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Trigger Dev Create Schedule Example

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Trigger Dev Create Schedule Example is an example object payload from Trigger.dev, with 2 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

requestresponse

Example Payload

{
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "url": "https://api.trigger.dev/api/v1/schedules",
    "headers": {
      "Authorization": "Bearer tr_prod_your_secret_key",
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    "body": {
      "task": "daily-report-generator",
      "cron": "0 9 * * MON-FRI",
      "deduplicationKey": "daily-business-report",
      "externalId": "report-schedule-001",
      "timezone": "America/New_York"
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "status": 200,
    "body": {
      "id": "sched_xyz789",
      "task": "daily-report-generator",
      "type": "IMPERATIVE",
      "active": true,
      "deduplicationKey": "daily-business-report",
      "externalId": "report-schedule-001",
      "timezone": "America/New_York",
      "nextRun": "2026-05-04T13:00:00Z",
      "generator": {
        "type": "CRON",
        "expression": "0 9 * * MON-FRI",
        "description": "Every weekday at 9:00 AM Eastern"
      },
      "environments": [
        {
          "id": "env_prod123",
          "type": "PRODUCTION"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}