timr offers a scheduling interface for a cron like job execution.
npm install timr
var moment = require('moment');
var timr = require('timr');
var scheduler = timr();
////every 15 seconds
scheduler().every(15).seconds().run(function() {
console.log( 'every 15 seconds' );
});
//start 30 seconds from now, execute every 10 seconds, end in 5 minutes from now
var from = moment().add('seconds', 30);
var to = moment().add('minutes', 5);
scheduler()
.from(from)
.to(to)
.every(10).seconds()
.run(function() {
console.log( 'now+30s every 10s until now+5m' );
});
a scheduler holds a collection of tasks. every task is created via the task construction function.
var timr = require('timr');
var taskConstructor = timr();
the scheduler object is exposed at the task constructor:
var timr = require('timr');
var taskConstructor = timr();
console.log( taskConstructor.scheduler );
when a attached task is executed, the parent scheduler also emits a execution event
var timr = require('timr');
var taskConstructor = timr();
//...create some tasks...
taskConstructor.scheduler.on('execute', function(name, task) {
//universal handler for all tasks attached to the scheduler
});
specify how often and when a task should be performed.
via the methods .from(timestamp)
and .to(timestamp)
the period of time can be specified in which the task should be performed.
these methods can be used in every combination or can be omitted completely. (which would case a task to run instantly and indefinitely.
the quantifier .every(n)
in combination with a interval modifier like .hour()
, .minute()
etc defines how often a task gets executed.
the n
parameter can be omitted, it defaults to 1
. (task.every().minute()
means that a task is executed once a minute)
for example the expression task.every(2).minutes()
executes the task every 2 minutes.
there are five interval modifiers:
.second()
.minute()
.hour()
.day()
.month()
for every modifier also the plural form is valid. (e.g. .minutes()
instead of .minute()
)
tasks geht automatically attached to the parent scheduler object
var myTask = taskConstructor();
there are multiple ways of invoking a task.
creates the task, configures it to run every minute and runs the callback assigned in the run handler
taskConstructor().every().minute().run(function() { ... });
creates the task, configures it to run every minute and runs each callback.
taskConstructor()
.every().minute()
.run(function() { ... })
.run(function() { ... })
.run(function() { ... });
creates the task, configures it to run every minute and runs the callback assigned in the run handler.
run
has to be called.
var myTask = taskConstructor().every().minute();
myTask.on('execute', function() {
// ...
});
myTask.on('execute', function() {
// ...
});
myTask.run();
creates two anonymous tasks, configures to run the first every minute and the second to run every second hour.
than the events emitted on the scheduler are used to consume the task events.
run
has to be called.
taskConstructor().every().minute().run();
taskConstructor().every(2).hours().run();
taskConstructor.scheduler.on('execute', function(name, task) {
// gets invoked every minute and every second hour
});
npm test