Add a generic job scheduler

Also rewrite deletion of old sends using the job scheduler.

.env.template

@@ -56,6 +56,19 @@
 # WEBSOCKET_ADDRESS=0.0.0.0
 # WEBSOCKET_PORT=3012
 
+## Job scheduler settings
+##
+## Job schedules use a cron-like syntax (as parsed by https://crates.io/crates/cron),
+## and are always in terms of UTC time (regardless of your local time zone settings).
+##
+## How often (in ms) the job scheduler thread checks for jobs that need running.
+## Set to 0 to globally disable scheduled jobs.
+# JOB_POLL_INTERVAL_MS=30000
+##
+## Cron schedule of the job that checks for Sends past their deletion date.
+## Defaults to hourly. Set blank to disable this job.
+# SEND_PURGE_SCHEDULE="0 0 * * * *"
+
 ## Enable extended logging, which shows timestamps and targets in the logs
 # EXTENDED_LOGGING=true
 

Cargo.lock

@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "handlebars",
  "html5ever",
  "idna 0.2.2",
+ "job_scheduler",
  "jsonwebtoken",
  "lettre",
  "libsqlite3-sys",
@@ -401,6 +402,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cron"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e009ed0b762cf7a967a34dfdc67d5967d3f828f12901d37081432c3dd1668f8f"
+dependencies = [
+ "chrono",
+ "nom 4.1.1",
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crypto-mac"
 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -1097,6 +1109,16 @@ version = "0.4.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dd25036021b0de88a0aff6b850051563c6516d0bf53f8638938edbb9de732736"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "job_scheduler"
+version = "1.2.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/jjlin/job_scheduler?rev=ee023418dbba2bfe1e30a5fd7d937f9e33739806#ee023418dbba2bfe1e30a5fd7d937f9e33739806"
+dependencies = [
+ "chrono",
+ "cron",
+ "uuid",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
 version = "0.3.49"
@@ -1160,7 +1182,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "idna 0.2.2",
  "mime 0.3.16",
  "native-tls",
- "nom",
+ "nom 6.1.2",
  "once_cell",
  "quoted_printable",
  "rand 0.8.3",
@@ -1475,6 +1497,15 @@ version = "0.1.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "72ef4a56884ca558e5ddb05a1d1e7e1bfd9a68d9ed024c21704cc98872dae1bb"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nom"
+version = "4.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9c349f68f25f596b9f44cf0e7c69752a5c633b0550c3ff849518bfba0233774a"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nom"
 version = "6.1.2"

Cargo.toml

@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ chrono = { version = "0.4.19", features = ["serde"] }
 chrono-tz = "0.5.3"
 time = "0.2.26"
 
+# Job scheduler
+job_scheduler = "1.2.1"
+
 # TOTP library
 oath = "0.10.2"
 
@@ -136,3 +139,10 @@ rocket_contrib = { git = 'https://github.com/SergioBenitez/Rocket', rev = '263e3
 
 # For favicon extraction from main website
 data-url = { git = 'https://github.com/servo/rust-url', package="data-url", rev = '540ede02d0771824c0c80ff9f57fe8eff38b1291' }
+
+# The maintainer of the `job_scheduler` crate doesn't seem to have responded
+# to any issues or PRs for almost a year (as of April 2021). This hopefully
+# temporary fork updates Cargo.toml to use more up-to-date dependencies.
+# In particular, `cron` has since implemented parsing of some common syntax
+# that wasn't previously supported (https://github.com/zslayton/cron/pull/64).
+job_scheduler = { git = 'https://github.com/jjlin/job_scheduler', rev = 'ee023418dbba2bfe1e30a5fd7d937f9e33739806' }

src/api/core/mod.rs

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ mod organizations;
 pub mod two_factor;
 mod sends;
 
-pub use sends::start_send_deletion_scheduler;
+pub use sends::purge_sends;
 
 pub fn routes() -> Vec<Route> {
     let mut mod_routes = routes![

src/api/core/sends.rs

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use serde_json::Value;
 use crate::{
     api::{ApiResult, EmptyResult, JsonResult, JsonUpcase, Notify, UpdateType},
     auth::{Headers, Host},
-    db::{models::*, DbConn},
+    db::{models::*, DbConn, DbPool},
     CONFIG,
 };
 
@@ -27,21 +27,13 @@ pub fn routes() -> Vec<rocket::Route> {
     ]
 }
 
-pub fn start_send_deletion_scheduler(pool: crate::db::DbPool) {
-    std::thread::spawn(move || {
-        loop {
+pub fn purge_sends(pool: DbPool) {
+    debug!("Purging sends");
     if let Ok(conn) = pool.get() {
-                info!("Initiating send deletion");
-                for send in Send::find_all(&conn) {
-                    if chrono::Utc::now().naive_utc() >= send.deletion_date {
-                        send.delete(&conn).ok();
+        Send::purge(&conn);
+    } else {
+        error!("Failed to get DB connection while purging sends")
     }
-                }
-            }
-
-            std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(3600));
-        }
-    });
 }
 
 #[derive(Deserialize)]

src/api/mod.rs

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ use serde_json::Value;
 
 pub use crate::api::{
     admin::routes as admin_routes,
+    core::purge_sends,
     core::routes as core_routes,
-    core::start_send_deletion_scheduler,
     icons::routes as icons_routes,
     identity::routes as identity_routes,
     notifications::routes as notifications_routes,

src/config.rs

@@ -316,6 +316,14 @@ make_config! {
         /// Websocket port
         websocket_port:         u16,    false,  def,    3012;
     },
+    jobs {
+        /// Job scheduler poll interval |> How often the job scheduler thread checks for jobs to run.
+        /// Set to 0 to globally disable scheduled jobs.
+        job_poll_interval_ms:   u64,    false,  def,    30_000;
+        /// Send purge schedule |> Cron schedule of the job that checks for Sends past their deletion date.
+        /// Defaults to hourly. Set blank to disable this job.
+        send_purge_schedule:    String, false,  def,    "0 0 * * * *".to_string();
+    },
 
     /// General settings
     settings {

src/db/models/send.rs

@@ -205,6 +205,13 @@ impl Send {
         }}
     }
 
+    /// Purge all sends that are past their deletion date.
+    pub fn purge(conn: &DbConn) {
+        for send in Self::find_by_past_deletion_date(&conn) {
+            send.delete(&conn).ok();
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn update_users_revision(&self, conn: &DbConn) {
         match &self.user_uuid {
             Some(user_uuid) => {
@@ -223,12 +230,6 @@ impl Send {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    pub fn find_all(conn: &DbConn) -> Vec<Self> {
-        db_run! {conn: {
-            sends::table.load::<SendDb>(conn).expect("Error loading sends").from_db()
-        }}
-    }
-
     pub fn find_by_access_id(access_id: &str, conn: &DbConn) -> Option<Self> {
         use data_encoding::BASE64URL_NOPAD;
         use uuid::Uuid;
@@ -271,4 +272,13 @@ impl Send {
                 .load::<SendDb>(conn).expect("Error loading sends").from_db()
         }}
     }
+
+    pub fn find_by_past_deletion_date(conn: &DbConn) -> Vec<Self> {
+        let now = Utc::now().naive_utc();
+        db_run! {conn: {
+            sends::table
+                .filter(sends::deletion_date.lt(now))
+                .load::<SendDb>(conn).expect("Error loading sends").from_db()
+        }}
+    }
 }

src/main.rs

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ extern crate diesel;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate diesel_migrations;
 
+use job_scheduler::{JobScheduler, Job};
 use std::{
     fs::create_dir_all,
     panic,
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ use std::{
     process::{exit, Command},
     str::FromStr,
     thread,
+    time::Duration,
 };
 
 #[macro_use]
@@ -56,7 +58,9 @@ fn main() {
 
     create_icon_cache_folder();
 
-    launch_rocket(extra_debug);
+    let pool = create_db_pool();
+    schedule_jobs(pool.clone());
+    launch_rocket(pool, extra_debug); // Blocks until program termination.
 }
 
 const HELP: &str = "\
@@ -301,17 +305,17 @@ fn check_web_vault() {
     }
 }
 
-fn launch_rocket(extra_debug: bool) {
-    let pool = match util::retry_db(db::DbPool::from_config, CONFIG.db_connection_retries()) {
+fn create_db_pool() -> db::DbPool {
+    match util::retry_db(db::DbPool::from_config, CONFIG.db_connection_retries()) {
         Ok(p) => p,
         Err(e) => {
             error!("Error creating database pool: {:?}", e);
             exit(1);
         }
-    };
-
-    api::start_send_deletion_scheduler(pool.clone());
+    }
+}
 
+fn launch_rocket(pool: db::DbPool, extra_debug: bool) {
     let basepath = &CONFIG.domain_path();
 
     // If adding more paths here, consider also adding them to
@@ -334,3 +338,30 @@ fn launch_rocket(extra_debug: bool) {
     // The launch will restore the original logging level
     error!("Launch error {:#?}", result);
 }
+
+fn schedule_jobs(pool: db::DbPool) {
+    if CONFIG.job_poll_interval_ms() == 0 {
+        info!("Job scheduler disabled.");
+        return;
+    }
+    thread::Builder::new().name("job-scheduler".to_string()).spawn(move || {
+        let mut sched = JobScheduler::new();
+
+        // Purge sends that are past their deletion date.
+        if !CONFIG.send_purge_schedule().is_empty() {
+            sched.add(Job::new(CONFIG.send_purge_schedule().parse().unwrap(), || {
+                api::purge_sends(pool.clone());
+            }));
+        }
+
+        // Periodically check for jobs to run. We probably won't need any
+        // jobs that run more often than once a minute, so a default poll
+        // interval of 30 seconds should be sufficient. Users who want to
+        // schedule jobs to run more frequently for some reason can reduce
+        // the poll interval accordingly.
+        loop {
+            sched.tick();
+            thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(CONFIG.job_poll_interval_ms()));
+        }
+    }).expect("Error spawning job scheduler thread");
+}