tinyjobs

TinyJobs is tiny user-friendly background jobs framework for JavaScript runtimes.

Getting Started

Optional

To make it easier to use TinyJobs, you can install the CLI globally:

npm i -g tinyjobs

Install the package:

npm i tinyjobs

Usage

To make a job, create a new file in the jobs directory. You can use the tinyjobs CLI to generate a new job:

tinyjobs init

This command will create an example job in the jobs directory and setup the necessary configuration.

Instantiate a new TinyJobs instance and add the job:

import TinyJobs from 'tinyjobs';

const tinyJobs = new TinyJobs();

// Load jobs from the jobs directory
await tinyJobs.loadJobs();

// Invoke the job to run in the background
await tinyJobs.invoke('exampleJob', { name: 'world' });

Creating a Job

Your First Job

Let's create a new job in the jobs directory:

import { Job } from 'tinyjobs';

export default class FirstJob extends Job {
  constructor() {
    super({
        name: "firstJob",
    });
  }

  async run({ name }: { name: string }) {
    console.log(`Hello, ${data.name}!`);
  }
}

Delayed Job

You can also delay how soon this jobs run after invoking it:

import { Job } from 'tinyjobs';

export default class FirstJob extends Job {
  constructor() {
    super({
        name: "firstJob",
        delay: 1000, // 1 second in milliseconds
    });
  }

  async run({ name }: { name: string }) {
    console.log(`Hello, ${data.name}!`);
  }
}

Cron Job

You can also schedule jobs to run at specific times using cron syntax:

import { Job } from 'tinyjobs';

export default class FirstJob extends Job {
  constructor() {
    super({
        name: "firstJob",
        cron: '0 0 * * *', // Run every day at midnight
    });
  }

  async run({ name }: { name: string }) {
    console.log(`Hello, ${data.name}!`);
  }
}

Concurrent Jobs

You can specify how many instances of a job can run concurrently:

import { Job } from 'tinyjobs';

export default class FirstJob extends Job {
  constructor() {
    super({
        name: "firstJob",
        concurrency: 2, // Run 2 instances concurrently
    });
  }

  async run({ name }: { name: string }) {
    console.log(`Hello, ${data.name}!`);
  }
}

Events

TinyJobs emits events that you can listen to, currently only supporting JOB_COMPLETE and JOB_FAILED.

import TinyJobs from 'tinyjobs';
import { TinyJobEvents } from "tinyjobs";

const tinyJobs = new TinyJobs();

tinyJobs.events.on(TinyJobEvents.JOB_COMPLETE, (job) => {
  console.log(job);
});

tinyJobs.events.on(TinyJobEvents.JOB_FAILED, (job) => {
  console.error(job);
});

Typed Parameters

TinyJobs uses TypeScript to provide type safety for job parameters. You can define the type of parameters your job expects in the run method.

Using the CLI, you can generate types that can be added to the TinyJobs client:

tinyjobs generate types

This will create a tinyjobs.d.ts file in the jobs folder configured in your project that you can import in your client code:

import TinyJobs from 'tinyjobs';

import type TinyJobsTypes from "./jobs/jobs.types";

const tinyJobs = new TinyJobs<TinyJobsTypes>();

This will provide type safety for the parameters passed to the job during invocation.

Roadmap

TinyJobs is not feature complete and still in early stages, you can refer to the roadmap for the list of currently planend features and their progress here.

License

TinyJobs is licensed under the Apache-2.0.