schedule-post.ts

import schedule from 'node-schedule';


const publishPost = (postId: string, isScheduled: boolean, dateTime: string) => {

    if (isScheduled) {

        let date = extractDateParam(new Date(dateTime));
        const { year, month, hours, minutes, seconds } = date;
        
        schedule.scheduleJob(new Date(year, month, hours, minutes, seconds), function () {
            console.log("Scheduled job running at:", new Date());

            // call the function that updates the publishing status and pass pass the id to it.
            updatePostStatus(postId)
        })

    } else {
        // Implement instant posting -- simply changing the draft status to published
        updatePostStatus(postId)
    }
};

const updatePostStatus = (postId: string) => {
    console.log("Post with id:", postId, " has been published");
}

function extractDateParam(date: Date) {
    const year = date.getFullYear();
    const month = date.getMonth();
    const day = date.getDate();
    const hours = date.getHours();
    const minutes = date.getMinutes();
    const seconds = date.getSeconds();

    return { year, month, day, hours, minutes, seconds };
}

publishPost("post-id1", true, "2023-12-25T06:03:24+00:00");
publishPost("post-id3", false, "2023-12-25T02:26:22+00:00");