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Scheduling an Extractor

We can schedule our extractor to run on a regular basis to retrieve the latest information from a webpage. 

To set up scheduling, go to the extractor's Settings tab, navigate to the Schedule section, and you can select the following options: hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, or advanced. Select the advanced option to customize a schedule using cronjob expressions.

Old Import.io Schedule Run Button

Setting Your Run Frequency

Hourly​

Set your schedule to Hourly to run your extractor at a certain minute of every hour.

Old Import.io Hourly Schedule Example

Daily​

Set your schedule to Daily to run your extractor every day at a certain time of the day.

Old Import.io Daily Schedule Example

Weekly​

Set your schedule to Weekly to run your extractor every week at a certain time of a given day.

Old Import.io Weekly Schedule Example

Monthly​

Set your schedule to Monthly to run your extractor once a month at a certain date and time.

Old Import.io Monthly Schedule Example

Advanced​

Set your schedule to Advanced for a customized schedule, from months and days of the week up to the minute. For example:

  • Run every hour between 9am and 6pm on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
  • Run once a day during the months of Jan, Feb, and March.
  • Run three times a week at 9:00am.

Old Import.io Advanced Schedule Example

Examples​

An asterisk in a box indicates the extractor run every time that unit of time changes. For example, asterisk in every box instruct the extractor to run at every minute or every hour of every day of every week of every month.

Old Import.io Schedule Asterisk Explaination

The following example demonstrates how to mimic a Daily schedule using Advanced schedule customization. To run only at 7:00 am each day, set the minute box to 0 and the hour box to 7.

Old Import.io Schedule 7am Advanced Example

To run at 5:00 am and 7:00 am each day, set the minute box to 0 and the hour box to 5,7. Use commas to separate values.

Old Import.io Schedule 5/7am Advanced Example

To run Mondays and Sundays in February at 5:00 and 7:00, use the following configuration:

Old Import.io Schedule Mon/Sun 5/7am Advacned Example

Step values allow you to skip a time period. For example, start on Monday and run every other day, use the following configuration:

Old Import.io Schedule Every Other Day Example

Identifying Scheduled Extractors

You can quickly view and identify which extractors are scheduled to run in your dashboard. They're marked by the following icon:

Old Import.io Scheduled Extractors Icon Location

Cronjob Schedule Expression

You can use https://crontab.guru/ to monitor your cron schedule expression.