We support scheduling workflows, but not on a recurring basis, as it’s quite risky (could take servers down if people do something stupid). However some users have experimented with some options:
we at Bubblewits , when working on a project for a client to synchronize their Harvest time tracking data with Bubble database through Harvest API, have come up with a solution to run an API workflow on a scheduled basis (for example every 1,5,15 minutes etc.) in the background, even when the app is not running.
We found out that AWS’s Lambda service allows to host any code in python or node.js and then trigger it on schedule using Cloudwatch.
so we have simply created a Lambda python function …
The idea is to be able to set up a regularly scheduled event. The way I would think to do that would be to schedule an API call that will then schedule itself for a later date (and so on). Then you just enter a condition on the workflow that will be used to interrupt it in the future (like cancelled = yes). However, it looks like it’s not currently possible to schedule an API workflow that will then schedule itself (or even a different API workflow) for a different date. I assume you guys d…
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