schedulify

Cross-platform task scheduler for Node.js through CLI or API.

1. Installation

~$ npm install -g schedulify

2. Usage

2.1. Usage of the API

Import the API and call .schedulify(~):

There are 2 properties accepted as parameters:

• cron: {String} a valid cron date expression.

• data: {String|Function|Object} information for the schedule. Depending on what it is:

a) {String}: executes the string as a command-line order.

b) {Function}: executes the JavaScript function as a callback.

c) {Object}: executes the notification. Expects a title, a message and an icon (all of them {String}, and optional).

require("schedulify").schedulify({
    cron: "* * * * * *",
    data: function() {
        console.log("[sec. " + new Date().getSeconds() + "] If you see this message every second, the test is passed.");
    }
});

Note that you can pass into data parameter, any:

• {String}: will be executed as a command for the command-line of the current operative system.

• {Function}: will be executed as a normal JavaScript callback.

• {Object}: will be understood as a notifiable task. The object can have:

a) message: {String} message to show in the notification.

b) title: {String} title to show in the notification.

c) icon: {String} path to the icon to show in the notification.

2.1. Usage of the CLI

Here you can see all the options available:

schedulify {Parameters}

{Parameters}:

option -s, --seconds [value]: Seconds.
option -m, --minutes [value]: Minutes.
option -h, --hours [value]: Hours.
option -d, --days [value]: Day of the month.
option -M, --months [value]: Months.
option -w, --days-of-week [value]: Day of the week.
option -c, --command [value]: Command to run.
option -t, --title [value]: Title to show in a desktop notification.
option -i, --info [value]: Message to show in a desktop notification.

Example:

schedulify -s "*/5" -i "This is some message"

This command will make schedulify show a desktop notification each 5 seconds.

3. Conclusion

A very simple tool that can be very useful. Thanks to the developers envolved in the middleware of this simple package.