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Pause

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Description​

This action stops the project for a specified period of time, measured in seconds.

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How do I add this action to a project?​

Through the context menu Add Action → Logic → Pause

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Or you can use the ❗→ smart search.

What is this used for?​

  • To wait for a website to fully load
  • To simulate human behavior on a site by adding random pauses
  • To set a time gap between actions

How do I work with this action?​

Information

The value is set in seconds. If you use variables, the value must be numeric.

Exact​

The project will pause for the specified number of seconds. You can enter the value directly or use a variable with a numeric value.

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Interval​

Specify a pause within the given numeric range; you can use variables.

  • From — minimum time in seconds.
  • To — the maximum pause in seconds, EXCLUSIVE.

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The project will wait for an amount of time randomly chosen from the range of 20 to 59 seconds.

Example usage​

Let’s say you need to perform several similar actions on a website. To keep them from looking too robotic because of how quickly they run, we recommend adding random pauses between the actions.

It would look like this:

  1. Load the resource
  2. Perform the necessary actions
  3. Set a pause in the range
  4. Perform actions

By adding pauses between your actions, the website will see you as a “real” user, and not a bot.

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