Delay

Delay, pause, suspend, or have the execution of your workflow wait for as little as one millisecond, or as long as one year.

Integrate the Delay API with the Email API

Setup the Delay API trigger to run a workflow which integrates with the Email API. Pipedream's integration platform allows you to integrate Delay and Email remarkably fast. Free for developers.

Delay Workflow with Delay API on New Email from Email API
Email + Delay
 
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New Email from the Email API

Get a unique address where you can send emails to trigger your workflow.

 
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Delay Workflow with the Delay API

Delay the execution of your workflow for a specific amount of time (does not count against your compute time).

 
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Send Yourself an Email with the Email API

Customize and send an email to the email address you registered with Pipedream. The email will be sent by notifications@pipedream.com.

 
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Overview of Delay

The Delay API in Pipedream is a built-in function that allows you to pause a workflow for a specified amount of time. This can be incredibly useful when you need to stagger API calls to avoid rate limits, wait for an external process to complete, or simply introduce a delay between actions in a sequence. With precision up to milliseconds, the Delay API provides a simple yet powerful tool for managing timing in automation workflows.

Connect Delay

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export default defineComponent({
  async run({steps, $}) {
    // Specify the amount of time to delay your workflow in milliseconds
    return $.flow.delay(5000)
  },
})

Connect Email

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export default defineComponent({
  async run({ $ }) {
    const options = {
      subject: 'Your subject here',
      text: 'Your text here'
    };
    $.send.email(options);
  },
});