Schedule Node.js job every five minutes

Question

I'm new to node.js. I need node.js to query a mongodb every five mins, get specific data, then using socket.io, allow subscribed web clients to access this data. I already have the socket.io part set up and of course mongo, I just need to know how to have node.js run every five minutes then post to socket.io.

What's the best solution for this?

Thanks

Answer 1

var minutes = 5, the_interval = minutes * 60 * 1000; setInterval(function() {   console.log("I am doing my 5 minutes check");   // do your stuff here }, the_interval); 

Save that code as node_regular_job.js and run it :)

Answer 2

You can use this package

var cron = require('node-cron');  cron.schedule('*/5 * * * *', () => {   console.log('running a task 5 minutes'); });