text2cron

Convert readable text phrase to a cron expression.


Keywords
cron, text, nlp, airflow, cron-expression
License
MIT
Install
pip install text2cron==0.1.1

Documentation

text2cron

Convert a word phrase to a cron schedule expression. Make it easy for non-technical people to use cron expressions to schedule cron tasks.

Examples

Verbose phrase

>>> from text2cron import CronExp
>>> phrase = 'Tuesdays @1pm'
>>> cron_expression = CronExp(schedule_phrase = phrase)
>>> cron_expression
'Tues @1am CT cron expression "0 1 * * 2"'

>>> str(cron_expression)
'0 1 * * 2'

# Convert to UTC
>>> import pendulum
>>> pendulum.now().tzname()
'EST'
>>> str(cron_expression)
'0 1 * * 2'
>>> cron_expression.utc
'0 7 * * 2'

Installation

pip install text2cron

Enhancements

  • convert between timezones.
  • convert cron expression to word phrase.