Periodic Task

Radzen IDE (Angular)
#1

Is there a suggested way to add a function which needs to be run periodically in the background?

#2

We don't suggest a particular way to do that but some of our users are relying on Hangfire. Check this thread for example Access to database context from server code

#3

This is the way that I integrate hangfire:

1 - Go to server folder and install nuget packages: hangfire.core, hangfire.aspnetcore, hangfire.sqlserver
2 - Add a file Startup.Custom.cs in server project and add namespaces and code:
using Hangfire;
using Hangfire.Server;
using Hangfire.Common;

public partial class Startup
{
partial void OnConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
services.AddHangfire(configuration =>{
configuration.UseSqlServerStorage(Configuration.GetConnectionString("YourConnectionString"));
});
}

partial void OnConfigure(IApplicationBuilder app)
{
    app.UseHangfireServer();

    // FireAndForget Task
    BackgroundJob.Enqueue(() => StaticClass.StaticMethod(Configuration.GetConnectionString("YourConnectionString")));  

    // Recurring Task
    RecurringJob.AddOrUpdate(() => StaticClass.StaticMethod(Configuration.GetConnectionString("YourConnectionString")), Cron.Daily);

}

Use of hangfire dashboard collide with angular router and for this reason we use custom pages to show queue data.

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#4

I'm just wondering whether there's a simpler way that doesn't depend on SQL Server.

#5

@tlanier any solution that works with ASP.NET Core applications would work with Radzen. For example background tasks with hosted services.