Scheduler API

Functions for creating and managing scheduled jobs.

Usage

Add the following to your build.gradle file:

dependencies {
  include "com.enonic.xp:lib-scheduler:${xpVersion}"
}

Add the import statement to your controller:

import schedulerLib from '/lib/xp/scheduler';

You are now ready to use the API.

Functions

get

Returns a scheduled job with the specified name.

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

params

object

JSON with the parameters

Properties
Name	Type	Attributes	Description
name	string	required	name of the job.

Returns

object : (ScheduledJob) Detail information for the job. Or null if the job could not be found.

Example

Obtains details of a scheduled job:

import {get as getJob} from '/lib/xp/scheduler';

const job = getJob({ name: 'myjob' });

if (job) {
  log.info('Job is found: %s', JSON.stringify(job, null, 4));
} else {
  log.info('Job not found');
}

Return value:

const expected = {
    name: 'myjob',
    descriptor: 'com.enonic.app.myapp:mytask',
    description: 'cron job description',
    enabled: true,
    config: {
        a: 1,
        b: 'value',
        c: {
            d: {
                e: 3.6,
                f: true
            }
        }
    },
    user: 'user:system:user',
    creator: 'user:system:creator',
    modifier: 'user:system:creator',
    createdTime: '2016-11-02T10:36:00Z',
    modifiedTime: '2016-11-02T10:36:00Z',
    lastRun: '2021-02-25T10:44:33.170079900Z',
    lastTaskId: 'task-id',
    schedule: {
        value: '* * * * *',
        type: 'CRON',
        timeZone: 'GMT+2:00'
    }
};

list

Returns the list of scheduled jobs.

Returns

Array : (ScheduledJob[]) List of all scheduled jobs.

Example

Obtains list of existing jobs:

import {list} from '/lib/xp/scheduler';

const jobs = list();

Return value:

const expected = [
  {
        name: 'job1',
        descriptor: 'appKey:task',
        description: 'job description',
        enabled: true,
        config: {
            a: 1
        },
        user: 'user:system:user',
        creator: 'user:system:creator',
        modifier: 'user:system:creator',
        createdTime: '2016-11-02T10:36:00Z',
        modifiedTime: '2016-11-02T10:36:00Z',
        lastRun: '2021-02-25T10:44:00.170079900Z',
        lastTaskId: 'task-id',
        schedule: {
            value: '* * * * *',
            timeZone: 'GMT+05:30',
            type: 'CRON'
        }
    },
    {
        name: 'job2',
        descriptor: 'appKey:task',
        description: 'job description',
        enabled: false,
        config: { },
        user: 'user:system:user',
        creator: 'user:system:creator',
        modifier: 'user:system:creator',
        createdTime: '2021-02-02T10:36:00Z',
        modifiedTime: '2021-02-02T10:36:00Z',
        schedule: {
            value: '2012-01-01T00:00:00Z',
            type: 'ONE_TIME'
        }
    }
];

create

Creates a scheduled job.

This function returns immediately.

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

params

object

JSON with the parameters

Properties
Name	Type	Attributes	Description
name	string	required	unique job name.
description	string	optional	job description.
descriptor	string	required	descriptor of the task to be scheduled.
config	object	optional	config of the task to be scheduled.
schedule	object	required	task time run config.
schedule.value	string	required	schedule value according to its type.
schedule.type	string	required	schedule type (CRON or ONE_TIME).
schedule.timeZone	string	required for schedule.type = CRON	time zone of cron scheduling. It isn’t applicable to a onetime job.
user	string	optional	principal key of the user that submitted the task.
enabled	boolean	required	job is active or not.

Returns

object : (ScheduledJob) Detail information for the created job.

Example

import {create} from '/lib/xp/scheduler';

const simpleOneTimeJob = create({
    name: 'my-project',
    descriptor: 'appKey:task',
    enabled: true,
    schedule: {type: 'ONE_TIME', value: '2021-01-01T00:00:00.00Z'}
});

const extendedCronJob = create({
    name: 'myjob',
    descriptor: 'appKey:task',
    description: 'job description',
    user: 'user:system:user',
    enabled: true,
    config: {
        a: 1,
        b: 2,
        c: ['1', '2'],
        d: {
            e: {
                f: 3.6,
                g: true
            }
        }
    },
    schedule: {type: 'CRON', value: '* * * * 5', timeZone: 'GMT-2:00'}
});

Return value:

const expectedSimpleOneTimeJob = {
    name: 'my-project',
    descriptor: 'appKey:task',
    enabled: true,
    config: {},
    creator: 'user:system:creator',
    modifier: 'user:system:creator',
    createdTime: '2016-11-02T10:36:00Z',
    modifiedTime: '2016-11-02T10:36:00Z',
    schedule: {
        value: '2012-01-01T00:00:00Z',
        type: 'ONE_TIME'
    }
}

const expectedExtendedCronJob = {
    name: 'myjob',
    descriptor: 'appKey:task',
    description: 'job description',
    enabled: true,
    config: {
        a: 1,
        b: 2,
        c: {
            0: '1',
            1: '2'
        },
        d: {
            e: {
                f: 3.6,
                g: true
            }
        }
    },
    user: 'user:system:user',
    creator: 'user:system:creator',
    modifier: 'user:system:creator',
    createdTime: '2021-01-01T10:36:00Z',
    modifiedTime: '2016-01-01T10:36:00Z',
    schedule: {
        value: '* * * * 5',
        timeZone: 'GMT-02:00',
        type: 'CRON'
    }
}

modify

Modifies a job.

The previous task will be rescheduled, lastRun and lastTaskId properties will be cleaned.

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

params

object

JSON with the parameters

Properties
Name	Type	Attributes	Description
name	string	required	unique job name.
editor	function	required	editor callback function has an editable existing job as a param.

Returns

object : (ScheduledJob) Detail information for the modified job.

Example

import {modify} from '/lib/xp/scheduler';

const result = modify({
    name: 'myjob',
    editor: (edit) => {
        edit.descriptor = 'appKey:new-task';
        edit.description = 'new job description';
        edit.user = 'user:system:new-user';
        edit.enabled = false;
        edit.config = {
            a1: 3
        };
        edit.schedule = {type: 'CRON', value: '* * * * *', timeZone: 'GMT+5:30'};

        return edit;
    }
});

Return value:

const resultExpected = {
    name: 'myjob',
    descriptor: 'appKey:new-task',
    description: 'new job description',
    enabled: false,
    config: {
        a1: 3
    },
    user: 'user:system:new-user',
    creator: 'user:system:creator',
    modifier: 'user:system:modifier',
    createdTime: '2016-11-02T10:36:00Z',
    modifiedTime: '2021-02-25T10:44:33.170079900Z',
    schedule: {
        value: '* * * * *',
        timeZone: 'GMT+05:30',
        type: 'CRON'
    }
}

delete

Deletes a scheduled job.

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

params

object

JSON with the parameters

Properties
Name	Type	Attributes	Description
name	string	required	name of the job to be deleted.

Returns

boolean : true if deleted, false otherwise

Example

import {delete as deleteJob} from '/lib/xp/scheduler';

const result = deleteJob({
    name: 'myjob'
});

if (result) {
    log.info('Job deleted');
} else {
    log.info('Job was not found');
}

Type Definitions

ScheduledJob

Type

object

Properties

Name

Type

Description

name

string

Job name

description

string

Job description

descriptor

string

descriptor of the task to be scheduled

config

object

config of the task to be scheduled

schedule

object

task time run config

Properties
Name	Type	Description
schedule.value	string	schedule value
schedule.type	string	schedule type.
schedule.timeZone	string	time zone of cron scheduling. It isn’t applicable to a onetime job

user

string

principal key of the user that submitted the task

enabled

boolean

job is active or not

creator

string

principal key of user that created the task

modifier

string

principal key of the last user that modified the task

createdTime

string

time of the task creation

modifiedTime

string

time of the last task modification

lastRun

string

time of the last job run

lastTaskId

string

task id of the last job run

Scheduler API

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Usage

Functions

get

list

create

modify

delete

Type Definitions

ScheduledJob

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