Go - Schedule.Cron()

This is reference documentation for the Nitric Go SDK. To learn about Schedules in Nitric start with the Schedule docs.

Sets the cron expressions that determines when the schedule triggers and a callback to be triggered.

import (
  "github.com/nitrictech/go-sdk/nitric"
)

func main() {
  nitric.NewSchedule("archive-data").Cron("0 1 1 * *", func() {
    // code which archives data
  })

  nitric.Run()
}

Parameters

Name
expression
Required
Required
Type
string
Description
The expression that sets when the schedule will be triggered. This value should be a standard 5 value Unix cron expression, e.g., '0 1 1 * *'.
Name
handler
Required
Required
Type
interface{}
Description
The callback function to use as the handler which will run on the defined frequency.

Examples

Create a Schedule

import (
  "fmt"

  "github.com/nitrictech/go-sdk/nitric"
)

func main() {
  // every 15 minutes
  nitric.NewSchedule("check for updates").Cron("0/15 * * * *", func () {
    fmt.Println("checking for updates")
  })

  // at 1:00am on the 1st of every month
  nitric.NewSchedule("delete stale data").Cron("0 1 1 * *", func () {
    fmt.Println("deleting stale data")
  })

  nitric.Run()
}