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 Node API
Setup the Delay API trigger to run a workflow which integrates with the Node API. Pipedream's integration platform allows you to integrate Delay and Node remarkably fast. Free for developers.
Popular Delay and Node 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).
Run Node Code with the Node API
Write custom Node.js code and use any of the 400k+ npm packages available. Refer to the Pipedream Node docs to learn more.
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 Node#
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// To use previous step data, pass the `steps` object to the run() function
export default defineComponent({
async run({ steps, $ }) {
// Return data to use it in future steps
return steps.trigger.event
},
})Community Posts#
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