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<h1class="page-title">Event Scheduler</h1>
<h2id="event-scheduler">Event Scheduler</h2>
<p>The ENiGMA½ scheduler allows system operators to configure arbitrary events that can can fire based on date and/or time, or by watching for changes in a file. Events can kick off internal handlers, custom modules, or binaries & scripts.</p>
<h2id="scheduling-events">Scheduling Events</h2>
<p>To create a scheduled event, create a new configuration block in <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">config.hjson</code> under <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">eventScheduler.events</code>.</p>
<td>A <ahref="https://bunkat.github.io/later/parsers.html#text">Later style</a> parsable schedule string such as <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">at 4:00 am</code>, or <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">every 24 hours</code>. Can also be (or contain) an <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">@watch</code> clause. See <strong>Schedules</strong> below for details.</td>
<td>Action to perform when the schedule is triggered. May be an <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">@method</code> or <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">@execute</code> spec. See <strong>Actions</strong> below.</td>
<p>An <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">@watch</code> clause monitors a specified file for changes and takes the following form: <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">@watch:<path></code> where <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge"><path></code> is a fully qualified path.</p>
<p><imgclass="emoji"title=":bulb:"alt=":bulb:"src="https://github.githubassets.com/images/icons/emoji/unicode/1f4a1.png"height="20"width="20"> If you would like to have a schedule <strong>and</strong> watch a file for changes, place the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">@watch</code> clause second and separated with the word <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">or</code>. For example: <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">every 24 hours or @watch:/path/to/somefile.txt</code>.</p>
<p>Events can kick off actions by calling a method (function) provided by the system or custom module in addition to executing arbritary binaries or scripts.</p>
<h4id="methods">Methods</h4>
<p>An action with a <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">@method</code> can take the following forms:</p>
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<codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">@method:/full/path/to/module.js:methodName</code>: Executes <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">methodName</code> at <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">/full/path/to/module.js</code>.</li>
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<codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">@method:rel/path/to/module.js:methodName</code>: Executes <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">methodName</code> using the <em>relative</em> path <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">rel/path/to/module.js</code>. Paths for <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">@method</code> are relative to the ENiGMA½ installation directory.</li>
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<p>Methods are passed any supplied <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">args</code> in the order they are provided.</p>
<h5id="method-signature">Method Signature</h5>
<p>To create your own method, simply <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">export</code> a method with the following signature: <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">(args, callback)</code>. Methods are executed asynchronously.</p>
<p>When using the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">@execute</code> action, a binary or script can be executed. A full path or just the binary name is acceptable. If using the form without a path, the binary much be in ENiGMA½’s <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">PATH</code>.</p>
