schedule route or controller - node.js

Question

i have a controller
exports.updateDaily = async (req, res) => {
try {
const updateDaily = await transaction.decrement(
{
remainActive: 1,
},
{
where: {
remainActive: { [Op.gte]: 1 },
},
}
);
console.log(updateDaily);
res.status(200).send({
status: "Success",
});
} catch (error) {
console.log(error);
res.status(400).send({
status: "Failed",
});
}
};
and route like this
router.patch('/updateDaily', updateDaily)
Using cron-node
let job = new cron.schedule('2 * * * *', () => {
router.patch('/updateDaily', updateDaily);
});
job.start()
Using setIntverval
const scheduller = () => {
return router.patch('/updateDaily', updateDaily);
}
setInterval(scheduller,600000)
how can i make one of them run every 10 minutes? i already try it with node-cron or setInterval but there is nothing happen

Answer 1

You got the concept wrongly. Having a scheduled job means running something periodically which has to be a function that does something. You don't need a router defined in it. Your code does only one thing - schedules a router to be available for the user once the scheduled time happens and redefines it every 10 minutes.
What you need is to create a separate function for the operation and call it on a scheduled time and having a router at this point is extra unless you want to run it when the user sends a request as well.
const myDailyTask = async () => {
await transaction.decrement(
{
remainActive: 1,
},
{
where: {
remainActive: { [Op.gte]: 1 },
},
}
);
};
const id = setInterval(myDailyTask, 600_000);
It should work for the cron job the same way
const job = new cron.schedule('2 * * * *', () => {
myDailyTask();
});
job.start();