cron_create: Create a cron job.

In MinZhang95/flightscanner: Flight Information

Description

Generate a cron job, and pass it to crontab. It will automatically scape flight data and save them to a local SQLite database file.

Usage

cron_create(origin, destination, startDate, returnDate = NULL,
  key = apiGetKey(), path = getwd(), frequency = "daily", at, id,
  ...)

Arguments

origin	The origin place, can be country, city, airport, in Skyscanner code.
destination	The destination, can be country, city, airport, in Skyscanner code.
startDate	The outbound date. Format 'yyyy-mm-dd'.
returnDate	The return date. Format 'yyyy-mm-dd'. Use NULL for oneway trip.
key	API key. Default using the key in global options, see apiSetKey.
path	Where to put the log, defaults is the current working directory.
frequency	A character string equal to one of "minutely", "hourly", "daily", "monthly", or "yearly". Or any complex cron schedule. .
at	The actual time of day at which to execute the command. When unspecified, we default to "8PM", when the command is to be run less frequently than "hourly".
id	An id, or name, to give to the cronjob task, for easier revision in the future.
...	Other arguments.

Examples

## Not run: 
apiSetKey("YOUR_API_KEY")
cron_create("SFO", "LHR", "2019-07-01", frequency = "daily", at = "3AM")
cron_create("SFO", "LHR", "2019-07-01", frequency = "hourly")
cron_create("SFO", "LHR", "2019-07-01", frequency = "minutely")
cron_create("SFO", "LHR", "2019-07-01", frequency = "0 */2 * * *")  # every 2 hours

## End(Not run)

MinZhang95/flightscanner documentation built on July 1, 2019, 9:36 p.m.