Delay
Delay the execution of any part of your workflow for as little as one millisecond, or as long as one year.
Integrate the Delay API with the Formatting API
Setup the Delay API trigger to run a workflow which integrates with the Formatting API. Pipedream's integration platform allows you to integrate Delay and Formatting remarkably fast. Free for developers.
Popular Delay and Formatting Actions#
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).
[Date/Time] Compare Dates with the Formatting API
Get the duration between two dates in days, hours, minutes, and seconds along with checking if they are the same.
Overview of Delay#
The Delay API allows you to build workflows that wait a specified amount of
time before continuing. This can be useful for rate-limiting actions, or
waiting for an external event to occur.
Here are some examples of what you can build using the Delay API:
- A workflow that sends a Slack message after a specified amount of time
- A workflow that checks for new data from an external API every hour
- A workflow that backs up a file to Dropbox every day
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 Formatting#
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export default defineComponent({
async run({ steps, $ }) {
const text = ' Hello world! ';
return text.trim()
},
})