add a bootstrap hook in remix app server

[dadamssg]

I'm running through the shopify app tutorial which uses remix by default. It scaffolds a whole remix project configured for shopify.

i'd like to have some sort of hook into the bootstrapping process simply to run a task every minute:

import cron from 'node-cron';

cron.schedule('* * * * *', () => {
  console.log('running a task every minute');
});

However, for this simple task i think i have to migrate to express and have no idea how to convert what shopify scaffolded for me into a configuration in the express package.

What shopify scaffolded for me:

import "@shopify/shopify-app-remix/adapters/node";
import {
  ApiVersion,
  AppDistribution,
  DeliveryMethod,
  shopifyApp,
} from "@shopify/shopify-app-remix/server";
import { PrismaSessionStorage } from "@shopify/shopify-app-session-storage-prisma";
import { restResources } from "@shopify/shopify-api/rest/admin/2024-04";
import prisma from "./db.server";

const shopify = shopifyApp({
  apiKey: process.env.SHOPIFY_API_KEY,
  apiSecretKey: process.env.SHOPIFY_API_SECRET || "",
  apiVersion: ApiVersion.April24,
  scopes: process.env.SCOPES?.split(","),
  appUrl: process.env.SHOPIFY_APP_URL || "",
  authPathPrefix: "/auth",
  sessionStorage: new PrismaSessionStorage(prisma),
  distribution: AppDistribution.AppStore,
  restResources,
  webhooks: {
    APP_UNINSTALLED: {
      deliveryMethod: DeliveryMethod.Http,
      callbackUrl: "/webhooks",
    },
  },
  hooks: {
    afterAuth: async ({ admin, session }) => {
      shopify.registerWebhooks({ session });
    },
  },
  future: {
    v3_webhookAdminContext: true,
    v3_authenticatePublic: true,
    unstable_newEmbeddedAuthStrategy: true,
  },
  ...(process.env.SHOP_CUSTOM_DOMAIN
    ? { customShopDomains: [process.env.SHOP_CUSTOM_DOMAIN] }
    : {}),
});

export default shopify;
export const apiVersion = ApiVersion.April24;
export const addDocumentResponseHeaders = shopify.addDocumentResponseHeaders;
export const authenticate = shopify.authenticate;
export const unauthenticated = shopify.unauthenticated;
export const login = shopify.login;
export const registerWebhooks = shopify.registerWebhooks;
export const sessionStorage = shopify.sessionStorage;

I'm definitely not asking for help in the migration to express. I just think a hook would be extremely useful to set up all sorts of app tasks.

[brucelee90]

I had to same question, couldn't find an answer so I just ran an express server where all the tasks run. It's not a good solution, but couldn't find a better one. A hook would be very very useful here.