Schedule to run script

There is already a feature for this.

This can start a script;

And this can stop a script;

To create Schedule jobs, all you have to do is to put the Schedule Create method with your start/stop calls as a parameter into a Shelly.call();

And you can get your script ids with this script line.

print('Your Script ID is: ',Shelly.getCurrentScriptId());

Here is an Exampel how to create a Schedule job inside a Script:

//Cron Time Format, "* * * * * *" --> 1.*=second 2.*=minute 3.*=hour 4.*=day_Of_month 5.*=month 6.*=day_of_week
//Cron Time Format, * = all, 1-4 --> from 1 to 4, /15 --> every 15, SUN-SAT support for day_of_week, JAN-DEC support for month
//Cron Time Format Examples:
// "*/15 * 1-4 * * *" --> Run every 15 seconds from 1 to 4 hours;
// "0 */2 1-4 * * *" --> Run every two minutes from 1 to 4 hours;
// "0 0 7 * * MON-FRI" --> Run at 7:00 every working day;
// "0 30 23 30 * *" --> Run at 23:30 every 30th day of month.

Shelly.call('Schedule.Create', {enable: true, timespec: "0 * * * * *", calls: 
[
  {method:"Script.Start", params:{id:1}}, 
]});

Just remember that you also need to delete them by scripting or using the Schedule option inside your Shelly webinterface.

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Yes and No, the scheduled job can be edited or deleted through the UI once you have created it by executing a script at least once.

But it is important to run your job creation script only once and not set it to auto-start to avoid creating a new scheduled job with each start.

Also to create a stop Script job, change the method in my example script to 'Script.Stop'. Additionally, ensure you enter the correct Script ID into the example Script.

To obtain the correct ID, execute the above referenced code line within your target script.

This line here:

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print('Your Script ID is: ',Shelly.getCurrentScriptId());