sleep

Set the amount of time for the current application to sleep for in milliseconds before continuing to the next action.

object | integer | stringRequired

An object that accepts the following properties, an integer value directly, or a SWML variable reference (string) that resolves to a valid duration.

Properties

sleep.duration

integer | stringRequired

The amount of time to sleep in milliseconds. Must be a positive integer. Can also be set to a -1 integer for the sleep to never end.

Also accepts a SWML variable reference (string) such as ${vars.wait_ms} or %{vars.wait_ms}. The reference is substituted when the method runs and must resolve to a positive integer or -1.

Possible Values: -1 or any positive integer

Examples

Timed Sleep Example

version: 1.0.0
sections:
  main:
    - sleep: 5000

Forever Sleep Example

version: 1.0.0
sections:
  main:
    - sleep: -1