Trying to fix scheduled tasks

Author: norkator

package-lock.json

@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
     "typescript": "3.9.5"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/swagger-jsdoc": "3.0.2",
     "@types/bcrypt": "3.0.0",
     "@types/compression": "1.7.0",
     "@types/cookie-parser": "1.4.2",
@@ -43,7 +42,9 @@
     "@types/express": "4.17.6",
     "@types/helmet": "0.0.47",
     "@types/jsonwebtoken": "8.5.0",
+    "@types/node-schedule": "1.3.0",
     "@types/sequelize": "4.28.9",
+    "@types/swagger-jsdoc": "3.0.2",
     "@types/swagger-ui-express": "4.1.2",
     "swagger-jsdoc": "4.0.0",
     "swagger-ui-express": "4.1.4"

package.json

@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
-const schedule = require('node-schedule');
+import * as schedule from 'node-schedule';
 import * as utils from './utils/utils'
 
 export function app(): void {
 
-    // Register scheduled tasks
-    schedule.scheduleJob('* * 6 * * *', () => { // Every 6 hours
-        utils.exampleTask().then(result => {
-        }).catch(error => {
-        });
+    // Register scheduled tasks (every 6 hours)
+    schedule.scheduleJob('0 */6 * * *', async function () {
+        await utils.exampleTask();
     });
 
     /* More tasks here? */
-
-}
+}

src/app/index.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ dotEnv.config();
 
 export async function exampleTask(): Promise<boolean> {
     try {
+        loggingUtil.logInfo('running exampleTask');
         return await examplePromiseFunction;
     } catch (error) {
         loggingUtil.logError(error);