Scheduled automation turns occasional scraping into dependable monitoring. RTILA X can run projects at fixed intervals, detect changes, and notify you when thresholds are crossed.

Schedule Types

RTILA X supports four schedule frequency settings, configured through project or trigger chain schedule settings in the RTILA X UI rather than project JSON.

• Minutes: run every N minutes, configured with an interval field.
• Hours: run every N hours, configured with an interval field.
• Daily: run once per day, configured with a time field in HH:MM format.
• Weekly: run once per week, configured with a time field in HH:MM format and a day_of_week field where 0 is Sunday through 6 is Saturday.

Monitoring Patterns

Monitoring projects typically follow this shape:

1. Load the target page.
2. Extract the current value, such as price, stock, or status.
3. Compare against the previously stored value.
4. Update storage if the value changed.
5. Trigger an alert or notification as needed.

Alert Thresholds

Thresholds turn raw data into actionable signals. For example, send an alert when inventory falls below five units or when a price drops below a specific amount.

Checkpoint and Resume

Checkpoints store progress for long-running jobs. If a run stops unexpectedly, a checkpoint allows the next run to resume from the last completed item instead of restarting the full list.

Price Monitor Example

A price monitor campaign can use a daily schedule and HTTP request commands:

{
  "command": "http_request",
  "params": {
    "url": "https://learn.rtila.com/api/status.json",
    "method": "GET"
  }
}

After the response arrives, a transformation converts the JSON into a compact value, and an if command checks whether the value crossed the threshold.

Try It Yourself

Run the five Scheduling scenarios. They cover minute/hour schedules, daily checks, weekly reporting, threshold alerts, and checkpoint recovery.