How to run cron job every day in asp. Net core application?

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I have a web application written in asp. Net mvc core 2.2. O need to run a schedule job every day at 3:00 Am. What is the best way to do it?

I tried hangfire it stops after some time. We need to set IIS server always running. I googled and found hosted service in. Net core. Can anyone tell me what is the best approch to run a job daily in web application in dot net core?

Depends on your platform and deployment, but perhaps you can run the real cron (if Linux) or Windows Task Scheduler on the host? Both are proven and work. Otherwise you can always use timers or timer-based frameworks or put it in the database if you have one or... still, often the easiest solution is the best. — ewramner, Apr 22 '20 at 18:14
Hosted service can be helpful: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/host/hosted-services?view=aspnetcore-3.1&tabs=visual-studio — Mateech, Apr 22 '20 at 18:21

Siavash Mortazavi · Accepted Answer · 2021-12-14T18:54:30.183

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I've not personally tried it for .NET Core honestly, but have you tried Quartz Scheduler? https://www.quartz-scheduler.net/

[UPDATE]: According to Quartz GitHub repo: "Quartz.NET supports .NET Core/netstandard 2.0 and .NET Framework 4.6.1 and later."

edited Dec 14 '21 at 18:54

answered Apr 22 '20 at 18:14

Siavash Mortazavi

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i did not use it but i am gonna use it. I will let you know the response. – Umer Waheed Apr 22 '20 at 22:50
I implemented it now and it looks like very good! Thanks – Hamit YILDIRIM Sep 08 '21 at 17:11

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 17 '20 at 08:12

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You can use Hangfire.

You can create recurring function with CRON pattern.

RecurringJob.AddOrUpdate(() => Console.Write("Powerful!"), "0 12 * */2");

Documentation available here.

answered Sep 17 '20 at 08:12

Ygalbel

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 14 '21 at 16:53

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You can use EasyCronJob (disclaimer: I'm the author of this package)

services.ApplyResulation<TCronJob>(options =>{
 options.CronExpression = "* * * * *";
 options.TimeZoneInfo = TimeZoneInfo.Local;});

Documentation available here

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answered Jun 13 '21 at 21:10

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 29 '22 at 09:17

There is a lightweight alternative to Quartz.Net: CronScheduler.AspNetCore.

I have used Quartz.Net in the past and for the current project, this was unnecessarily complex library. For simple use with no database try CronScheduler.AspNetCore.

   services.AddScheduler(ctx =>
    {
        ctx.AddJob<TestJob>();
    });

or the more complex registration:

services.AddScheduler(ctx =>
        {
            var jobName1 = "TestJob1";

            ctx.AddJob(
                sp =>
                {
                    var options = sp.GetRequiredService<IOptionsMonitor<SchedulerOptions>>().Get(jobName1);
                    return new TestJobDup(options, mockLoggerTestJob.Object);
                },
                options =>
                {
                    options.CronSchedule = "*/5 * * * * *";
                    options.RunImmediately = true;
                },
                jobName: jobName1);

        });

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