dtek-schedule-service

A lightweight background service that periodically fetches schedules from DTEK and writes them to a shared SQLite database. Both bots can then read from this database instead of making their own HTTP requests.

Environment variables

What it does

loop:
  1. Connect to SCHEDULE_DB_URL
  2. Create `schedules` table if not exists
  3. Call DTEKParser::get_all_schedules()  ← one HTTP request
  4. INSERT OR REPLACE each group into the DB
  5. Log "Written N groups"
  6. Sleep for CACHE_DURATION_MINUTES

Running

SCHEDULE_DB_URL=sqlite:/data/schedules.db \
CACHE_DURATION_MINUTES=30 \
./dtek-schedule-service

When to use it

Use dtek-schedule-service when you run both bots simultaneously. Instead of two independent DTEK fetches every 30 minutes, you get one.

If you only run one bot, the service adds no benefit — leave SCHEDULE_DB_URL unset.

Failure handling

If a fetch fails (network error, DTEK returns a blocked page, etc.):

• The error is logged.
• The existing rows in the DB remain unchanged (bots continue serving stale-but-valid data).
• The service sleeps normally and retries on the next interval.