# Schedule for automatic promotions enabling

#### What's new

It is now possible to automate enabling/disabling promotions by setting up a weekly schedule. With API, you can specify days of the week when the promotion must be active, and optionally set the start and/or end time for the selected days. Once recurrence settings are set up, the promotion automatically activates on specified days and deactivates afterwards.

New settings allow you to make promotions like "**Weekend sale**". 

#### Changes in API

New fields are added to GET/PUT/POST requests to the `/promotions` endpoint.

* `recurring` boolean field enables recurrence settings for the promotion.
* `recurrenceSettings` object contains 3 fields for setting up a weekly schedule: `activeDays` array that accepts days of the week in a form of strings, and `activeDayStartTime` and `activeDayEndTime` that are used if you don't want the promotion to be active for 24 hours on specified days.

Request example for updating an existing promotion to a "Weekend sale":

```http
PUT /api/v3/STOREID/promotions/PROMOTIONID HTTP/1.1
Host: app.ecwid.com
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer secret_token

{
    "recurring": true,
    "recurrenceSettings": {
        "activeDays": ["SAT","SUN"]
    }
}
```

where:

* `STOREID` - your Ecwid store ID.
* `secret_token` - access token of your application.
* `"recurring": true` enables the schedule.
* "`activeDays": ["SAT","SUN"]` sets the promotion to automatically become available during weekends and unavailable for the rest of the week.

#### Documentation links

{% content-ref url="<https://app.gitbook.com/s/G9n5VxMY9T0Ob3D56PSD/rest-api/discounts/promotions/search-promotions>" %}
[Search promotions](https://app.gitbook.com/s/G9n5VxMY9T0Ob3D56PSD/rest-api/discounts/promotions/search-promotions)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="<https://app.gitbook.com/s/G9n5VxMY9T0Ob3D56PSD/rest-api/discounts/promotions/update-promotion>" %}
[Update promotion](https://app.gitbook.com/s/G9n5VxMY9T0Ob3D56PSD/rest-api/discounts/promotions/update-promotion)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="<https://app.gitbook.com/s/G9n5VxMY9T0Ob3D56PSD/rest-api/discounts/promotions/create-promotion>" %}
[Create promotion](https://app.gitbook.com/s/G9n5VxMY9T0Ob3D56PSD/rest-api/discounts/promotions/create-promotion)
{% endcontent-ref %}


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