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Cron binding spec

Detailed documentation on the cron binding component

Setup Dapr component

apiVersion: dapr.io/v1alpha1
kind: Component
metadata:
  name: <NAME>
  namespace: <NAMESPACE>
spec:
  type: bindings.cron
  version: v1
  metadata:
  - name: schedule
    value: "@every 15m" # valid cron schedule

Schedule Format

The Dapr cron binding supports following formats:

Character Descriptor Acceptable values
1 Second 0 to 59, or *
2 Minute 0 to 59, or *
3 Hour 0 to 23, or * (UTC)
4 Day of the month 1 to 31, or *
5 Month 1 to 12, or *
6 Day of the week 0 to 7 (where 0 and 7 represent Sunday), or *

For example:

  • 30 * * * * * - every 30 seconds
  • 0 15 * * * * - every 15 minutes
  • 0 30 3-6,20-23 * * * - every hour on the half hour in the range 3-6am, 8-11pm
  • CRON_TZ=America/New_York 0 0 30 04 * * * - every day at 4:30am New York time

You can learn more about cron and the supported formats here

For ease of use, the Dapr cron binding also supports few shortcuts:

  • @every 15s where s is seconds, m minutes, and h hours
  • @daily or @hourly which runs at that period from the time the binding is initialized
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