
Use a custom action to write the transformed text to a column value
In the end, it will look similar to this:
Pro tip
You can view the GitHub repository for this custom integration <a href="https://github.com/mondaycom/welcome-apps/tree/master/apps/quickstart-integrations" target="_blank">here</a>!
# Intro to integration recipes
All integrations in monday.com have one or more associated recipes comprised of a **trigger** and an **action**. A trigger is an event that happens in monday.com or another service, and the action is the result of this trigger. These are both found in the recipe sentence that ties them together.
You can use built-in triggers and actions or create custom ones using our workflow blocks. This gives you the flexibility to create any workflow you could imagine.
Some sample recipes you can build with integrations include:
When a **lead** is created in salesforce **>** create an **item** in monday
When **status** changes to something **>** send email to **user**
Each **time period >** create and share report from a **board**
# Building your first integration recipe from a template
We can start building now that you know a bit about monday.com integrations! If you don't have a monday.com account, start by signing up for a free developer account <a href="https://auth.monday.com/users/sign_up_new?developer=true&utm_source=dev_documentation" target="_blank">here</a>.
## Adding a workflow app feature
Click on your profile picture in the top right corner.
Select **Developers**.
Choose the app you'd like to create your blocks in or create a new one.
Navigate to the _Features_ section of your app.
Click **Create feature**.
Select the **Workflow** app feature and press **Next**.
Choose **Quickstart Integration - NodeJS** template.
Click **Add the missing scopes** and press **Next**.
Run the command scaffold in your command line, and paste the resulting URL into the box.
## Updating your integration's basic information
Open the _Feature Details_ tab.
Here, you can update your app feature's name, description, and base URL. Please remember that the user will see the title and description when they see your recipe in the Integrations Center. You can also select whether or not you want to enable oAuth authorization.
Click **Save** to save your updates.
After this step, you should be able to load up the app for the first time using your local tunnel!
## Configuring your recipe
Our feature templates provide the integration recipe for you, so it is ready to go. This integration utilizes a custom action that calls our API to update a second text column. If you want to see the code behind this recipe, navigate to the **quickstart-integrations** folder downloaded onto your computer after running the command line prompt we previously covered.
## Using the custom integration recipe
You're done! Head to any of your boards to add the integration recipe by searching for the app feature name in the _Automations Center_. Follow the integration recipe prompts as usual (i.e., selecting which _text_ columns you want) and watch the magic unfold!
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