import { ITriggerFunctions } from 'n8n-core'; import { INodeType, INodeTypeDescription, ITriggerResponse, } from 'n8n-workflow'; import { CronJob } from 'cron'; interface TriggerTime { mode: string; hour: number; minute: number; dayOfMonth: number; weekeday: number; [key: string]: string | number; } export class Cron implements INodeType { description: INodeTypeDescription = { displayName: 'Cron', name: 'cron', icon: 'fa:calendar', group: ['trigger', 'schedule'], version: 1, description: 'Triggers the workflow at a specific time', eventTriggerDescription: '', activationMessage: 'Your cron trigger will now trigger executions on the schedule you have defined.', defaults: { name: 'Cron', color: '#00FF00', }, // eslint-disable-next-line n8n-nodes-base/node-class-description-inputs-wrong-regular-node 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 Times', name: 'triggerTimes', type: 'fixedCollection', typeOptions: { multipleValues: true, multipleValueButtonText: 'Add Time', }, default: {}, description: 'Triggers for the workflow', placeholder: 'Add Cron Time', options: [ { name: 'item', displayName: 'Item', values: [ { displayName: 'Mode', name: 'mode', type: 'options', // eslint-disable-next-line n8n-nodes-base/node-param-options-type-unsorted-items options: [ { name: 'Every Minute', value: 'everyMinute', }, { name: 'Every Hour', value: 'everyHour', }, { name: 'Every Day', value: 'everyDay', }, { name: 'Every Week', value: 'everyWeek', }, { name: 'Every Month', value: 'everyMonth', }, { name: 'Every X', value: 'everyX', }, { name: 'Custom', value: 'custom', }, ], default: 'everyDay', description: 'How often to trigger', }, { displayName: 'Hour', name: 'hour', type: 'number', typeOptions: { minValue: 0, maxValue: 23, }, displayOptions: { hide: { mode: [ 'custom', 'everyHour', 'everyMinute', 'everyX', ], }, }, default: 14, description: 'The hour of the day to trigger (24h format)', }, { displayName: 'Minute', name: 'minute', type: 'number', typeOptions: { minValue: 0, maxValue: 59, }, displayOptions: { hide: { mode: [ 'custom', 'everyMinute', 'everyX', ], }, }, default: 0, description: 'The minute of the day to trigger', }, { displayName: 'Day of Month', name: 'dayOfMonth', type: 'number', displayOptions: { show: { mode: [ 'everyMonth', ], }, }, typeOptions: { minValue: 1, maxValue: 31, }, default: 1, description: 'The day of the month to trigger', }, { displayName: 'Weekday', name: 'weekday', type: 'options', displayOptions: { show: { mode: [ 'everyWeek', ], }, }, // eslint-disable-next-line n8n-nodes-base/node-param-options-type-unsorted-items 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: '1', description: 'The weekday to trigger', }, { displayName: 'Cron Expression', name: 'cronExpression', type: 'string', displayOptions: { show: { mode: [ 'custom', ], }, }, default: '* * * * * *', description: 'Use custom cron expression. Values and ranges as follows:.', }, { displayName: 'Value', name: 'value', type: 'number', typeOptions: { minValue: 0, maxValue: 1000, }, displayOptions: { show: { mode: [ 'everyX', ], }, }, default: 2, description: 'All how many X minutes/hours it should trigger', }, { displayName: 'Unit', name: 'unit', type: 'options', displayOptions: { show: { mode: [ 'everyX', ], }, }, options: [ { name: 'Minutes', value: 'minutes', }, { name: 'Hours', value: 'hours', }, ], default: 'hours', description: 'If it should trigger all X minutes or hours', }, ], }, ], }, ], }; async trigger(this: ITriggerFunctions): Promise { const triggerTimes = this.getNodeParameter('triggerTimes') as unknown as { item: TriggerTime[]; }; // Define the order the cron-time-parameter appear const parameterOrder = [ 'second', // 0 - 59 'minute', // 0 - 59 'hour', // 0 - 23 'dayOfMonth', // 1 - 31 'month', // 0 - 11(Jan - Dec) 'weekday', // 0 - 6(Sun - Sat) ]; // Get all the trigger times const cronTimes: string[] = []; let cronTime: string[]; let parameterName: string; if (triggerTimes.item !== undefined) { for (const item of triggerTimes.item) { cronTime = []; if (item.mode === 'custom') { cronTimes.push(item.cronExpression as string); continue; } if (item.mode === 'everyMinute') { cronTimes.push(`${Math.floor(Math.random() * 60).toString()} * * * * *`); continue; } if (item.mode === 'everyX') { if (item.unit === 'minutes') { cronTimes.push(`${Math.floor(Math.random() * 60).toString()} */${item.value} * * * *`); } else if (item.unit === 'hours') { cronTimes.push(`${Math.floor(Math.random() * 60).toString()} 0 */${item.value} * * *`); } continue; } for (parameterName of parameterOrder) { if (item[parameterName] !== undefined) { // Value is set so use it cronTime.push(item[parameterName] as string); } else if (parameterName === 'second') { // For seconds we use by default a random one to make sure to // balance the load a little bit over time cronTime.push(Math.floor(Math.random() * 60).toString()); } else { // For all others set "any" cronTime.push('*'); } } cronTimes.push(cronTime.join(' ')); } } // The trigger function to execute when the cron-time got reached // or when manually triggered const executeTrigger = () => { this.emit([this.helpers.returnJsonArray([{}])]); }; const timezone = this.getTimezone(); // Start the cron-jobs const cronJobs: CronJob[] = []; for (const cronTime of cronTimes) { cronJobs.push(new CronJob(cronTime, executeTrigger, undefined, true, timezone)); } // Stop the cron-jobs async function closeFunction() { for (const cronJob of cronJobs) { cronJob.stop(); } } async function manualTriggerFunction() { executeTrigger(); } return { closeFunction, manualTriggerFunction, }; } }