Dapr · Schema

Dapr Actor

Represents a Dapr virtual actor instance, including its type, identifier, and associated timer and reminder configurations.

Distributed SystemsMicroservicesPlatformPub-SubState ManagementWorkflows

Properties

Name Type Description
actorType string The type of the actor.
actorId string The unique identifier of the actor instance.
timer object Timer configuration for the actor.
reminder object Persistent reminder configuration for the actor. Reminders survive actor deactivations and failovers.
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JSON Schema

actor.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://github.com/api-evangelist/dapr/blob/main/json-schema/actor.json",
  "title": "Dapr Actor",
  "description": "Represents a Dapr virtual actor instance, including its type, identifier, and associated timer and reminder configurations.",
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "actorType",
    "actorId"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "actorType": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The type of the actor."
    },
    "actorId": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The unique identifier of the actor instance."
    },
    "timer": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Timer configuration for the actor.",
      "properties": {
        "dueTime": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Time after which the timer fires for the first time (ISO 8601 duration or time)."
        },
        "period": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Time interval between timer fires (ISO 8601 duration)."
        },
        "callback": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The name of the callback method to invoke."
        },
        "data": {
          "description": "Data to pass to the callback method."
        }
      }
    },
    "reminder": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Persistent reminder configuration for the actor. Reminders survive actor deactivations and failovers.",
      "properties": {
        "dueTime": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Time after which the reminder fires for the first time."
        },
        "period": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Time interval between reminder fires."
        },
        "data": {
          "description": "Data to pass to the reminder callback."
        },
        "ttl": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Time-to-live for the reminder."
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

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