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Psl
Psl

Reputation: 3920

schedule a job for every 5 minutes

I'm using the following job scheduler code to print Today is recognized by Rebecca Black!- every day at 12AM.

// executes every day at 12:AM
var rule = new schedule.RecurrenceRule();
rule.dayOfWeek = [0, new schedule.Range(1, 6)];
rule.hour = 15;
rule.minute = 14;
schedule.scheduleJob(rule, function() {
console.log(rule);
    console.log('Today is recognized by Rebecca Black!---------------------------');
});

How can I print for every 5 minutes I used the following way but it is not working...

var rule = new schedule.RecurrenceRule();

rule.minute = 5;
schedule.scheduleJob(rule, function() {
console.log(rule);
    console.log('Today is recognized by Rebecca Black!---------------------------');
});

Upvotes: 21

Views: 57205

Answers (3)

J.C. Gras
J.C. Gras

Reputation: 5442

You can use the cron format:

var event = schedule.scheduleJob("*/5 * * * *", function() {
        console.log('This runs every 5 minutes');
    });

The cron format consists of:

*    *    *    *    *    *
┬    ┬    ┬    ┬    ┬    ┬
│    │    │    │    │    |
│    │    │    │    │    └ day of week (0 - 7) (0 or 7 is Sun)
│    │    │    │    └───── month (1 - 12)
│    │    │    └────────── day of month (1 - 31)
│    │    └─────────────── hour (0 - 23)
│    └──────────────────── minute (0 - 59)
└───────────────────────── second (0 - 59, OPTIONAL)

Upvotes: 29

Krunal Shah
Krunal Shah

Reputation: 673

Simple and good examples are given on http://www.codexpedia.com/javascript/nodejs-cron-schedule-examples/

Upvotes: 3

vinayr
vinayr

Reputation: 11244

var rule = new schedule.RecurrenceRule();

rule.minute = new schedule.Range(0, 59, 5);

schedule.scheduleJob(rule, function(){
    console.log(rule);
    console.log('Today is recognized by Rebecca Black!---------------------------');
});

Upvotes: 37

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