grunt-task-interval

Runs one or more grunt tasks at specified intervals.

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.1

If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:

npm install grunt-task-interval --save-dev

Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-task-interval');

The "task-interval" task

Overview

In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named task_interval to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig().

grunt.initConfig({
  'task-interval': {
    your_target: {
      options: {
        taskIntervals: [
          {interval: your_time_interval, tasks: ['taskA', 'taskB']}
        ]
      }
    }
  }
})

Options

options.taskIntervals

Type: Array

An array of taskIntervals, each of which are objects with an interval and tasks property. tasks is an array of existing grunt task names. interval is an integer specifying how many milliseconds should pass before the tasks are run again.

Usage Examples

In this example, we have a dist target, and want the 'build' and 'deploy' tasks to run every 5 minutes:

grunt.initConfig({
  'task-interval': {
    dist: {
      options: {
        taskIntervals: [
          {interval: 1000 * 60 * 5, tasks: ['build', 'deploy']}
        ]
      }
    }
  }
})

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using Grunt.

Release History

0.0.1 - Initial release to npm