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Run a task periodically natively in Elixir
defmodule MyApp.Periodically do
use GenServer
def start_link do
GenServer.start_link(__MODULE__, %{})
end
def init(state) do
Process.send_after(self(), :work, 2 * 60 * 60 * 1000) # In 2 hours
{:ok, state}
end
def handle_info(:work, state) do
# Do the work you desire here
# Start the timer again
Process.send_after(self(), :work, 2 * 60 * 60 * 1000) # In 2 hours
{:noreply, state}
end
end
# In the supervision tree:
worker(MyApp.Periodically, [])
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