The node-cron module is tiny task scheduler in pure JavaScript for node.js based on GNU crontab. This module allows you to schedule task in node.js using full crontab syntax.
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Should I run node-cron as part of the nodejs api server or as another node server
I have the following node api server to which I've added a node-cron job to periodically send emails to some users once per day. The code is working, however, I was wondering if I'll get myself into some performance issues.
Would it be better to…

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How to check how much time node-cron is taking for executing cron-job
I want to check how much time cron job is taking to execute the cron job process for that particular cron job.
After which if cron-job is taking more than 10 minutes to execute that process then that particular cron-job should be stopped and rest…

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Reminder for recuring calendar events with mongodb
I want to send notifications/reminders to my users, the reminder schema is basically like this
{
user: 'number',
time: { //this is the time the event will occur
type: Date,
index: true
},
reminder: Number, //the…

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destroy a node-cron job or cancel a node-scheduler job
I am developing a nodejs application that schedules multiple cron jobs.
By the way I got an error when I try to cancel jobs.
The situation is like below.
I created multiple cron jobs using node-cron or node-schedule.
A few jobs's start time…

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Cron job not working in firebase functions
I have the following cron job that I need to execute everyday at 6 and 9AM.
cron.schedule('00 00 6,9 * * 0-6', function() {
alertAllMembersWithAppointments();//executed everyday at 6 and 9AM});
When I set the timing like this
cron.schedule('* * *…

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Node mail scheduler sending multiple mail behind multiple server instance hosted on cloud
I have a Node.js app running in multiple instances on google Cloud. The app has - among others - a scheduler ("node-cron": "^1.3.0") which sends a reminder mail to customers once every day. Now with multiple instances of the app, I get multiple…

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Node-cron if node app restarts
So here is a thing, I have some lawyer app, and he needs to set reminder for some case, that reminder could be tomorrow, next week, next month idk. I was thinking about using node-cron, thing is i dont know what will happen when my app restarts, I…

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How to schedule a functions to run everyday with NodeJS and Generators?
I need a function to be called every day at a given hour with generators (yields), doing my search I've found out two node modules that enable me to do this, one is node-schedule
and the other one is node-cron
Node-cron does not seems to support…

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How can we run the node-cron job in every 12 hours interval?
I want to schedule the email after every 12 hrs , For that I have used node-cron.
I have used the following code but its not giving me actual result, so please help me to resolve this issue,
var job = new CronJob('0 0 */12 * * *', function(){
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Node-cron on windows server
I have used node-cron to schedule job in my node application and I work on ubuntu OS. Below is the code for same. I am running the scheduler every one hour and it works fine on my local machine.
new CronJob('0 0 * * * *', function() {
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node-cron: Cron tick firing every second
I'm using node-cron to attempt to run a function at a specific time.
The function should fire at 10:00 on a weekday.
import { CronJob } from 'cron'
new CronJob('00 00 10 * * 1-5', function() {
console.log('Fired');
})
When I run this code the…

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is node-cron job intervals inclusive of both?
I want to run 2 cron jobs.
0-7 at 1 hour interval (i.e. 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7)
7-0 at 15 min difference (7:00 should not be included here as it is include in earlier interval and 00:00 shouldn't be here also since it is included earlier)
Now, what I have…

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Need to run cron job after every 3 hours
I need to run cron job every 3 hours after the start of job. Currently I am using
0 */3 * * *
If I start job now according to my time at 2:45 PM this command will complete its first interval at 3:00 PM and next interval at 6 PM. I want to complete…

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How to schedule a job between specific time?
I'm trying to schedule a job which runs for every 10 seconds between 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM from Monday to Friday using node-cron but I cannout achieve it. Here's my Node Cron code right now I can able to schedule between 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM but I want…

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How to run a corn job from 9:30am to 4pm for every half an hour
I want a expression for cron job which is going to run every half hour starting at 9:30am to 4:00pm from monday to friday.
cron.schedule('30,*/30 9-15 * * 1-5', async() => { function() });
my Cron job is running every half an hour between 9:30 to…

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