import type { ITriggerFunctions, IDataObject, INodeType, INodeTypeDescription, ITriggerResponse, } from 'n8n-workflow'; import { NodeOperationError } from 'n8n-workflow'; import { CronJob } from 'cron'; import moment from 'moment-timezone'; import type { IRecurencyRule } from './SchedulerInterface'; import { convertToUnixFormat, recurencyCheck } from './GenericFunctions'; export class ScheduleTrigger implements INodeType { description: INodeTypeDescription = { displayName: 'Schedule Trigger', name: 'scheduleTrigger', icon: 'fa:clock', group: ['trigger', 'schedule'], version: [1, 1.1], description: 'Triggers the workflow on a given schedule', eventTriggerDescription: '', activationMessage: 'Your schedule trigger will now trigger executions on the schedule you have defined.', defaults: { name: 'Schedule Trigger', color: '#31C49F', }, inputs: [], outputs: ['main'], properties: [ { displayName: 'This workflow will run on the schedule you define here once you activate it.

For testing, you can also trigger it manually: by going back to the canvas and clicking ‘execute workflow’', name: 'notice', type: 'notice', default: '', }, { displayName: 'Trigger Rules', name: 'rule', placeholder: 'Add Rule', type: 'fixedCollection', typeOptions: { multipleValues: true, }, default: { interval: [ { field: 'days', }, ], }, options: [ { name: 'interval', displayName: 'Trigger Interval', values: [ { displayName: 'Trigger Interval', name: 'field', type: 'options', default: 'days', // eslint-disable-next-line n8n-nodes-base/node-param-options-type-unsorted-items options: [ { name: 'Seconds', value: 'seconds', }, { name: 'Minutes', value: 'minutes', }, { name: 'Hours', value: 'hours', }, { name: 'Days', value: 'days', }, { name: 'Weeks', value: 'weeks', }, { name: 'Months', value: 'months', }, { name: 'Custom (Cron)', value: 'cronExpression', }, ], }, { displayName: 'Seconds Between Triggers', name: 'secondsInterval', type: 'number', default: 30, displayOptions: { show: { field: ['seconds'], }, }, description: 'Number of seconds between each workflow trigger', }, { displayName: 'Minutes Between Triggers', name: 'minutesInterval', type: 'number', default: 5, displayOptions: { show: { field: ['minutes'], }, }, description: 'Number of minutes between each workflow trigger', }, { displayName: 'Hours Between Triggers', name: 'hoursInterval', type: 'number', displayOptions: { show: { field: ['hours'], }, }, default: 1, description: 'Number of hours between each workflow trigger', }, { displayName: 'Days Between Triggers', name: 'daysInterval', type: 'number', displayOptions: { show: { field: ['days'], }, }, default: 1, description: 'Number of days between each workflow trigger', }, { displayName: 'Weeks Between Triggers', name: 'weeksInterval', type: 'number', displayOptions: { show: { field: ['weeks'], }, }, default: 1, description: 'Would run every week unless specified otherwise', }, { displayName: 'Months Between Triggers', name: 'monthsInterval', type: 'number', displayOptions: { show: { field: ['months'], }, }, default: 1, description: 'Would run every month unless specified otherwise', }, { displayName: 'Trigger at Day of Month', name: 'triggerAtDayOfMonth', type: 'number', displayOptions: { show: { field: ['months'], }, }, typeOptions: { minValue: 1, maxValue: 31, }, default: 1, description: 'The day of the month to trigger (1-31)', hint: 'If a month doesn’t have this day, the node won’t trigger', }, { displayName: 'Trigger on Weekdays', name: 'triggerAtDay', type: 'multiOptions', displayOptions: { show: { field: ['weeks'], }, }, typeOptions: { maxValue: 7, }, options: [ { name: 'Monday', value: 1, }, { name: 'Tuesday', value: 2, }, { name: 'Wednesday', value: 3, }, { name: 'Thursday', value: 4, }, { name: 'Friday', value: 5, }, { name: 'Saturday', value: 6, }, { name: 'Sunday', value: 0, }, ], default: [0], }, { displayName: 'Trigger at Hour', name: 'triggerAtHour', type: 'options', default: 0, displayOptions: { show: { field: ['days', 'weeks', 'months'], }, }, options: [ { name: 'Midnight', displayName: 'Midnight', value: 0, }, { name: '1am', displayName: '1am', value: 1, }, { name: '2am', displayName: '2am', value: 2, }, { name: '3am', displayName: '3am', value: 3, }, { name: '4am', displayName: '4am', value: 4, }, { name: '5am', displayName: '5am', value: 5, }, { name: '6am', displayName: '6am', value: 6, }, { name: '7am', displayName: '7am', value: 7, }, { name: '8am', displayName: '8am', value: 8, }, { name: '9am', displayName: '9am', value: 9, }, { name: '10am', displayName: '10am', value: 10, }, { name: '11am', displayName: '11am', value: 11, }, { name: 'Noon', displayName: 'Noon', value: 12, }, { name: '1pm', displayName: '1pm', value: 13, }, { name: '2pm', displayName: '2pm', value: 14, }, { name: '3pm', displayName: '3pm', value: 15, }, { name: '4pm', displayName: '4pm', value: 16, }, { name: '5pm', displayName: '5pm', value: 17, }, { name: '6pm', displayName: '6pm', value: 18, }, { name: '7pm', displayName: '7pm', value: 19, }, { name: '8pm', displayName: '8pm', value: 20, }, { name: '9pm', displayName: '9pm', value: 21, }, { name: '10pm', displayName: '10pm', value: 22, }, { name: '11pm', displayName: '11pm', value: 23, }, ], description: 'The hour of the day to trigger', }, { displayName: 'Trigger at Minute', name: 'triggerAtMinute', type: 'number', default: 0, displayOptions: { show: { field: ['hours', 'days', 'weeks', 'months'], }, }, typeOptions: { minValue: 0, maxValue: 59, }, description: 'The minute past the hour to trigger (0-59)', }, { displayName: 'You can find help generating your cron expression here', name: 'notice', type: 'notice', displayOptions: { show: { field: ['cronExpression'], }, }, default: '', }, { displayName: 'Expression', name: 'expression', type: 'string', default: '', placeholder: 'eg. 0 15 * 1 sun', displayOptions: { show: { field: ['cronExpression'], }, }, hint: 'Format: [Minute] [Hour] [Day of Month] [Month] [Day of Week]', }, ], }, ], }, ], }; async trigger(this: ITriggerFunctions): Promise { const rule = this.getNodeParameter('rule', []) as IDataObject; const interval = rule.interval as IDataObject[]; const timezone = this.getTimezone(); const version = this.getNode().typeVersion; const cronJobs: CronJob[] = []; const intervalArr: NodeJS.Timeout[] = []; const staticData = this.getWorkflowStaticData('node') as { recurrencyRules: number[]; }; if (!staticData.recurrencyRules) { staticData.recurrencyRules = []; } const executeTrigger = async (recurency: IRecurencyRule) => { const resultData = { timestamp: moment.tz(timezone).toISOString(true), 'Readable date': moment.tz(timezone).format('MMMM Do YYYY, h:mm:ss a'), 'Readable time': moment.tz(timezone).format('h:mm:ss a'), 'Day of week': moment.tz(timezone).format('dddd'), Year: moment.tz(timezone).format('YYYY'), Month: moment.tz(timezone).format('MMMM'), 'Day of month': moment.tz(timezone).format('DD'), Hour: moment.tz(timezone).format('HH'), Minute: moment.tz(timezone).format('mm'), Second: moment.tz(timezone).format('ss'), Timezone: moment.tz(timezone).format('z Z'), }; if (!recurency.activated) { this.emit([this.helpers.returnJsonArray([resultData])]); } else { if (recurencyCheck(recurency, staticData.recurrencyRules, timezone)) { this.emit([this.helpers.returnJsonArray([resultData])]); } } }; for (let i = 0; i < interval.length; i++) { let intervalValue = 1000; if (interval[i].field === 'cronExpression') { if (version > 1) { // ! Remove this part if we use a cron library that follows unix cron expression convertToUnixFormat(interval[i]); } const cronExpression = interval[i].expression as string; try { const cronJob = new CronJob( cronExpression, async () => executeTrigger({ activated: false } as IRecurencyRule), undefined, true, timezone, ); cronJobs.push(cronJob); } catch (error) { throw new NodeOperationError(this.getNode(), 'Invalid cron expression', { description: 'More information on how to build them at https://crontab.guru/', }); } } if (interval[i].field === 'seconds') { const seconds = interval[i].secondsInterval as number; intervalValue *= seconds; const intervalObj = setInterval( async () => executeTrigger({ activated: false } as IRecurencyRule), intervalValue, ) as NodeJS.Timeout; intervalArr.push(intervalObj); } if (interval[i].field === 'minutes') { const minutes = interval[i].minutesInterval as number; intervalValue *= 60 * minutes; const intervalObj = setInterval( async () => executeTrigger({ activated: false } as IRecurencyRule), intervalValue, ) as NodeJS.Timeout; intervalArr.push(intervalObj); } if (interval[i].field === 'hours') { const hour = interval[i].hoursInterval as number; const minute = interval[i].triggerAtMinute?.toString() as string; const cronTimes: string[] = [minute, '*', '*', '*', '*']; const cronExpression: string = cronTimes.join(' '); if (hour === 1) { const cronJob = new CronJob( cronExpression, async () => executeTrigger({ activated: false } as IRecurencyRule), undefined, true, timezone, ); cronJobs.push(cronJob); } else { const cronJob = new CronJob( cronExpression, async () => executeTrigger({ activated: true, index: i, intervalSize: hour, typeInterval: 'hours', } as IRecurencyRule), undefined, true, timezone, ); cronJobs.push(cronJob); } } if (interval[i].field === 'days') { const day = interval[i].daysInterval as number; const hour = interval[i].triggerAtHour?.toString() as string; const minute = interval[i].triggerAtMinute?.toString() as string; const cronTimes: string[] = [minute, hour, '*', '*', '*']; const cronExpression: string = cronTimes.join(' '); if (day === 1) { const cronJob = new CronJob( cronExpression, async () => executeTrigger({ activated: false } as IRecurencyRule), undefined, true, timezone, ); cronJobs.push(cronJob); } else { const cronJob = new CronJob( cronExpression, async () => executeTrigger({ activated: true, index: i, intervalSize: day, typeInterval: 'days', } as IRecurencyRule), undefined, true, timezone, ); cronJobs.push(cronJob); } } if (interval[i].field === 'weeks') { const hour = interval[i].triggerAtHour?.toString() as string; const minute = interval[i].triggerAtMinute?.toString() as string; const week = interval[i].weeksInterval as number; const days = interval[i].triggerAtDay as IDataObject[]; const day = days.length === 0 ? '*' : days.join(','); const cronTimes: string[] = [minute, hour, '*', '*', day]; const cronExpression = cronTimes.join(' '); if (week === 1) { const cronJob = new CronJob( cronExpression, async () => executeTrigger({ activated: false } as IRecurencyRule), undefined, true, timezone, ); cronJobs.push(cronJob); } else { const cronJob = new CronJob( cronExpression, async () => executeTrigger({ activated: true, index: i, intervalSize: week, typeInterval: 'weeks', } as IRecurencyRule), undefined, true, timezone, ); cronJobs.push(cronJob); } } if (interval[i].field === 'months') { const month = interval[i].monthsInterval; const day = interval[i].triggerAtDayOfMonth?.toString() as string; const hour = interval[i].triggerAtHour?.toString() as string; const minute = interval[i].triggerAtMinute?.toString() as string; const cronTimes: string[] = [minute, hour, day, '*', '*']; const cronExpression: string = cronTimes.join(' '); if (month === 1) { const cronJob = new CronJob( cronExpression, async () => executeTrigger({ activated: false } as IRecurencyRule), undefined, true, timezone, ); cronJobs.push(cronJob); } else { const cronJob = new CronJob( cronExpression, async () => executeTrigger({ activated: true, index: i, intervalSize: month, typeInterval: 'months', } as IRecurencyRule), undefined, true, timezone, ); cronJobs.push(cronJob); } } } async function closeFunction() { for (const cronJob of cronJobs) { cronJob.stop(); } for (const entry of intervalArr) { clearInterval(entry); } } async function manualTriggerFunction() { void executeTrigger({ activated: false } as IRecurencyRule); } return { closeFunction, manualTriggerFunction, }; } }