Adonis Scheduler

@outloud/adonis-scheduler is a cron job scheduler for AdonisJS.

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Features

• Define tasks with cron-like scheduling.
• Run tasks as standalone processes or as part of the HTTP server.
• Locking mechanism to prevent concurrent task execution.
• Cancellation support for long-running tasks.
• Graceful shutdown.
• Global and task-level error handling.

Getting Started

Install the package from the npm registry and configure it.

node ace add @outloud/adonis-scheduler

See config/scheduler.ts for available configuration options.

Usage

To make scheduler work, you must define and register tasks.

Define a task

You can create a task using node ace make:task <task-name> command. This will create a new task file in the app/tasks directory.

import { Task, type TaskOptions } from '@outloud/adonis-scheduler'

export default class TestTask extends Task {
  static options: TaskOptions = {
    schedule: '* * * * *'
  }

  async run(): Promise<void> {
    // Your task logic here
  }
}

Register a task

For task to run it must be registered in the scheduler. You can register tasks in two ways: using the start/scheduler.ts preloaded file or in a provider's start method.

Using start/scheduler.ts file.

import scheduler from '@outloud/adonis-scheduler/services/main'

scheduler.register(() => import('../app/tasks/test.task.js'))

Or using a provider.

import type { ApplicationService } from '@adonisjs/core/types'
import scheduler from '@outloud/adonis-scheduler/services/main'

export default class AppProvider {
  constructor(protected app: ApplicationService) {}

  start() {
    scheduler.register(() => import('../app/tasks/test.task.js'))
  }
}

You can also run other commands using scheduler without defining custom Task class.

import scheduler from '@outloud/adonis-scheduler/services/main'

scheduler.register({
  command: '<command-name>',
  schedule: '* * * * *',
})

Running the scheduler

The scheduler can be run as standalone process or as part of the HTTP server.

To run it as a standalone process, you can use the following command:

node ace scheduler:run

To run it as part of the HTTP server, set following env variable:

SCHEDULER_HTTP_SERVER=true

Locking

Note

This requires @adonisjs/lock package to be installed and configured.

The scheduler supports locking to prevent multiple instances of the same task from running concurrently. You can enable locking by setting the lock option in the task options.

import { Task, type TaskOptions } from '@outloud/adonis-scheduler'

export default class TestTask extends Task {
  static options: TaskOptions = {
    schedule: '* * * * *',
    lock: true // or value for lock ttl
  }

  async run(): Promise<void> {
    // Your task logic here
  }
}

Cancellation

The package supports cancellation and graceful shutdown. You can add onCancel handler in your task or watch for isCanceled property.

import { Task } from '@outloud/adonis-scheduler'

export default class TestTask extends Task {
  async run(): Promise<void> {
    while (!this.isCanceled) {
      // Your task logic here
    }
  }

  async onCancel(): Promise<void> {
    // teardown running logic
  }
}

Error handling

It's possible to globally handle errors for all your tasks or define custom error handler for each task.

To register global error handler, you can use the onError method of the scheduler service. You can define it in start/scheduler.ts preloaded file. This handler will run only if custom error handler is not defined in the task itself.

import logger from '@adonisjs/core/services/logger'
import scheduler from '@outloud/adonis-scheduler/services/main'
import { Sentry } from '@rlanz/sentry'

scheduler.onError((error, task) => {
  logger.error(error)
  Sentry.captureException(error)
})

Custom error handler can be defined in the task itself by implementing onError method.

import { Task } from '@outloud/adonis-scheduler'

export default class TestTask extends Task {
  async onError(error: Error): Promise<void> {
    // handle error
  }
}