crontabber

A cron job runner with self-healing and job dependencies.

License: MPL 2

How to run tests

First you need to create a dedicated test database. We recommend you call it test_crontabber. Then you need the necessary credentials for it.

Before running the tests you need to install some extras to be able to run tests at all:

pip install -r test-requirements.txt

Next, in the root directory of the project create a file called test-crontabber.ini and it should look something like this:

[crontabber]
user=myusername
password=mypassword
dbname=test_crontabber

To start all the tests run:

PYTHONPATH=. nosetests

If you want to run a specific test in a specific file in a specific class you can define it per the nosetests standard like this for example:

PYTHONPATH=. nosetests tests crontabber/tests/test_crontabber.py:TestCrontabber.test_basic_run_job

If you want the tests to stop as soon as the first test fails add -x to that same command above.

Also, if you want nosetests to not capture stdout add -s to that same command as above.

How to do code coverage analysis

First you need to install the coverage module. Then, with `nosetests, you can run this:

PYTHONPATH=. nosetests --with-coverage --cover-erase --cover-html --cover-package=crontabber

After it has run, you can open the file cover/index.html in browser.

How to run the exampleapp

The example app helps you set up a playground to play around with and test crontabber to gain a better understanding of how it works.

The best place to start with is to read the exampleapp/README.md file and go through its steps. Once you get the basics to work you can start experimenting with adding your job classes.