Kaffy

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Introduction

Kaffy was created out of a need to have a powerfully simple, flexible, and customizable admin interface without the need to touch the current codebase. It was inspired by django’s lovely built-in admin app and rails’ powerful activeadmin gem.

Sections

Sponsors

Sponsor the development of Kaffy through GitHub Sponsors.

Demo

Check out the simple demo here

Minimum Requirements

Starting with v0.10.0, Kaffy will officially support the latest two phoenix versions.

Kaffy Supported phoenix versions
v0.10.0 1.6, 1.7.0
v0.9.X 1.5, 1.6, 1.7.0
   

Support Policy

The latest released major.minor version will be supported. For example, if the latest version is 0.9.0, then 0.9.1 will be released with bug fixes. If a new version 0.10.0 is released, then 0.9.1 will no longer receive bug fixes or security patches.

Installation

Add :kaffy as a dependency

def deps do
  [
    {:kaffy, "~> 0.10.0"}
  ]
end

If you are using kaffy v0.9.x with phoenix 1.7, you need to add phoenix_view to your dependencies:

def deps do
  [
    {:phoenix_view, "~> 2.0.2"},
    {:kaffy, "~> 0.9.4"}
  ]
end

These are the minimum configurations required

# in your router.ex
use Kaffy.Routes, scope: "/admin", pipe_through: [:some_plug, :authenticate]
# :scope defaults to "/admin"
# :pipe_through defaults to kaffy's [:kaffy_browser]
# when providing pipelines, they will be added after :kaffy_browser
# so the actual pipe_through for the previous line is:
# [:kaffy_browser, :some_plug, :authenticate]

# in your endpoint.ex
# configure the path to your application static assets in :at
# the path must end with `/kaffy`
plug Plug.Static,
  at: "/kaffy", # or "/path/to/your/static/kaffy"
  from: :kaffy,
  gzip: false,
  only: ~w(assets)

# in your config/config.exs
config :kaffy,
  # required keys
  otp_app: :my_app, # required
  ecto_repo: MyApp.Repo, # required
  router: MyAppWeb.Router, # required
  # optional keys
  admin_title: "My Awesome App",
  admin_logo: [
    url: "https://example.com/img/logo.png",
    style: "width:200px;height:66px;"
  ],
  admin_logo_mini: "/images/logo-mini.png",
  hide_dashboard: true,
  home_page: [schema: [:accounts, :user]],
  enable_context_dashboards: true, # since v0.10.0
  admin_footer: "Kaffy © 2023" # since v0.10.0

Note that providing pipelines with the :pipe_through option will add those pipelines to kaffy’s :kaffy_browser pipeline which is defined as follows:

pipeline :kaffy_browser do
  plug :accepts, ["html", "json"]
  plug :fetch_session
  plug :fetch_flash
  plug :protect_from_forgery
  plug :put_secure_browser_headers
end

Phoenix version 1.7

Note that if you use Phoenix version 1.7 you also need to manually add the use of phoenix views in your project. Follow the instructions at https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix_view/Phoenix.View.html

You will also need to change helpers: false to true in the myapp_web.ex file as shown in example below.

  # lib/myapp_web.ex
  def router do
    quote do
      use Phoenix.Router, helpers: true # <- set to true

Customizations

Configurations

Breaking change in v0.9

If you’re upgrading from an earlier version to v0.9, you need to replace your :schemas with :resources.

If you don’t specify a resources option in your configs, Kaffy will try to auto-detect your schemas and your admin modules. Admin modules should be in the same namespace as their respective schemas in order for kaffy to detect them. For example, if you have a schema MyApp.Products.Product, its admin module should be MyApp.Products.ProductAdmin.

Otherwise, if you’d like to explicitly specify your schemas and their admin modules, you can do like the following:

# config.exs
config :kaffy,
  admin_title: "My Awesome App",
  admin_logo: "/images/logo.png",
  admin_logo_mini: "/images/logo-mini.png",
  admin_footer: "Kaffy &copy; 2023",
  hide_dashboard: false,
  enable_context_dashboards: true,
  home_page: [kaffy: :dashboard],
  ecto_repo: MyApp.Repo,
  router: MyAppWeb.Router,
  resources: &MyApp.Kaffy.Config.create_resources/1

# in your custom resources function
defmodule MyApp.Kaffy.Config do
  def create_resources(_conn) do
    [
      blog: [
        name: "My Blog", # a custom name for this context/section.
        resources: [ # this line used to be "schemas" in pre v0.9
          post: [schema: MyApp.Blog.Post, admin: MyApp.SomeModule.Anywhere.PostAdmin],
          comment: [schema: MyApp.Blog.Comment],
          tag: [schema: MyApp.Blog.Tag, in_menu: false]
        ]
      ],
      inventory: [
        name: "Inventory",
        resources: [
          category: [schema: MyApp.Products.Category, admin: MyApp.Products.CategoryAdmin],
          product: [schema: MyApp.Products.Product, admin: MyApp.Products.ProductAdmin]
        ]
      ]
    ]
  end
end

Starting with Kaffy v0.9, the :resources option can take a literal list or a function. If a function is provided, it should take a conn and return a list of contexts and schemas like in the example above. Passing a conn to the function provides more flexibility and customization to your resources list.

You can set the :hide_dashboard option to true to hide the dashboard link from the side menu. To change the home page, change the :home_page option to one of the following:

Note that, for auto-detection to work properly, schemas in different contexts should have different direct “prefix” namespaces. That is:

# auto-detection works properly with this:
MyApp.Posts.Post
MyApp.Posts.Category
MyApp.Products.Product
MyApp.Products.Category # this Category will not be confused with Posts.Category

# auto-detection will be confused with this:
# both Category schemas have the same "Schemas" prefix.
MyApp.Posts.Schemas.Post
MyApp.Posts.Schemas.Category
MyApp.Products.Schemas.Product
MyApp.Products.Schemas.Category

# To fix this, define resources manually:
resources: [
  posts: [
    resources: [
      post: [schema: MyApp.Posts.Schemas.Post],
      category: [schema: MyApp.Posts.Schemas.Category]
    ]
  ],
  products: [
    resources: [
      product: [schema: MyApp.Products.Schemas.Product],
      category: [schema: MyApp.Products.Schemas.Category]
    ]
  ]
]

Dashboard page

Kaffy supports dashboard customizations through widgets.

Dashboard page widgets

Currently, kaffy provides support for 4 types of widgets:

Widgets have shared options:

When defining a chart widget, the content must be a map with the following required keys:

To create widgets, define widgets/2 in your admin modules.

widgets/2 takes a schema and a conn and must return a list of widget maps:

defmodule MyApp.Products.ProductAdmin do
  def widgets(_schema, _conn) do
    [
      %{
        type: "tidbit",
        title: "Average Reviews",
        content: "4.7 / 5.0",
        icon: "thumbs-up",
        order: 1,
        width: 6,
      },
      %{
        type: "progress",
        title: "Pancakes",
        content: "Customer Satisfaction",
        percentage: 79,
        order: 3,
        width: 6,
      },
      %{
        type: "chart",
        title: "This week's sales",
        order: 8,
        width: 12,
        content: %{
          x: ["Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Today"],
          y: [150, 230, 75, 240, 290],
          y_title: "USD"
        }
      }
    ]
  end
end

Kaffy will collect all widgets from all admin modules and orders them based on the :order option if present and displays them on the dashboard page.

Side Menu

Kaffy provides support for adding custom links to the side navigation menu.

defmodule MyApp.Products.ProductAdmin do
  def custom_links(_schema) do
    [
      %{name: "Source Code", url: "https://example.com/repo/issues", order: 2, location: :top, icon: "paperclip"},
      %{name: "Products On Site", url: "https://example.com/products", location: :sub, target: "_blank"},
      %{name: "Support us", url: "https://example.com/products", location: :bottom, target: "_blank",  icon: "usd"},
    ]
  end
end

custom_links/1 takes a schema and should return a list of maps with the following keys:

Custom Pages

Kaffy allows you to add custom pages like the following:

Custom Pages

To add custom pages, you need to define the custom_pages/2 function in your admin module:

defmodule MyApp.Products.ProductAdmin do
  def custom_pages(_schema, _conn) do
    [
      %{
        slug: "my-own-thing",
        name: "Secret Place",
        view: MyAppWeb.ProductView,
        template: "custom_product.html",
        assigns: [custom_message: "one two three"],
        order: 2
      }
    ]
  end
end

The custom_pages/2 function takes a schema and a conn and must return a list of maps corresponding to pages. The maps have the following keys:

Index pages

The index/1 function takes a schema and must return a keyword list of fields and their options.

If the options are nil, Kaffy will use default values for that field.

If this function is not defined, Kaffy will return all fields with their respective values.

defmodule MyApp.Blog.PostAdmin do

  def popular?(p) do
    if (p.popular), do: "✅", else: "❌"
  end

  def index(_) do
    [
      title: nil,
      views: %{name: "Hits"},
      date: %{name: "Date Added", value: fn p -> p.inserted_at end},
      popular: %{name: "Popular?", value: fn p -> popular?(p) end},
    ]
  end
end

Result

Customized index page

Notice that the keyword list keys don’t necessarily have to be schema fields as long as you provide a :value option.

You can also provide some basic column-based filtration by providing the :filters option:

defmodule MyApp.Products.ProductAdmin do
  def index(_) do
    [
      title: nil,
      category_id: %{
        value: fn p -> get_category!(p.category_id).name end,
        filters: Enum.map(list_categories(), fn c -> {c.name, c.id} end)
      },
      price: %{value: fn p -> Decimal.to_string(p.price) end},
      quantity: nil,
      status: %{
        name: "Is it available?",
        value: fn p -> available?(p) end,
        filters: [{"Available", "available"}, {"Sold out", "soldout"}]
      },
      views: nil
    ]
  end
end

:filters must be a list of tuples where the first element is a human-frieldy string and the second element is the actual field value used to filter the records.

Result

Product filters

If you need to change the order of the records, define ordering/1:

defmodule MyApp.Blog.PostAdmin do
  def ordering(_schema) do
    # order posts based on views
    [desc: :views]
  end
end

If you need to hide the “New " button, you can define the `default_actions/1` function in your admin module:

defmodule MyApp.Blog.PostAdmin do
  def default_actions(_schema) do
    # default actions are [:new, :edit, :delete] by default.
    [:delete] # cannot create or edit posts, can only delete.
  end
end

Form Pages

Kaffy treats the show and edit pages as one, the form page.

To customize the fields shown in this page, define a form_fields/1 function in your admin module.

defmodule MyApp.Blog.PostAdmin do
  def form_fields(_) do
    [
      title: nil,
      status: %{choices: [{"Publish", "publish"}, {"Pending", "pending"}]},
      body: %{type: :textarea, rows: 4},
      views: %{create: :hidden, update: :readonly},
      settings: %{label: "Post Settings"},
      slug: %{help_text: "Define your own slug for the post, if empty one will be created for you using the post title."}
    ]
  end
end

The form_fields/1 function takes a schema and should return a keyword list of fields and their options.

The keys of the list must correspond to the schema fields.

Options can be:

Result

Customized show/edit page

Notice that:

Setting a field’s type to :richtext will render a rich text editor.

The :values_fn is passed the entity you are editing and the conn (in that order) and must return a list of tuples that represent the {name, value} to use in the multi select. An example of this is as follows:

def form_fields(_schema) do
  [
    ....
    some_array_field: %{
      values_fn: fn entity, conn ->
        some_values = MyApp.Thing.fetch_values(entity.id, conn)
        Enum.map(some_values, &{&1.name, &1.id})
      end
    }
  ]
end

If you don’t want users to be able to edit or delete records, you can define the default_actions/1 function in your admin module:

defmodule MyApp.Blog.PostAdmin do
  def default_actions(_schema) do
    # default actions are [:new, :edit, :delete] by default.
    [:new] # only create records, cannot edit or delete.
  end
end

Association Forms

A belongs_to association should be referenced by the field name, not the association name. For example, a schema with the following association:

schema "my_model" do
  ...
  belongs_to :owner, App.Owners.Owner
  ...
end

Would define form_fields/1 like so:

def form_fields(_) do
  [
    ...
    owner_id: nil,
    ...
  ]
end

NOTE: many_to_many associations are currently not supported.

Custom Form Fields

You can create your own form fields very easily with Kaffy. Just follow the instructions on how to create a custom type for ecto and add 2 additional functions to the module: render_form/5 and render_index/3. Check the below example or a better example on the comments of this issue.

defmodule MyApp.Kaffy.URLField do
  use Ecto.Type
  def type, do: :string

  # casting input from the form and making it "storable" inside the database column (:string)
  def cast(url) when is_map(url) do
    name = Map.get(url, "one")
    link = Map.get(url, "two")
    {:ok, ~s(<a href="#{link}">#{name}</a>)}
  end

  # if the input is not a string, return an error
  def cast(_), do: :error

  # loading the raw value from the database and turning it into a expected data type for the form
  def load(data) when is_binary(data) do
    [[_, link]] = Regex.scan(~r/href="(.*)"/, data)
    [[_, name]] = Regex.scan(~r/>(.*)</, data)

    {:ok, %{"one" => name, "two" => link}}
  end

  # this function should return the HTML related to rendering the customized form field.
  def render_form(_conn, changeset, form, field, _options) do
    [
      {:safe, ~s(<div class="form-group">)},
      Phoenix.HTML.Form.label(form, field, "Web URL"),
      Phoenix.HTML.Form.text_input(form, field,
        placeholder: "This is a custom field",
        class: "form-control",
        name: "#{form.name}[#{field}][one]",
        id: "#{form.name}_#{field}_one",
        value: get_field_value(changeset, field, "one")
      ),
      Phoenix.HTML.Form.text_input(form, field,
        placeholder: "This is a custom field",
        class: "form-control",
        name: "#{form.name}[#{field}][two]",
        id: "#{form.name}_#{field}_two",
        value: get_field_value(changeset, field, "two")
      ),
      {:safe, ~s(</div>)}
    ]
  end

  # this is how the field should be rendered on the index page
  def render_index(resource, field, _options) do
    case Map.get(resource, field) do
      nil ->
        ""

      details ->
        name = details["one"]
        link = details["two"]
        {:safe, ~s(<a href="#{link}">#{name}</a>)}
    end
  end

  defp get_field_value(changeset, field, subfield) do
    field_value = Map.get(changeset.data, field)
    Map.get(field_value || %{}, subfield, "")
  end
end

Customize the Queries

By default Kaffy does a simple Ecto query to retrieve records. You can customize the queries used by Kaffy by using custom_index_query and custom_show_query. This allows you to preload associations to display associated data on your pages, for example. Attempting to access an association without preloading it first will result in a Ecto.Association.NotLoaded exception.

defmodule MyApp.Blog.PostAdmin do
  def custom_index_query(_conn, _schema, query) do
    from(r in query, preload: [:tags])
  end

  def custom_show_query(_conn, _schema, query) do
    case user_is_admin?(conn) do
      true -> from(r in query, preload: [:history])
      false -> query
    end
  end
end

The custom_index_query/3 function takes a conn, the schema, and the query to customize, and it must return a query. It is called when fetching the resources for the index page.

The custom_show_query/3 is identifical to custom_index_query/3, but works when fetching a single resource in the show/edit page.

It’s also possible to pass opts to the Repo operation, in this case, you just have to return a tuple instead, like below:

defmodule MyApp.Accounts.TenantAdmin do
  def custom_index_query(_conn, _schema, query) do
    {query, skip_tenant_id: true}
  end

  def custom_show_query(_conn, _schema, query) do
    {query, skip_tenant_id: true}
  end
end

Extensions

Extensions allow you to define custom CSS, JavaScript, and HTML. For example, you need to use a specific JavaScript library or customize the look and feel of Kaffy. This is where extensions come in handy.

Extensions are elixir modules which special functions.

defmodule MyApp.Kaffy.Extension do
  def stylesheets(_conn) do
    [
      {:safe, ~s(<link rel="stylesheet" href="/kaffy/somestyle.css" />)}
    ]
  end

  def javascripts(_conn) do
    [
      {:safe, ~s(<script src="https://example.com/javascript.js"></script>)}
    ]
  end
end

There are currently 2 special functions supported in extensions: stylesheets/1 and javascripts/1. Both functions take a conn and must return a list of safe strings. stylesheets/1 will add whatever you include at the end of the <head> tag. javascripts/1 will add whatever you include there just before the closing </body> tag.

Once you have your extension module, you need to add it to the extensions list in config:

config :kaffy,
  # other settings
  extensions: [
    MyApp.Kaffy.Extension
  ]

You can check this issue to see an example which uses extensions with custom fields.

Embedded Schemas and JSON Fields

Kaffy has support for Ecto’s embedded schemas and JSON fields. When you define a field as a :map, Kaffy will automatically display a textarea with a placeholder to hint that JSON content is expected. When you have an embedded schema, Kaffy will try to render each field inline with the form of the parent schema.

Kaffy provides very basic search capabilities.

Supported field types are: :string, :textarea, :richtext, :id, :integer, and :decimal.

If you need to customize the list of fields to search against, define the search_fields/1 function.

defmodule MyApp.Blog.PostAdmin do
  def search_fields(_schema) do
    [:id, :title, :body, :views]
  end
end

Kaffy allows to search for fields across associations. The following tells Kaffy to search posts by title and body and category’s name and description:

# Post has a belongs_to :category association
defmodule MyApp.Blog.PostAdmin do
  def search_fields(_schema) do
    [
      :title,
      :body,
      :view,
      category: [:name, :description]
    ]
  end
end

This function takes a schema and returns a list of schema fields that you want to search.

If this function is not defined, Kaffy will return all fields with supported types by default.

Authorization

Kaffy supports basic authorization for individual schemas by defining authorized?/2.

defmodule MyApp.Blog.PostAdmin do
  def authorized?(_schema, conn) do
    MyApp.Blog.can_see_posts?(conn.assigns.user)
  end
end

authorized?/2 takes a schema and a Plug.Conn struct and should return a boolean value.

If it returns false, the request is redirected to the dashboard with an unauthorized message.

Note that the resource is also removed from the resources list if authorized?/2 returns false.

Changesets

Kaffy supports separate changesets for creating and updating schemas.

Just define create_changeset/2 and update_changeset/2.

Both of them are passed the schema and the attributes.

defmodule MyApp.Blog.PostAdmin do
  def create_changeset(schema, attrs) do
    # do whatever you want, must return a changeset
    MyApp.Blog.Post.my_customized_changeset(schema, attrs)
  end

  def update_changeset(entry, attrs) do
    # do whatever you want, must return a changeset
    MyApp.Blog.Post.update_changeset(entry, attrs)
  end
end

If either function is not defined, Kaffy will try calling Post.changeset/2.

And if that is not defined, Ecto.Changeset.change/2 will be called.

Singular vs Plural

Kaffy makes some effor to guess a correct plural form of the resource, but in some cases it will fail. Should this happen, you may want to set a correct name yourself.

This is why singular_name/1 and plural_name/1 are there.

defmodule MyApp.Blog.PostAdmin do
  def singular_name(_) do
    "Article"
  end

  def plural_name(_) do
    "Terms"
  end
end

Custom Actions

Single Resource Actions

Kaffy supports performing custom actions on single resources by defining the resource_actions/1 function.

defmodule MyApp.Blog.ProductAdmin
  def resource_actions(_conn) do
    [
      publish: %{name: "Publish this product", action: fn _c, p -> restock(p) end},
      soldout: %{name: "Sold out!", action: fn _c, p -> soldout(p) end}
    ]
  end

  defp restock(product) do
    update_product(product, %{"status" => "available"})
  end

  defp soldout(product) do
    case product.id == 3 do
      true ->
        {:error, product, "This product should never be sold out!"}

      false ->
        update_product(product, %{"status" => "soldout"})
    end
  end

Result

Single actions

resource_actions/1 takes a conn and must return a keyword list. The keys must be atoms defining the unique action “keys”. The values are maps providing a human-friendly :name and an :action that is an anonymous function with arity 2 that takes a conn and the record.

Actions must return one of the following:

List Actions

Kaffy also supports actions on a group of resources. You can enable list actions by defining list_actions/1.

defmodule MyApp.Products.ProductAdmin do
  def list_actions(_conn) do
    [
      change_price: %{
        name: "Change the price",
        inputs: [
          %{name: "new_price", title: "New Price", default: "3"}
        ],
        action: fn _conn, products, params -> change_price(products, params) end
      },
      soldout: %{name: "Mark as soldout", action: fn _, products -> list_soldout(products) end},
      restock: %{name: "Bring back", action: fn _, products -> bring_back(products) end},
      not_good: %{name: "Error me out", action: fn _, _ -> {:error, "Expected error"} end}
    ]
  end

  defp change_price(products, params) do
      new_price = Map.get(params, "new_price") |> Decimal.new()

      Enum.map(products, fn p ->
        Ecto.Changeset.change(p, %{price: new_price})
        |> Bakery.Repo.update()
      end)

      :ok
  end
end

Result

List actions

list_actions/1 takes a conn and must return a keyword list. The keys must be atoms defining the unique action “keys”. The values are maps providing a human-friendly :name and an :action that is an anonymous function with arity 2 that takes a conn and a list of selected records.

The change_price action is a multi-step action. The defined :inputs option will display a popup with a form that contains defined in this option. :inputs should be a list of maps. Each input must have a :name and a :title. An optional key in the input map is :use_select, which defaults to false. If true, the input becomes a select instead by using a passed in list called :options, which is a list of lists formatted like so [[display, value], [display, value]]. If false, a :default value is required for the text input. After submitting the popup form, the extra values, along with the selected resources, are passed to the :action function. In the example above, change_price/2 will receive the selected products with a map of extra inputs, like: %{"new_price" => "3.5"} for example.

MultiStep actions

List actions must return one of the following:

Callbacks

Sometimes you need to execute certain actions when creating, updating, or deleting records.

Kaffy has your back.

There are a few callbacks that are called every time you create, update, or delete a record.

These callbacks are:

before_* functions are passed the current conn and a changeset. after_* functions are passed the current conn and the record itself. With the exception of before_delete/2 and after_delete/2 which are both passed the current conn and the record itself.

To prevent the chain from continuing and roll back any changes:

When creating a new record, the following functions are called in this order:

When updating an existing record, the following functions are called in this order:

When deleting a record, the following functions are called in this order:

It’s important to know that all callbacks are run inside a transaction. So in case of failure, everything is rolled back even if the operation actually happened.

defmodule MyApp.Blog.PostAdmin do
  def before_insert(conn, changeset) do
    case conn.assigns.user.username == "aesmail" do
      true -> {:error, changeset} # aesmail should never create a post
      false -> {:ok, changeset}
    end
  end

  def after_insert(_conn, post) do
    {:error, post, "This will prevent posts from being created"}
  end

  def before_delete(conn, post) do
    case conn.assigns.user.role do
      "admin" -> {:ok, post}
      _ -> {:error, post, "Only admins can delete posts"}
    end
  end
end

Overwrite actions

Sometimes you may need to overwrite the way Kaffy is creating, updating, or deleting records.

You can define you own Admin function to perform those actions. This can be useful if you are creating complex records, importing files, etc…

The function that can be overwritten are:

insert/2, update/2 & delete/2 functions are passed the current conn and a changeset. They must return {:ok, record} to continue.

defmodule MyApp.Blog.PostAdmin do
  def insert(conn, changeset) do
    entry = Post.create_complex_post(conn.params)
    {:ok, entry}
  end

  def update(conn, changeset) do
    entry = Post.update_complex_post(conn.params["id"])
    {:ok, entry}
  end

  def delete(conn, changeset) do
    entry = Post.delete_complex_post(conn.params["id"])
    {:ok, entry}
  end
end

Scheduled Tasks

Kaffy supports simple scheduled tasks. Tasks are functions that are run periodically. Behind the scenes, they are put inside GenServers and supervised with a DynamicSupervisor.

To setup scheduled tasks, first define a task_[task_name]/1 function in your admin module that returns a list of tasks:

defmodule MyApp.Products.ProductAdmin do
  def task_products do
    [
      %{
        name: "Cache Product Count",
        initial_value: 0,
        every: 15,
        action: fn _v ->
          count = Bakery.Products.cache_product_count()
          # "count" will be passed to this function in its next run.
          {:ok, count}
        end
      },
      %{
        name: "Delete Fake Products",
        every: 60,
        initial_value: nil,
        action: fn _ ->
          Bakery.Products.delete_fake_products()
          {:ok, nil}
        end
      }
    ]
  end
end

Once this is done, add the admin module to the scheduled_tasks option in your config:

config :kaffy,
  ...
  scheduled_tasks: [
    MyApp.Products.ProductAdmin
  ]

A new “Tasks” menu item will show up (below the Dashboard item) with your tasks as well as some tiny bits of information about each task like the following image:

Simple scheduled tasks

The task_[task_name]/1 function takes a schema and must return a list of tasks.

A task is a map with the following keys:

The initial_value is passed to the action function in its first run.

The action function must return one of the following values:

If the action function crashes, the task will be brought back up again in its initial state that is defined in the task_[task_name]/1 function and the “Started” time will change to indicate the new starting time. This will also reset the successful and failed run counts to 0.

Note that since scheduled tasks are run with GenServers, they are stored and kept in memory. Having too many scheduled tasks under low memory conditions can cause an out of memory exception.

Scheduled tasks should be used for simple, non-critical operations.

The Driving Points

A few points that encouraged the creation and development of Kaffy:

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