Ecosyste.ms: Awesome
An open API service indexing awesome lists of open source software.
https://github.com/uamanager/homebridge-cron-scheduler
⏰ Cron Scheduler plugin for Homebridge, which allows scheduling of triggers using cron expressions.
https://github.com/uamanager/homebridge-cron-scheduler
automation cron cron-expression cronjob cronjob-scheduler homebridge homebridge-automation homebridge-plugin homekit scenarios scheduler
Last synced: about 2 months ago
JSON representation
⏰ Cron Scheduler plugin for Homebridge, which allows scheduling of triggers using cron expressions.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/uamanager/homebridge-cron-scheduler
- Owner: uamanager
- License: apache-2.0
- Created: 2023-01-23T15:46:28.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-07-26T22:05:08.000Z (about 2 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-07-26T23:24:17.255Z (about 2 months ago)
- Topics: automation, cron, cron-expression, cronjob, cronjob-scheduler, homebridge, homebridge-automation, homebridge-plugin, homekit, scenarios, scheduler
- Language: TypeScript
- Homepage: https://www.npmjs.com/package/homebridge-cron-scheduler
- Size: 414 KB
- Stars: 8
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 2
- Open Issues: 12
-
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- Funding: FUNDING.yml
- License: LICENSE
- Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- Security: SECURITY.md
Awesome Lists containing this project
README
# ⏰ Homebridge Cron Scheduler [](https://github.com/homebridge/homebridge/wiki/Verified-Plugins)
[](https://github.com/support-ukraine/support-ukraine)
[](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/uamanager)
[](https://ko-fi.com/uamanager)
[](https://www.npmjs.com/package/homebridge-cron-scheduler)
[](https://www.npmjs.com/package/homebridge-cron-scheduler)
[](https://www.npmjs.com/package/homebridge-cron-scheduler)
**Creating and maintaining Homebridge plugins consume a lot of time and effort, if you
would like to share your appreciation, feel free to "Star" or donate.**
[Click here](https://github.com/uamanager) to review more of my plugins.
## Info
Cron Scheduler plugin for Homebridge, which allows scheduling of triggers using cron expressions.
## Installation
After [Homebridge](https://github.com/nfarina/homebridge) has been installed:
```
sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm homebridge-cron-scheduler@latest
```
## Example Config
```json lines
{
//...
"platforms": [
{
"platform": "CronScheduler",
"debug": true,
"tasks": [
{
"taskName": "min-1-default",
// uses default `taskActive` with value `true`
// uses default `taskCronExpression` with value `* * * * *`
// uses default `taskStateResetInterval` with value `0`
},
{
"taskName": "min-3-inactive",
"taskActive": false,
// task will be inactive, but can be activated using Home app by switching corresponding switch
"taskCronExpression": "*/3 * * * *"
// task will be triggered every 3 minutes
},
{
"taskName": "min-3-reset-1",
// uses default `taskActive` with value `true`
"taskCronExpression": "*/3 * * * *",
// task will be triggered every 3 minutes
"taskStateResetInterval": 1
// task will be reset every 1 minute after it was triggered
},
{
"taskName": "working-day-toggle",
// uses default `taskActive` with value `true`
"taskCronExpression": "0 9,17 * * *",
// task will be triggered at 9:00 and 17:00
"taskStateResetInterval": -1
// task will toggle sensor state when triggered, so sensor will be active from 9:00 to 17:00 every day
},
{
"taskName": "next-ny-once",
// uses default `taskActive` with value `true`
"taskCronExpression": "0 0 31 12 *",
// 31st of December at 00:00
"taskMaxRuns": 1
// task will be triggered only once at next 31st of December at 00:00
}
]
}
]
}
```
| Config Field | Description | Default | Required |
|--------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|----------|
| platform | Must always be `CronScheduler`. | `"CronScheduler"` | Yes |
| debug | Enable for displaying debug messages. | `false` | No |
| timezone | Timezone in 'Europe/Kiev' format to use for all tasks. Leave blank for using the system timezone. | `undefined` | No |
| tasks | Array of cron tasks. | `[]` | No |
| Task Config Field | Description | Default | Required |
|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|----------|
| taskActive | Defines whether the task is active or not. | `true` | No |
| taskName | A unique name for the task. Will be used as the accessory name. | `"task-name1"` | Yes |
| taskCronExpression | The cron expression to use for the task. | `* * * * *` | No |
| taskMaxRuns | Maximum number of times the task can run. Leave blank for unlimited. | `Infinite` | No |
| taskStateResetInterval | The interval in minutes after which the task state will be reset. Leave '0' for immediate reset, change to '-1' for enabling toggle mode. | `0` | No |
| taskStartAt | Time at which the task should start. Leave blank for immediate start. ISO 8601 formatted datetime (2021-10-17T23:43:00) in local time. | `undefined` | No |
| taskStopAt | Time at which the task should stop. Leave blank for no stop. ISO 8601 formatted datetime (2021-10-17T23:43:00) in local time. | `undefined` | No |
| timezone | Timezone override in 'Europe/Kiev' format to use for this tasks. Leave blank for using the global timezone. | `undefined` | No |
## Cron Expression
* Cron expressions support the following additional modifiers
- *?* A question mark is substituted with cron initialization time, as an example - `? * * * *` would be substituted
with `8 * * * *` if time is `:08`. The question mark can be used in any field.
- *L* L can be used in the day of month field, to specify the last day of the month.
```javascript
// ┌────────────── minute (0 - 59)
// │ ┌──────────── hour (0 - 23)
// │ │ ┌────────── day of month (1 - 31)
// │ │ │ ┌──────── month (1 - 12, JAN-DEC)
// │ │ │ │ ┌────── day of week (0 - 6, SUN-Mon)
// │ │ │ │ │ (0 to 6 are Sunday to Saturday; 7 is Sunday, the same as 0)
// │ │ │ │ │
// * * * * *
```
| Field | Required | Allowed values | Allowed special characters | Remarks |
|--------------|----------|-----------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Minutes | Yes | 0-59 | * , - / ? | |
| Hours | Yes | 0-23 | * , - / ? | |
| Day of Month | Yes | 1-31 | * , - / ? L | |
| Month | Yes | 1-12 or JAN-DEC | * , - / ? | |
| Day of Week | Yes | 0-7 or SUN-MON | * , - / ? | 0 to 6 are Sunday to Saturday
7 is Sunday, the same as 0 |
> **Note**
> Weekday and month names are case insensitive. Both MON and mon works.
> See [Cron Expression](https://github.com/Hexagon/croner/blob/master/README.md) for more details.
# Contributing
You can contribute to this homebridge plugin in following ways:
- Report issues and help verify fixes as they are checked in.
- Review the source code changes.
- Contribute bug fixes.
- Contribute changes to extend the capabilities
- Pull requests are accepted.
See [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/uamanager/homebridge-cron-scheduler/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)