timr

timr offers a scheduling interface for a cron like job execution.

installation

npm install timr

example

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' );
    });

scheduler

a scheduler holds a collection of tasks. every task is created via the task construction function.

creates a 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
});

task

creation

tasks geht automatically attached to the parent scheduler object

var myTask = taskConstructor();

there are multiple ways of invoking a task.

anonymous (one callback)

creates the task, configures it to run every minute and runs the callback assigned in the run handler

taskConstructor().every().minute().run(function() { ... });

anonymous (multiple callbacks)

creates the task, configures it to run every minute and runs each callback.

taskConstructor()
  .every().minute()
  .run(function() { ... })
  .run(function() { ... })
  .run(function() { ... });

named (event handler attached to the task)

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();

event handler attached to the scheduler

creates the task, configures it to run every minute and runs the callback assigned in the run handler.

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
});

tests

npm test