# How to start automatically a flow?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-start-automatically-a-flow/27777>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [4 June 2020 15:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-start-automatically-a-flow/27777 "2020-06-04T15:44:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![mykerinos1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/mykerinos1/32/46877_2.png) [@mykerinos1](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mykerinos1)\
**Post date:** [4 June 2020 15:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-start-automatically-a-flow/27777/1 "2020-06-04T15:44:18Z")

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Hello after a power cut ,node red has restart automatically. But the flow doesn t retart automatically. What can i do for this trouble.  
my flow start with a timestamp every five minutes to launch a pythn program.  
Thanks for your help

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**Author:** ![bakman2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/bakman2/32/6207_2.png) [@bakman2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bakman2)\
**Post date:** [4 June 2020 15:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-start-automatically-a-flow/27777/2 "2020-06-04T15:51:27Z")

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How do you start the flow manually ? With an inject node ?

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**Author:** ![mykerinos1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/mykerinos1/32/46877_2.png) [@mykerinos1](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mykerinos1)\
**Post date:** [4 June 2020 15:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-start-automatically-a-flow/27777/3 "2020-06-04T15:57:59Z")

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@bakman2  
yes i inject a time stamp i set every fuve minutes

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**Author:** ![bakman2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/bakman2/32/6207_2.png) [@bakman2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bakman2)\
**Post date:** [4 June 2020 15:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-start-automatically-a-flow/27777/4 "2020-06-04T15:59:32Z")

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See the inject node, check the checkbox "inject once after..."

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**Author:** ![mykerinos1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/mykerinos1/32/46877_2.png) [@mykerinos1](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mykerinos1)\
**Post date:** [4 June 2020 16:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-start-automatically-a-flow/27777/5 "2020-06-04T16:09:16Z")

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it looks like working. i selected "inject once" then i "deploy" and the flow start immediately  
Thanks for all

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [18 June 2020 16:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-start-automatically-a-flow/27777/6 "2020-06-18T16:09:20Z")

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