Cron for Kodi

This addon consists of a plugin and a service that will let you schedule various Kodi functions to be run on timers of your choosing. Functions to run can basically be anything from the list of built in Kodi functions (http://kodi.wiki/view/List_of_built-in_functions). Examples include: 

Rebooting
Restart Kodi
Take a Screenshot
Run another Addon or Script
Play Media
Refresh RSS
Send a Notification
Set Volume
Update Music/Video Libraries

Additionally you can specify your timer to display a notification when they run. 


Using as a module:

If you want to schedule something as part of your own addon you can import the CronManager class as an Kodi addon module. To do this first add the following to your addon.xml file: 

<import addon="service.cronxbmc" version="Current.Version.Number" />

From within your addon import the required classes using:

from cron import CronManager,CronJob

You can then get a list of cron jobs, add a new job, or delete existing jobs. Here is the syntax: 

manager = CronManager()

#get jobs
jobs = manager.getJobs()

#delete a job
manager.deleteJob(job.id)

#add a job
job = CronJob()
job.name = "name"
job.command = "Shutdown"
job.expression = "0 0 * * *"
job.show_notification = "false"

manager.addJob(job)

Please be aware that adding or removing a job will change the job list (and change job ids) so please refresh your job list each time by using:

jobs = manager.getJobs()

This will also pull in any new jobs that may have been added via other methods


Manually Editing the cron.xml file: 

If you need to you can bypass the GUI and write the cron.xml file yourself, or via a script.  

The file should have the following layout:

<cron>
 <job name="Job Name" command="Kodi_Command()" expression="* * * * *" show_notification="true/false" />
</cron>


Using Cron:

A Cron expression is made up for 5 parts (see below). Read up on cron(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron) for more information on how to create these expressions.

    .--------------- minute (0 - 59)
    |   .------------ hour (0 - 23)
    |   |   .--------- day of month (1 - 31)
    |   |   |   .------ month (1 - 12) or Jan, Feb ... Dec
    |   |   |   |  .---- day of week (0 - 6) or Sun(0 or 7), Mon(1) ... Sat(6)
    V   V   V   V  V
    *   *   *   *  *
Example:
	0 */5 ** 1-5 - runs every five hours Monday - Friday
	0,15,30,45 0,15-18 * * * - runs every quarter hour during midnight hour and 3pm-6pm