# Wait for 1 sec before sending req to api | per req

**URL:** <https://community.n8n.io/t/wait-for-1-sec-before-sending-req-to-api-per-req/35402>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** data-transformation, external-api\
**Created:** [January 17, 2024, 2:34am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/wait-for-1-sec-before-sending-req-to-api-per-req/35402 "2024-01-17T02:34:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![itsmeayyub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@itsmeayyub](https://community.n8n.io/u/itsmeayyub)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 2:34am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/wait-for-1-sec-before-sending-req-to-api-per-req/35402/1 "2024-01-17T02:34:33Z")

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I have a list of email accounts I want to upload in XYZ software.

in XYZ software has 60 req limit per min.

Now I get email accounts from google sheet.

I want to wait for 1 sec before each email get’s upload.

How can I do it? I’m looking for similar feature [make.com](http://make.com) has “sleep”

Below explanation is just an example.

 ![5](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/original/3X/7/9/79c4e8338ba89eee221a78df24f4deec6b803850.png)

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**Author:** ![n8n](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/n8n/32/26906_2.png) [@n8n](https://community.n8n.io/u/n8n)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 2:34am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/wait-for-1-sec-before-sending-req-to-api-per-req/35402/2 "2024-01-17T02:34:34Z")

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It looks like your topic is missing some important information. Could you provide the following if applicable.

- **n8n version:**
- **Database (default: SQLite):**
- **n8n EXECUTIONS\_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):**
- **Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app):**
- **Operating system:**

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**Author:** ![itsmeayyub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@itsmeayyub](https://community.n8n.io/u/itsmeayyub)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 2:36am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/wait-for-1-sec-before-sending-req-to-api-per-req/35402/3 "2024-01-17T02:36:33Z")

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- **n8n version:** Self host
- **Database (default: SQLite):** Not sure
- **n8n EXECUTIONS\_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):**
- **Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app):**
- **Operating system:**

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**Author:** ![BramKn](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/bramkn/32/11894_2.png) [@BramKn](https://community.n8n.io/u/BramKn)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 7:10am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/wait-for-1-sec-before-sending-req-to-api-per-req/35402/4 "2024-01-17T07:10:23Z")

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Hi @itsmeayyub

The HTTP node has a batching function which does this. Email node doesn’t but you can still create a loop of one batch per time with split in batches or loop node (both same node other name)

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/system/32/195824_2.png) [@system](https://community.n8n.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 7:11am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/wait-for-1-sec-before-sending-req-to-api-per-req/35402/5 "2024-04-16T07:11:10Z")

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