Trigger cloud code function at an specific date - parse-platform

Question

I have my server working perfectly with Parse-server and heroku.
One of the things I'm missing is that I want one of my cloud code functions to be called at 1:00 am each day. Is there any way I can automate this? Maybe with Parse or with another service? I just need to call that method 1 time per day.

Answer 1

So after some research on Github and on npm packages I have found this one.
First you install node-schedule A cron-like and not-cron-like job scheduler for Node.
You can install it through Putty in your server with this command npm install node-schedule
After you install it successfully you can open your main.js file that you have your Cloud Code and paste the following code
var schedule = require('node-schedule');
var j = schedule.scheduleJob(' * * * * *', function(){
console.log('This console log will run every 5 minutes');
});
The meaning of the stars
* * * * * *
┬ ┬ ┬ ┬ ┬ ┬
│ │ │ │ │ |
│ │ │ │ │ └ day of week (0 - 7) (0 or 7 is Sun)
│ │ │ │ └───── month (1 - 12)
│ │ │ └────────── day of month (1 - 31)
│ │ └─────────────── hour (0 - 23)
│ └──────────────────── minute (0 - 59)
└───────────────────────── second (0 - 59, OPTIONAL)
So you can have the complete code running like this if you want it to run 5 seconds (to see if its working by replacing your cloud code)
var schedule = require('node-schedule');
var j = schedule.scheduleJob('*/5 * * * *', function(){
Parse.Cloud.define("averageStars", function(request, response) {
var query = new Parse.Query("Review");
query.equalTo("movie", request.params.movie);
query.find({
success: function(results) {
var sum = 0;
for (var i = 0; i < results.length; ++i) {
sum += results[i].get("stars");
}
response.success(sum / results.length);
},
error: function() {
response.error("movie lookup failed");
}
});
});
});
Useful links:
node schedule
Try this one and I'm waiting for your results!