scheduler-server

Related Packages

• scheduler - The core scheduling library, a.k.a. schedlib.
• scheduler-server - This package. The Flask API for fetching schedules.
• scheduler-web - The web front end for the scheduler.

Installation

First clone this repository, and then install it with

pip install -r requirements.txt
pip install -e .

Launch

Launching it requires gunicorn to be available. If we are inside this directory, run

gunicorn --bind localhost:8010 scheduler_server.app:app

Docker

Alternatively, you can launch the server in a docker container:

docker run --rm -p 8010:8010 scheduler-server

Schedule API

The API is temporarily hosted here: https://scheduler-uobd.onrender.com

Endpoint

POST /api/v1/schedule/

Purpose

The Schedule API is used to generate a schedule of commands.

Request

The API expects a JSON object in the request body with the following properties:

• t0: a string representing the start time in the format "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM"
• t1: a string representing the end time in the format "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM"
• policy: a json string representing the scheduling policy. It should contain a "policy" key which specify the name of the policy and a "config" key which contains a dictionary of configurations for this given policy. The provided configuration will overwrite the default configuration used. Current supported policy names: "dummy" and "basic".

Response

The API returns a JSON object with the following properties:

• status: a string indicating the status of the request, either 'ok' or 'error'
• commands: a string representing the generated schedule of commands
• message: a string representing the message of the request

The API will return a HTTP status code of 200 OK on success and 400 Bad Request on error.

Example

Request:

POST /api/v1/schedule/
{
"t0": "2022-01-01 12:00",
"t1": "2022-01-01 14:00",
"policy": {"policy": "dummy", "config": {}}
}

Successful Response:

{
"status": "ok",
"commands": "import time\ntime.sleep(1)\ntime.sleep(1)\ntime.sleep(1)\n",
"message": "Success"
}

Unsuccessful Response:

{
"status": "error",
"message": "Invalid input"
}

Test with Curl

curl -L -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"t0": "2022-01-01 12:00", "t1": "2022-01-01 14:00", "policy": "{\"policy\": \"dummy\", \"config\": {}}"}' http://127.0.0.1:8010/api/v1/schedule