Setting up a cron job for heroku with Scheduler and Rake files #heroku #scheduler #cron #rake #rails #ruby

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##References

• https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/scheduler

##Create a Rake Command file at lib/tasks/scheduler.rake

desc "This task is called by the Heroku scheduler add-on"
task :method_name => :environment do

  puts "starting method_name process"

  #do something here  
  #do something here  
  #do something here

  puts "ending method_name process"

end

##Command line for heroku repo:

heroku addons:add scheduler:standard

##Go to Heroku Scheduler App for the relevant app:

• https://heroku-scheduler.herokuapp.com/dashboard

##Submit this command to the Scheduler App:

rake method_name