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How To: Clear expired client access tokens with a database job

Owned by Ian Christopher (Deactivated)
Jul 05, 2022

Currently, the API handles clearing expired client access tokens with a background task that runs on a configurable interval.  However, an alternative solution could be to have a database scheduled job running on the server that hosts the Ed-Fi-Admin database.

Implementation Steps

  1. Disable API background task
  2. Verify that the database server job agent is enabled and running
  3. Create scheduled job which consists of: 
    1. Job - to encapsulate all job steps
    2. Job Step - to execute the command(s)
    3. Schedule - to schedule when the job and all of its steps will be executed

Disable API background task

"ScheduledJobs": [
      {
        "Name": "DeleteExpiredTokens",
        "IsEnabled": false,
        "CronExpression": "0 0/30 * 1/1 * ? *"
      }
    ]

Create Scheduled Job

Modify and execute the SQL Server or PostgreSQL script below in order to create the scheduled job within your database server.

 SQL Server

For Ed-Fi implementations running SQL, SQL Server Agent needs to be configured

USE [msdb]
GO

BEGIN TRANSACTION

DECLARE @jobId binary(16)
DECLARE @jobStepId binary(16)
DECLARE @jobName NVARCHAR(1000) = N'Ed-Fi Admin Job - Delete Expired Tokens';  

SELECT @jobId = job_id FROM msdb.dbo.sysjobs WHERE (name = @jobName)
IF (@jobId IS NOT NULL)
BEGIN
	EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_delete_jobstep @job_id = @jobId, @step_id = 1
    EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_delete_job @jobId
END

GO  

-- *********************************************************************************
-- *********************************************************************************
-- Replace the loginName below with the login the job will run under.
-- To find existing logins, run the following:
-- EXEC sp_helplogins

DECLARE @loginName NVARCHAR(1000) = N'SET_LOGIN_NAME';  

-- *********************************************************************************
-- *********************************************************************************

DECLARE @databaseName NVARCHAR(100) = N'EdFi_Admin';  
DECLARE @serverName NVARCHAR(100) = N'(local)'
DECLARE @categoryClass NVARCHAR(1000) = N'JOB';  
DECLARE @categoryType NVARCHAR(1000) = N'LOCAL';  
DECLARE @categoryName NVARCHAR(1000) = N'[Ed-Fi Admin (' + @categoryType + ')]';  
DECLARE @jobId binary(16)
DECLARE @jobStepId binary(16)
DECLARE @jobName NVARCHAR(1000) = N'Ed-Fi Admin Job - Delete Expired Tokens';  
DECLARE @jobStepName NVARCHAR(1000) = N'Ed-Fi Admin Job Step - Delete Expired Tokens';  
DECLARE @minuteInterval int = 30
DECLARE @jobScheduleName NVARCHAR(1000) = N'Ed-Fi Admin Job Schedule - Delete Expired Tokens every ' + CONVERT(nvarchar(100), @minuteInterval) + ' minutes';  
DECLARE @jobDescription NVARCHAR(1000) = N'Deletes expired client access tokens from the Ed-Fi Admin database';  
DECLARE @jobScheduleId uniqueidentifier = NEWID();  
DECLARE @jobStepCommand NVARCHAR(MAX) = N'
DELETE 
From ClientAccessTokens 
WHERE Expiration < GETUTCDATE()
'


DECLARE @ReturnCode INT
SELECT @ReturnCode = 0

IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT name FROM msdb.dbo.syscategories WHERE name=@categoryName AND category_class=1)
BEGIN
EXEC @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_add_category @class=@categoryClass, @type=@categoryType, @name=@categoryName
IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback

END

EXEC @ReturnCode =  msdb.dbo.sp_add_job @job_name=@jobName, 
		@enabled=1, 
		@notify_level_eventlog=0, 
		@notify_level_email=0, 
		@notify_level_netsend=0, 
		@notify_level_page=0, 
		@delete_level=0, 
		@description=@jobDescription, 
		@category_name=@categoryName, 
		@owner_login_name=@loginName, @job_id = @jobId OUTPUT
IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback

EXEC @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_add_jobstep @job_id=@jobId, @step_name=@jobStepName, 
		@step_id=1, 
		@cmdexec_success_code=0, 
		@on_success_action=1, 
		@on_success_step_id=0, 
		@on_fail_action=2, 
		@on_fail_step_id=0, 
		@retry_attempts=0, 
		@retry_interval=0, 
		@os_run_priority=0, @subsystem=N'TSQL', 
		@command=@jobStepCommand, 
		@database_name=@databaseName, 
		@flags=0
IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback
EXEC @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_update_job @job_id = @jobId, @start_step_id = 1
IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback
EXEC @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_add_jobschedule @job_id=@jobId, @name=@jobScheduleName, 
		@enabled=1, 
		@freq_type=4, 
		@freq_interval=1, 
		@freq_subday_type=4, 
		@freq_subday_interval=@minuteInterval, 
		@freq_relative_interval=0, 
		@freq_recurrence_factor=0, 
		@active_start_date=20220223, 
		@active_end_date=99991231, 
		@active_start_time=0, 
		@active_end_time=235959, 
		@schedule_uid=@jobScheduleId
IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback
EXEC @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_add_jobserver @job_id = @jobId, @server_name = @serverName
IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback
COMMIT TRANSACTION
GOTO EndSave
QuitWithRollback:
    IF (@@TRANCOUNT > 0) ROLLBACK TRANSACTION
EndSave:
GO
 PostgresSQL

For Ed-Fi implementations running PostgreSQL, pgAgent needs to be configured

The following example SQL script would be executed with a connection to the postgreSQL maintenance database (which is called postgres by default)

DO $$
DECLARE
    jid integer;
    scid integer;
	job_name text = 'Delete Expired Tokens';
	job_step_name text = 'Delete Expired Tokens Step';
	database_name text = 'EdFi_Admin';
	job_step_command text = 'DELETE FROM dbo.ClientAccessTokens WHERE expiration < now()';
	job_schedule text = 'Delete expired tokens Schedule';
BEGIN

DELETE 
FROM pgagent.pga_job 
WHERE jobname = job_name;

INSERT INTO pgagent.pga_job(
    jobjclid, jobname, jobdesc, jobhostagent, jobenabled
) VALUES (
    1::integer, job_name, ''::text, ''::text, true
) RETURNING jobid INTO jid;

-- Steps
-- Inserting a step (jobid: NULL)
INSERT INTO pgagent.pga_jobstep (
    jstjobid, jstname, jstenabled, jstkind,
    jstconnstr, jstdbname, jstonerror,
    jstcode, jstdesc
) VALUES (
    jid, job_step_name, true, 's'::character(1),
    ''::text, database_name, 'f'::character(1),
    job_step_command, ''::text
) ;

-- Schedules
-- Inserting a schedule
INSERT INTO pgagent.pga_schedule(
    jscjobid, jscname, jscdesc, jscenabled,
    jscstart,     jscminutes, jschours, jscweekdays, jscmonthdays, jscmonths
) VALUES (
    jid, job_schedule, ''::text, true,
    '2022-02-23 15:07:00-07'::timestamp with time zone, 
    -- Minutes
    ARRAY[false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,true,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false]::boolean[],
    -- Hours
    ARRAY[false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false]::boolean[],
    -- Week days
    ARRAY[false,false,false,false,false,false,false]::boolean[],
    -- Month days
    ARRAY[false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false]::boolean[],
    -- Months
    ARRAY[false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false]::boolean[]
) RETURNING jscid INTO scid;
END
$$;