Timer external api request

nelson artunduaga

Hello everyone.

I have a situation where I have to send a request to an API, this API returns me a key and with this key I have to make another request to another endpoint, but, with an interval of approx 7 seconds.

How can I configure that after the first request wait X sec and then make the second request?

Michael Udinski

Hi @nelson artunduaga - you can use the function "Sleep" to have a 7-second pause (Utility functions > Sleep) in between the logic that you want to execute in the function stack.

nelson artunduaga

ohhhh! @Michael Udinski I didn't know it existed, never used it. Thanks!!

nelson artunduaga

@Michael Udinski Hey michael, Is there a time limit for this function? If I put for example 8 hours (in seconds), would there be no problem?

Michael Udinski

there is no limit, but your API will timeout long before that. I'd recommend moving the logic to a background task if it needs to execute that far into the future