The Schedule block

The Schedule block is a special block in actions that lets you specify when and how often an action will automatically run. The Schedule block replaces the Request block when you set a run schedule for the action. Like the Request block, the Schedule block can’t be deleted.

Outputs

Timestamp - Sends the date and time as a JSON key/value pair with the following format:

{
    "startTime": "YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.SSSZ"
}

Setup

To access the Schedule block in your action, click Change trigger > Schedule on the Request block.

In the Schedule block’s text box, enter a schedule in plain language and click Apply. For example, you could enter “Run every five minutes for one hour” or “Run every Tuesday at 2:00 PM PDT.” The shortest time increment you can schedule is one minute. The longest is one year. To edit the schedule, click Edit Schedule.

The Schedule block doesn’t need to be connected to any other blocks to run the flow at the specified times. You can optionally connect the Timestamp output to any blocks you want to receive the time and date when the action was triggered.

After you define the schedule, you can deploy the action to begin the scheduled runs. To learn how, see Deploy flows as actions in Postman Flows.

Example

The following example shows an action with a Schedule block set to run the action every Tuesday at 2:00 PM Mountain Daylight Time: