NestJS · Junior · Question 59 of 75

How do you run a method on a schedule, e.g. every night?

1Nest can't schedule tasks
✓Correct answer: With @nestjs/schedule and the @Cron('0 3 * * *') decorator
3With setInterval in the controller

Explanation

Remember that with several instances each one runs the cron. Use a lock or a queue for jobs that must run once.

Further reading

NestJS: Task scheduling ↗

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