Recurring scheduled tasks?

larrybiely

I have a scheduled job that I set up in the Job Queue and it runs as expected, but is there a way to schedule it so that it runs weekly? Or tie it to a tournament so that it runs when the tournament starts?

JasonL

Here is an example of scheduling a weekly cloud code execution,

"use strict";

function main() {
    var response = {}

    bridge.logDebugJson("Script Inputs", data)

    const scriptName = data.scriptName
    const interval = data.args.interval
    const searchSpan = interval < 60 ? 60 : 60 * 24

    // schedule checking and re-schedule itself for the next week at 23:59 on the same day
    var scriptProxy = bridge.getScriptServiceProxy()

    var dateTimeSpanMinsFromNowInMillis = new Date().getTime() + (searchSpan * 60 * 1000)
    var result = scriptProxy.getScheduledCloudScripts(dateTimeSpanMinsFromNowInMillis)

    var nowTime = new Date().getTime()

    if ((result.status == 200) && (result.data !== null)) {
        for (var i = 0; i < result.data.scheduledJobs.length; i++) {
            if (result.data.scheduledJobs[i].scriptName === scriptName && result.data.scheduledJobs[i].scheduledStartTime > nowTime) {
                scriptProxy.cancelScheduledScript(result.data.scheduledJobs[i].jobId)
            }
        }
    }

    const targetHour = 23
    const targetMinute = 59
    const minutesDifference = getMinutesDifference(targetHour, targetMinute)
    let minutesFromNow = minutesDifference + interval
    bridge.logInfo(`minutesFromNow between the script calling time and the time of 23:59 on a same day${minutesFromNow}`)
    response.scheduleJob = scriptProxy.scheduleRunScriptMinutes(scriptName, data, minutesFromNow)

    // the code for your script 

    return response
}

function getMinutesDifference(targetHour, targetMinute) {
    const now = new Date()
    const targetTime = new Date(now.getFullYear(), now.getMonth(), now.getDate(), targetHour, targetMinute)
    const differenceInMilliseconds = targetTime - now
    bridge.logInfo(`differenceInMilliseconds between the script calling time and the target time: ${differenceInMilliseconds}`)
    const differenceInMinutes = Math.floor(differenceInMilliseconds / (1000 * 60))
    return differenceInMinutes
}

main()

The parameters for this script will be like below, the interval will be 10080 minutes (a week),

{
  "scriptName": "thisScriptNameItself",
  "args": {
    "interval": 10080
  }
}

larrybiely

Thanks. So I create the script and it just runs? Do I need to do any other configuration or set up?

JasonL

No, after modifying the desired running time and adding your code, simply run this script without any further configuration.

antony

Thanks for the example, this might prove helpful for me too. But I do feel the API is lacking the ability to hook a script to the start and end of tournaments. It'd be nice to be able to extend the functionality of what happens when a tournament ends and rewards are paid out for example.