Calling a method every x minutes

Question

var startTimeSpan = TimeSpan.Zero;
var periodTimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5);

var timer = new System.Threading.Timer((e) =>
{
    MyMethod();   
}, null, startTimeSpan, periodTimeSpan);

I based this on @asawyer's answer. He doesn't seem to get a compile error, but some of us do. Here is a version which the C# compiler in Visual Studio 2010 will accept.

var timer = new System.Threading.Timer(
    e => MyMethod(),  
    null, 
    TimeSpan.Zero, 
    TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5));

Start a timer in the constructor of your class. The interval is in milliseconds so 5*60 seconds = 300 seconds = 300000 milliseconds.

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    System.Timers.Timer timer = new System.Timers.Timer();
    timer.Interval = 300000;
    timer.Elapsed += timer_Elapsed;
    timer.Start();
}

Then call GetData() in the timer_Elapsed event like this:

static void timer_Elapsed(object sender, System.Timers.ElapsedEventArgs e)
{
    //YourCode
}

I've uploaded a Nuget Package that can make it so simple, you can have it from here ActionScheduler

It supports .NET Standard 2.0

And here how to start using it

using ActionScheduler;

var jobScheduler = new JobScheduler(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(8), new Action(() => {
  //What you want to execute
}));

jobScheduler.Start(); // To Start up the Scheduler

jobScheduler.Stop(); // To Stop Scheduler from Running.

Example of using a Timer:

using System;
using System.Timers;

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    Timer t = new Timer(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5).TotalMilliseconds); // Set the time (5 mins in this case)
    t.AutoReset = true;
    t.Elapsed += new System.Timers.ElapsedEventHandler(your_method);
    t.Start();
}

// This method is called every 5 mins
private static void your_method(object sender, ElapsedEventArgs e)
{
    Console.WriteLine("..."); 
}