---
title: Delay action
description: Use a Worker to add configurable delays to requests with low bot scores.
image: https://developers.cloudflare.com/core-services-preview.png
---

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# Delay action

Customers with a Bot Management and a [Workers](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/) subscription can use the template below to introduce a delay to requests that are likely from bots.

The template sets a minimum and maximum delay, and delays requests where the bot score is less than 30 and the URI path starts with `/exampleURI`.

* [  JavaScript ](#tab-panel-7162)
* [  TypeScript ](#tab-panel-7163)

JavaScript

```
// Configurable Variablesconst PATH_START = "/exampleURI";const DELAY_FROM = 5; // in secondsconst DELAY_TO = 10; // in seconds
export default {  async fetch(request, env, ctx) {    const url = new URL(request.url);    const botScore = request.cf.botManagement.score;
    if (url.pathname.startsWith(PATH_START) && botScore < 30) {      // Random delay between DELAY_FROM and DELAY_TO seconds      const delay =        Math.floor(Math.random() * (DELAY_TO - DELAY_FROM + 1)) + DELAY_FROM;      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, delay * 1000));
      // Fetch the original request      return fetch(request);    }
    // Fetch the original request without delay    return fetch(request);  },};
```

TypeScript

```
// Configurable Variablesconst PATH_START = '/exampleURI';const DELAY_FROM = 5; // in secondsconst DELAY_TO = 10; // in seconds
export default {  async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {    const url = new URL(request.url);    const botScore = request.cf.botManagement.score
    if (url.pathname.startsWith(PATH_START) && botScore < 30) {      // Random delay between DELAY_FROM and DELAY_TO seconds      const delay = Math.floor(Math.random() * (DELAY_TO - DELAY_FROM + 1)) + DELAY_FROM;      await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, delay * 1000));
      // Fetch the original request      return fetch(request);    }
    // Fetch the original request without delay    return fetch(request);  },} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

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