my-website-v2/backend/task/README.md

Task scheduler

also known as task

What is this?

This is a task runner/scheduler programs that will fire off various tasks. These tasks can be anything from an blog post import task to a RSS generator task. Additionally, there is task logs inside the database so that you can keep track of tasks when something goes wrong.

Things you should know

task uses a .env file at the root of the project. The file takes standard environment variables (like enviroment variables you would put into a .bashrc or ad-hoc into your shell).

For task to work properly, please make sure to first create the .env file, then fill out the following environment variables:

• DATABASE_URL - needed for communicating to Postgres