Exec a delay¶

Dixer provides a job for wait a custom duration. The job type is delay.

Keys:

• duration: optional. The duration in seconds. Int.
• duration_var: optional. A variable with the duration value. String.
• custom_duration: optional. The custom duration. String.
• custom_duration_var: optional. A variable with the custom duration value. String.

Custom duration has priority over Duration.

Custom duration values¶

The custom duration is a string defined with time parts:

• ns: nanosecond.
• µs: microsecond.
• ms: millisecond.
• s: second.
• m: minute.
• h: hour.
• d: day.
• w: week.

For example, for 90 seconds you can set:

90s

or

1m30s

You can use decimals for seconds and below. For example, for wait 1 second and 20 nanoseconds set:

1s20ns

or

1.00000002s

Example job:

[[jobs]]
id = 'delay_job'
name = 'Delay one second custom'
type = 'delay'
disable = false
ignore_error = false
custom_duration = '1s'

[[jobs]]
id = 'delay_job'
name = 'Delay one second normal'
type = 'delay'
disable = false
ignore_error = false
duration = 1