cron-es6

ES6 (ECMAScript 2015) node cron wrapper around https://www.npmjs.com/package/cron npm package.

Usage no npm install needed!

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README

cron-es6

NPM

Is just an ES6 (ECMAScript 2015) node cron wrapper around cron npm package.

Install

To install this package just run:

npm install cron-es6

Basic usage example

Here is an example of creating your cron job with cron-es6 package:

hello.cron.js file

const BaseCron = require('cron-es6');

module.exports = class Hello extends BaseCron {

    constructor() {
        super('Hello', '* * * * * *');
    }

    //override
    async onTick() {
        console.log('Hello from cron job.');
    }

    //override
    async onComplete() {
        console.log('Finished.');
    }

};

In some other .js file:

const Hello = require('./hello.cron');

let hello = new Hello();
hello.start();

Available functions

  • start - starts the cron job
  • stop - stops the cron job
  • async onTick - function which will be triggered on each tick
  • async onComplete - function which will be triggered when the job is stopped
  • isCronRunning - checks if the cron job is running
  • getCronInstance - will return you an instance of CronJob from wrapped cron npm package

Cron Ranges

  • Seconds: 0-59
  • Minutes: 0-59
  • Hours: 0-23
  • Day of Month: 1-31
  • Months: 0-11 (Jan-Dec)
  • Day of Week: 0-6 (Sun-Sat)

Contribution

Feel free to contribute by forking this repository, making changes, and submitting pull requests. For any questions or advice place an issue on this repository.

License

MIT