Let’s automate S1E3: Custom Polling

In the third episode of “Let’s Automate – Triggering Automic Jobs from Outside,” we introduce the all-purpose tool that lets you trigger Automic jobs based on external criteria when neither file events nor the REST API can help.
You've completed the Designer learning path and are heading into day-to-day work. Now you notice: In theory, theory is practice, but in practice theory is, after all, only theory. So how can you effectively meet the demands of day-to-day designer work? Here we offer our help with our „Let's automate"-Format. Because here it's all about practice, not the basics! We build on the Automic knowledge you acquired in the Designer and Scripting learning paths. For Netflix and binge-watching fans in a practical season format. A season focuses on a topic and the episodes show different approaches to tackling that topic. You can simply watch or actively participate in one of our Designer Labs! The first season of „Let's automate” is about how an external system can send a signal to Automic so that an action is executed in Automic. In the third episode I show you an option you can use when the other options fail: you simply implement your own trigger mechanism with polling logic. There are a few things to consider: How do you implement the polling? How many executions will this cost you? And why is the REST job particularly well suited for this? I'm looking forward to you joining! Let's automate!

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