Adds the ability for 'scheduled tasks' to be member functions of plugins

InvenTree/plugin/builtin/integration/mixins.py

@@ -75,10 +75,18 @@ class ScheduleMixin:
             'schedule': "I",                        # Schedule type (see django_q.Schedule)
             'minutes': 30,                          # Number of minutes (only if schedule type = Minutes)
             'repeats': 5,                           # Number of repeats (leave blank for 'forever')
-        }
+        },
+        'member_func': {
+            'func': 'my_class_func',                # Note, without the 'dot' notation, it will call a class member function
+            'schedule': "H",                        # Once per hour
+        },
     }
 
     Note: 'schedule' parameter must be one of ['I', 'H', 'D', 'W', 'M', 'Q', 'Y']
+
+    Note: The 'func' argument can take two different forms:
+        - Dotted notation e.g. 'module.submodule.func' - calls a global function with the defined path
+        - Member notation e.g. 'my_func' (no dots!) - calls a member function of the calling class
     """
 
     ALLOWABLE_SCHEDULE_TYPES = ['I', 'H', 'D', 'W', 'M', 'Q', 'Y']
@@ -94,11 +102,14 @@ class ScheduleMixin:
 
     def __init__(self):
         super().__init__()
-        self.add_mixin('schedule', 'has_scheduled_tasks', __class__)
+        self.scheduled_tasks = self.get_scheduled_tasks()
-        self.scheduled_tasks = getattr(self, 'SCHEDULED_TASKS', {})
-
         self.validate_scheduled_tasks()
 
+        self.add_mixin('schedule', 'has_scheduled_tasks', __class__)
+
+    def get_scheduled_tasks(self):
+        return getattr(self, 'SCHEDULED_TASKS', {})
+
     @property
     def has_scheduled_tasks(self):
         """
@@ -158,18 +169,46 @@ class ScheduleMixin:
 
                 task_name = self.get_task_name(key)
 
-                # If a matching scheduled task does not exist, create it!
+                if Schedule.objects.filter(name=task_name).exists():
-                if not Schedule.objects.filter(name=task_name).exists():
+                    # Scheduled task already exists - continue!
+                    continue
 
-                    logger.info(f"Adding scheduled task '{task_name}'")
+                logger.info(f"Adding scheduled task '{task_name}'")
+
+                func_name = task['func'].strip()
+
+                if '.' in func_name:
+                    """
+                    Dotted notation indicates that we wish to run a globally defined function,
+                    from a specified Python module.
+                    """
 
                     Schedule.objects.create(
                         name=task_name,
-                        func=task['func'],
+                        func=func_name,
                         schedule_type=task['schedule'],
                         minutes=task.get('minutes', None),
                         repeats=task.get('repeats', -1),
                     )
+
+                else:
+                    """
+                    Non-dotted notation indicates that we wish to call a 'member function' of the calling plugin.
+
+                    This is managed by the plugin registry itself.
+                    """
+
+                    slug = self.plugin_slug()
+
+                    Schedule.objects.create(
+                        name=task_name,
+                        func='plugin.registry.registry.call_plugin_function',
+                        args=f'{slug}, {func_name}',
+                        schedule_type=task['schedule'],
+                        minutes=task.get('minutes', None),
+                        repeats=task.get('repeats', -1),
+                    )
+
         except (ProgrammingError, OperationalError):
             # Database might not yet be ready
             logger.warning("register_tasks failed, database not ready")

InvenTree/plugin/registry.py

@@ -59,6 +59,22 @@ class PluginsRegistry:
         # mixins
         self.mixins_settings = {}
 
+    def call_plugin_function(self, slug, func, *args, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Call a member function (named by 'func') of the plugin named by 'slug'.
+
+        As this is intended to be run by the background worker,
+        we do not perform any try/except here.
+
+        Instead, any error messages are returned to the worker.
+        """
+
+        plugin = self.plugins[slug]
+
+        plugin_func = getattr(plugin, func)
+
+        plugin_func(*args, **kwargs)
+
     # region public functions
     # region loading / unloading
     def load_plugins(self):

InvenTree/plugin/samples/integration/scheduled_task.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Sample plugin which supports task scheduling
 """
 
 from plugin import IntegrationPluginBase
-from plugin.mixins import ScheduleMixin
+from plugin.mixins import ScheduleMixin, SettingsMixin
 
 
 # Define some simple tasks to perform
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def print_world():
     print("World")
 
 
-class ScheduledTaskPlugin(ScheduleMixin, IntegrationPluginBase):
+class ScheduledTaskPlugin(ScheduleMixin, SettingsMixin, IntegrationPluginBase):
     """
     A sample plugin which provides support for scheduled tasks
     """
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ class ScheduledTaskPlugin(ScheduleMixin, IntegrationPluginBase):
     PLUGIN_TITLE = "Scheduled Tasks"
 
     SCHEDULED_TASKS = {
+        'member': {
+            'func': 'member_func',
+            'schedule': 'I',
+            'minutes': 30,
+        },
         'hello': {
             'func': 'plugin.samples.integration.scheduled_task.print_hello',
             'schedule': 'I',
@@ -35,3 +40,21 @@ class ScheduledTaskPlugin(ScheduleMixin, IntegrationPluginBase):
             'schedule': 'H',
         },
     }
+
+    SETTINGS = {
+        'T_OR_F': {
+            'name': 'True or False',
+            'description': 'Print true or false when running the periodic task',
+            'validator': bool,
+            'default': False,
+        },
+    }
+
+    def member_func(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """
+        A simple member function to demonstrate functionality
+        """
+
+        t_or_f = self.get_setting('T_OR_F')
+
+        print(f"Called member_func - value is {t_or_f}")

docker/dev-config.env

@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ INVENTREE_DB_USER=pguser
 INVENTREE_DB_PASSWORD=pgpassword
 
 # Enable plugins?
-INVENTREE_PLUGINS_ENABLED=False
+INVENTREE_PLUGINS_ENABLED=True