Laravel Task Scheduler

A Laravel project that showcases task scheduling and artisan commands. It includes a users table with essential fields, a factory and seeder for generating 50,000 users, and an artisan command to export user data to CSV files (limited to 10,000 users per file). The project also implements a scheduler to run the export command weekly.

Overview

A Laravel project that demonstrates task scheduling and artisan commands. This application features a user management system with the ability to generate a large dataset and export it efficiently.

LICENSE

This project is open-sourced software licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0.

Features

• Users Table: Manages user details (name, email, phone, password).
• Factory and Seeder: Generates 50,000 users for testing and development.
• CSV Export Command: Artisan command to export user data into CSV files, with each file limited to 10,000 users.
• Task Scheduler: Configured to run the CSV export command weekly.

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone [email protected]:kevinmulugu/laravel-task-scheduler.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd laravel-task-scheduler

3. Install the dependencies:

    composer install

4. Create a copy of the .env file:
5. Generate an application key:

   php artisan key:generate

6. Storage link:

   php artisan storage:link

7. Migrate the database:

    php artisan migrate

8. Seed the database:
9. Run command to export users to CSV:

   php artisan export:users

Note/Disclaimer: The export command will generate multiple CSV files, each containing 10,000 users. If your pc is slow, you can reduce the number of users to be generated in the UserSeeder.php file. I will update the command to allow the user to specify the number of users to be generated in the future.