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Timed scripts

I've been testing out Zapier as a hack for timed scripts, with success. A Zap has a trigger and an action, and I created one along these lines

  1. In Ninox, created a table called Zap with a text field called Text.
  2. In Zapier create a Zap as follows
    1. The Trigger is a Schedule; a timed interval. Choose  hourly, daily, weekly, etc
    2. The Action is Create a new record in Ninox using the Zap table and add some text in Text
  3. In the Zap table create a Trigger on new record script. This is your timed script.

Regards John

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    • SMoore
    • 2 yrs ago
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    John,

     

    This is great. I ended up setting up open-source Active Pieces on Docker (alternative to Zapier) and used REST API to achieve my result. 

     

    Fantastic idea. It's been working quite well. Thank you so much,

      • Fred
      • 2 yrs ago
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       When you get a moment can you describe your setup for the rest of us? Are you using the free version of dockers? I’m looking for an affordable API setup. Is this something a person with minimal server setup background can do?

      • SMoore
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Fred I have a dedicated virtual machine server running Ubuntu Linux, and Docker runs on that. Within Docker, I have a container installed called ActivePieces, but there are plenty of alternatives. 

      I am using the free version of Docker. ActivePieces is free as well (unlimited API calls), if you self-host.

      If you are familiar with Linux, the easiest way may be to download Virtual Box with a Linux VM on your PC, and install Docker, then run Active Pieces. Once it's up and running, ActivePieces is accessed on a local web interface, where you create your API connection and scheduled task or if-then activity. 

       

      OR Docker can also run on PC. On the PC version of Docker, you can install Active Pieces. 

      https://docs.docker.com/desktop/install/windows-install/

      https://www.docker.com/blog/getting-started-with-docker-desktop/

      https://www.activepieces.com/docs/install/options/docker

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