import type {
ITriggerFunctions,
INodeType,
INodeTypeDescription,
ITriggerResponse,
} from 'n8n-workflow';
import { NodeOperationError } from 'n8n-workflow';
export class Interval implements INodeType {
description: INodeTypeDescription = {
displayName: 'Interval',
name: 'interval',
icon: 'fa:hourglass',
group: ['trigger', 'schedule'],
version: 1,
hidden: true,
description: 'Triggers the workflow in a given interval',
eventTriggerDescription: '',
activationMessage:
'Your interval trigger will now trigger executions on the schedule you have defined.',
defaults: {
name: 'Interval',
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 test workflow’',
name: 'notice',
type: 'notice',
default: '',
},
{
displayName: 'Interval',
name: 'interval',
type: 'number',
typeOptions: {
minValue: 1,
},
default: 1,
description: 'Interval value',
},
{
displayName: 'Unit',
name: 'unit',
type: 'options',
options: [
{
name: 'Seconds',
value: 'seconds',
},
{
name: 'Minutes',
value: 'minutes',
},
{
name: 'Hours',
value: 'hours',
},
],
default: 'seconds',
description: 'Unit of the interval value',
},
],
};
async trigger(this: ITriggerFunctions): Promise {
const interval = this.getNodeParameter('interval') as number;
const unit = this.getNodeParameter('unit') as string;
if (interval <= 0) {
throw new NodeOperationError(
this.getNode(),
'The interval has to be set to at least 1 or higher!',
);
}
let intervalValue = interval;
if (unit === 'minutes') {
intervalValue *= 60;
}
if (unit === 'hours') {
intervalValue *= 60 * 60;
}
const executeTrigger = () => {
this.emit([this.helpers.returnJsonArray([{}])]);
};
intervalValue *= 1000;
// Reference: https://nodejs.org/api/timers.html#timers_setinterval_callback_delay_args
if (intervalValue > 2147483647) {
throw new NodeOperationError(this.getNode(), 'The interval value is too large.');
}
const intervalObj = setInterval(executeTrigger, intervalValue);
async function closeFunction() {
clearInterval(intervalObj);
}
async function manualTriggerFunction() {
executeTrigger();
}
return {
closeFunction,
manualTriggerFunction,
};
}
}