README.md

Tasks

Program made in Go to handle Best Mod's tasks via sending HTTP requests to a REST API.

Command Line

The following command line options are available from the help menu.

./tasks --cfg <cfgFile> --list --version --help
        --cfg => Path to config file. Default path is /etc/bestmods-tasks/tasks.conf.
        --list => Lists configuration file.
        --version => Prints the current version.
        --help => Prints the help menu.

Configuration File

The configuration file is parsed using JSON. Here is a config example.

{
    "debug": 2,
    "tasks": [
        {
            "cronstr": "* * * * * *",
            "url": "mydomain.com",
            "auth": "Bearer TEST",
            "method": "GET"
        }
    ]
}

• debug - Debug level from 0 - 3.
• tasks - An array of tasks to schedule via Cron.
  • cronstr - The cron string to schedule (read more here).
  • url - URL to send our HTTP/HTTPS request to.
  • auth - What to set the Authorization header to within the request.
  • method - HTTP method (e.g. GET, POST, etc.).

Building

Building is simple via git and go build.

# Clone repository.
git clone https://github.com/bestmods/tasks

# Change directory.
cd tasks

# Build to `./tasks`.
go build -o tasks

Credits

• Christian Deacon - Creator