actionhero/bin/methods/generate/task.js

actionhero.js is a multi-transport API Server with integrated cluster capabilities and delayed tasks

'use strict'

const fs = require('fs')
const path = require('path')
const optimist = require('optimist')
const argv = optimist
  .demand('name')
  .demand('queue')
  .describe('name', 'The name of athe task')
  .describe('description', 'The description of the task')
  .describe('queue', 'The default queue for this task')
  .describe('frequency', 'is this task periodic, and if so, how often should it run?')
  .default('description', 'My Task')
  .default('frequency', 0)
  .argv

module.exports = function (api, next) {
  let data = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '/../../templates/task.js'))
  data = String(data);

  [
    'name',
    'description',
    'queue',
    'frequency'
  ].forEach(function (v) {
    let regex = new RegExp('%%' + v + '%%', 'g')
    data = data.replace(regex, argv[v])
  })

  api.utils.createFileSafely(api.config.general.paths.task[0] + '/' + argv.name + '.js', data)

  next(null, true)
}