timetable-mgr/background/ticker.go

package background

import (
	"time"

	"git.fjla.uk/owlboard/timetable-mgr/cif"
	"git.fjla.uk/owlboard/timetable-mgr/corpus"
	"git.fjla.uk/owlboard/timetable-mgr/helpers"
	"git.fjla.uk/owlboard/timetable-mgr/log"
)

const frequency = 600 * time.Hour // Figure out a sensible frequency!

// Starts a background ticker to run background tasks.  Uses the frequency configured in the background/ticker.go file
func InitTicker(cfg *helpers.Configuration, stop <-chan struct{}) {
	go runTicker(cfg, stop)
}

// Runs the ticker and handles tick events
func runTicker(cfg *helpers.Configuration, stop <-chan struct{}) {
	log.Msg.Sugar().Infof("Starting background ticker, runs every %s", frequency)
	ticker := time.NewTicker(frequency)
	defer ticker.Stop()

	for {
		select {
		case <-stop:
			return
		case <-ticker.C:
			go cif.CheckCif(cfg)
			go corpus.CheckCorpus(cfg)
		}
	}
}