NodeJs Task Scheduler

REST API:

Create new job:

Request:

POST /api/jobs
Content-Type: application/json
{
	"name": "jobname",
	"type": "rest",
	"request": {
		"uri":"http://localhost:8085/data",
		"method": "POST",
		"json": true,
		"body":{"data":"somedata"}
	},
	"recur": {
		start: "2015-02-02T19:00:00Z",
		triggers: ["0 12-24/1 * * * ?"],
		end: "2015-02-05T19:00:00Z"
	}
}

Response:

HTTP/1.1 201
Content-Type:application/json
{"status":"OK"}

Parameters:

• name(Required) - Job name
• type(Optional) - Type of job. By default value is "rest"
• recur(Required) - Description of how scheduled task:
  • start(Optional) - Date from which to begin scheduling job
  • triggers(Required) - Array of cron-format expressions which describe how job must be scheduled
  • end(Optional) - Date when a job must be deleted
• For "rest" type:
  • request(Required) - Request options(For full information about possible parameters see https://www.npmjs.com/package/request)
    • uri - fully qualified uri
    • method - http method (default: "GET")
    • headers - http headers (default: {})
    • body - entity body for PATCH, POST and PUT requests.

Modify existing job or create new job:

Request:

PUT /api/jobs/jobname
Content-Type: application/json
{
	"type": "rest",
	"request": {
		"uri":"http://localhost:8085/data",
		"method": "POST",
		"json": true,
		"body":{"data":"somedata"}
	},
	"recur": {
		start: "2015-02-02T19:00:00Z",
		triggers: ["0 12-24/1 * * * ?"],
		end: "2015-02-05T19:00:00Z"
	}
}

Response:

HTTP/1.1 201 or HTTP/1.1 200 
Content-Type:application/json
{"status":"OK"}

Get job by name:

Request:

GET /api/jobs/jobname

Response:

HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type:application/json
{
	"name": "jobname",
	"type": "rest",
	"lastStart": "2015-02-03T12:00:00Z",
	"nextStart": "2015-02-03T13:00:00Z",
	"request": {
		"uri":"http://localhost:8085/data",
		"method": "POST",
		"json": true,
		"body":{"data":"somedata"}
	},
	"recur": {
		start: "2015-02-02T19:00:00Z",
		triggers: ["0 12-24/1 * * * ?"],
		end: "2015-02-05T19:00:00Z"
	}
}

Get job list:

Request:

GET /api/jobs

Response:

HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type:application/json
[{
	"name": "jobname",
	"type": "rest",
	"request": {
		"uri":"http://localhost:8085/data",
		"method": "POST",
		"json": true,
		"body":{"data":"somedata"}
	},
	"recur": {
		start: "2015-02-02T19:00:00Z",
		triggers: ["0 12-24/1 * * * ?"],
		end: "2015-02-05T19:00:00Z"
	}
},{
	"name": "jobname",
	"type": "rest",
	"request": {
		"uri":"http://localhost:8085/data",
		"method": "POST",
		"json": true,
		"body":{"data":"somedata"}
	},
	"recur": {
		start: "2015-02-02T19:00:00Z",
		triggers: ["0 12-24/1 * * * ?"],
		end: "2015-02-05T19:00:00Z"
	}
}]

Delete job:

Request:

DELETE /api/jobs/jobname

Response:

HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type:application/json
{"status":"OK"}

Pause job:

Request:

POST /api/jobs/jobname/pause

Response:

HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type:application/json
{"status":"OK"}

Resume job:

Request:

POST /api/jobs/jobname/resume

Response:

HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type:application/json
{"status":"OK"}