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# Create a scheduled action

POST https://api.contentful.com/spaces/{space_id}/scheduled_actions
Content-Type: application/vnd.contentful.management.v1+json

Creates a scheduled action with an auto-generated ID. Limit is 200 pending scheduled actions per environment; `scheduledFor.datetime` must be a future ISO 8601 timestamp.

Reference: https://contentful.com/developers/docs/references/content-management-api/scheduled-actions/create-a-scheduled-action

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `space_id` (string, required) — ID of the space in form of a string

### Body (application/vnd.contentful.management.v1+json)

This endpoint expects a map from string to any.

- `map from string to any`

## Response

### 201

Created - Resource created successfully

- `map from string to any`

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "action": "publish",
  "entity": {
    "sys": {
      "id": "5KsDBWseXY6QegucYAoacS",
      "linkType": "Entry",
      "type": "Link"
    }
  },
  "environment": {
    "sys": {
      "id": "staging",
      "linkType": "Environment",
      "type": "Link"
    }
  },
  "scheduledFor": {
    "datetime": "2022-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
    "timezone": "Europe/Berlin"
  }
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "action": "publish",
  "entity": {
    "sys": {
      "id": "5KsDBWseXY6QegucYAoacS",
      "linkType": "Entry",
      "type": "Link"
    }
  },
  "environment": {
    "sys": {
      "id": "staging",
      "linkType": "Environment",
      "type": "Link"
    }
  },
  "scheduledFor": {
    "datetime": "2022-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
    "timezone": "Europe/Berlin"
  },
  "sys": {
    "createdAt": "2025-09-03T17:33:40.000Z",
    "createdBy": {
      "sys": {
        "id": "7BslKh9TdKGOK41VmLDjFZ",
        "linkType": "User",
        "type": "Link"
      }
    },
    "id": "3A13SXSDwO8c46NrjigFYT",
    "space": {
      "sys": {
        "id": "yadj1kx9rmg0",
        "type": "Link"
      }
    },
    "status": "scheduled",
    "type": "ScheduledAction",
    "updatedAt": "2025-09-03T17:33:40.000Z",
    "updatedBy": {
      "sys": {
        "id": "7BslKh9TdKGOK41VmLDjFZ",
        "linkType": "User",
        "type": "Link"
      }
    },
    "version": 1
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```android Android
SDK currently doesn't implement this endpoint.
```

```java Java
SDK currently doesn't implement this endpoint.
```

```kotlin Kotlin
SDK currently doesn't implement this endpoint.
```

```swift Swift
We currently don't provide a CMA SDK for this platform.
```

```js-legacy JavaScript (legacy)
import { createClient } from 'contentful-management'

const client = createClient({
  accessToken: '<content_management_api_key>'
}, { type: 'legacy' })

client.getSpace('<space_id>')
.then((space) => space.createScheduledAction({
    entity: {
        sys: {
            type: 'Link',
            linkType: 'Entry',
            id: '<entry_id>'
        }
    },
    environment: {
        type: 'Link',
        linkType: 'Environment',
        id: '<environment_id>'
    },
    action: 'publish',
    scheduledFor: {
        dateTime: '<ISO8601_date_string>',
        timezone: 'Europe/Berlin'
    }
}))
.then((scheduledAction) => console.log(scheduledAction))
.catch(console.error)
```

```javascript JavaScript
import { createClient } from 'contentful-management'

// Client init
const client = contentful.createClient({
  accessToken: '<content_management_api_key>'
})

 client.scheduledActions.create(
    {
        spaceId: '<space_id>',
    },
    {
        entity: {
            sys: {
                type: 'Link',
                linkType: 'Entry',
                id: '<entry_id>',
            },
        },
        environment: {
            sys: {
                id: '<environment_id>',
                type: 'Link',
                linkType: 'Environment',
                id: '<environment_id>',
            },
        },
        action: 'publish',
        scheduledFor: {
            datetime: '<ISO8601_date_string>',
            timezone: 'Europe/Berlin',
        },
    }
);
```

```php PHP
SDK currently doesn't implement this endpoint.
```

```ruby Ruby
SDK currently doesn't implement this endpoint.
```

```python Python
SDK currently doesn't implement this endpoint.
```

```.net .NET
SDK currently doesn't implement this endpoint.
```