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namespace Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting
{
    public interface IHostedService
    {
        Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken);
        Task StopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken);
    }
}

using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;

namespace MvcTest
{
    public class SampleHostedService : IHostedService
    {
        private readonly ILogger<SampleHostedService> _logger;

        public SampleHostedService(ILogger<SampleHostedService> logger)
        {
            _logger = logger;
        }

        public async Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
        {
            _logger.LogInformation("Starting Hosted service");

            while (!cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
            {
                _logger.LogInformation("Hosted service executing - {0}", DateTime.Now);
                await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2), cancellationToken);
            }
        }

        public Task StopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
        {
            _logger.LogInformation("Stopping Hosted service");
            return Task.CompletedTask;
        }
    }
}

namespace MvcTest
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddSingleton<IHostedService, SampleHostedService>();

services.AddHostedService<SampleHostedService>();

 public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env)

Startup.cs(82,56): error CS0104: 'IHostingEnvironment' is an ambiguous reference between
'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.IHostingEnvironment' and 'Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.IHostingEnvironment'

D:\MvcTest>dotnet run
info: MvcTest.SampleHostedService[0]
      Starting Hosted service
info: MvcTest.SampleHostedService[0]
      Hosted service executing - 02/19/2019 14:45:10
info: MvcTest.SampleHostedService[0]
      Hosted service executing - 02/19/2019 14:45:12
info: MvcTest.SampleHostedService[0]
      Hosted service executing - 02/19/2019 14:45:14
Ctrl+C
Application is shutting down...
Hosting environment: Development
Content root path: D:\MvcTest
Now listening on: https://localhost:5001
Now listening on: http://localhost:5000
Application started. Press Ctrl+C to shut down.

namespace Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting
{
    public abstract class BackgroundService : IHostedService, IDisposable
    {
        protected BackgroundService();
        public virtual void Dispose();
        public virtual Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken);
        public virtual Task StopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken);
        protected abstract Task ExecuteAsync(CancellationToken stoppingToken);
    }
}

namespace MvcTest
{
    public class PrinterHostedService : BackgroundService
    {
        private readonly ILogger<SampleHostedService> _logger;

        public PrinterHostedService(ILogger<SampleHostedService> logger)
        {
            _logger = logger;
        }

        protected override async Task ExecuteAsync(CancellationToken stoppingToken)
        {
            _logger.LogInformation("Starting Hosted service");

            while (!stoppingToken.IsCancellationRequested)
            {
                _logger.LogInformation("Hosted service executing - {0}", DateTime.Now);
                await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2), stoppingToken);
            }
        }
    }
}

namespace MvcTest
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddHostedService<PrinterHostedService>();

D:\MvcTest>dotnet run
Hosting environment: Development
infoContent root path: D:\MvcTest
Now listening on: https://localhost:5001
Now listening on: http://localhost:5000
Application started. Press Ctrl+C to shut down.
: MvcTest.SampleHostedService[0]
      Starting Hosted service
info: MvcTest.SampleHostedService[0]
      Hosted service executing - 02/19/2019 15:00:23
info: MvcTest.SampleHostedService[0]
      Hosted service executing - 02/19/2019 15:00:25
info: MvcTest.SampleHostedService[0]
      Hosted service executing - 02/19/2019 15:00:27
Application is shutting down...
^C

using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;

public abstract class ScopedBackgroundService : BackgroundService
{
    private readonly IServiceScopeFactory _serviceScopeFactory;

    public ScopedBackgroundService(IServiceScopeFactory serviceScopeFactory)
    {
        _serviceScopeFactory = serviceScopeFactory;
    }

    protected override async Task ExecuteAsync(CancellationToken stoppingToken)
    {
        using (var scope = _serviceScopeFactory.CreateScope())
        {
            await ExecuteInScope(scope.ServiceProvider, stoppingToken);
        }
    }

    public abstract Task ExecuteInScope(IServiceProvider serviceProvider, CancellationToken stoppingToken);
}

 dotnet add package ncrontab

┌───────────── minute (0 - 59) 
│ ┌───────────── hour (0 - 23) 
│ │ ┌───────────── day of month (1 - 31) 
│ │ │ ┌───────────── month (1 - 12) 
│ │ │ │ ┌───────────── day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday to Saturday; 
│ │ │ │ │                                       7 is also Sunday on some systems) 
│ │ │ │ │ 
│ │ │ │ │ 
* * * * *

* * * * * *
- - - - - -
| | | | | |
| | | | | +--- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0)
| | | | +----- month (1 - 12)
| | | +------- day of month (1 - 31)
| | +--------- hour (0 - 23)
| +----------- min (0 - 59)
+------------- sec (0 - 59)

using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
using NCrontab;
using static NCrontab.CrontabSchedule;

public abstract class ScheduledScopedBackgroundService : ScopedBackgroundService
{
    private CrontabSchedule _schedule;
    private DateTime _nextRun;

    protected abstract string Schedule { get; }

    public ScheduledScopedBackgroundService(IServiceScopeFactory serviceScopeFactory)
     : base(serviceScopeFactory)
    {
        _schedule = CrontabSchedule.Parse(Schedule, new ParseOptions { IncludingSeconds = true });
        _nextRun = _schedule.GetNextOccurrence(DateTime.Now);
    }

    public override async Task ExecuteInScope(IServiceProvider serviceProvider, CancellationToken stoppingToken)
    {
        do
        {
            var now = DateTime.Now;
            if (now > _nextRun)
            {
                await ScheduledExecuteInScope(serviceProvider, stoppingToken);
                _nextRun = _schedule.GetNextOccurrence(DateTime.Now);
            }
            await Task.Delay(1000, stoppingToken); //1 second delay
        }
        while (!stoppingToken.IsCancellationRequested);
    }

    public abstract Task ScheduledExecuteInScope(IServiceProvider serviceProvider, CancellationToken stoppingToken);
}

using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;

public class MyScheduledTask : ScheduledScopedBackgroundService
{
    private readonly ILogger<MyScheduledTask> _logger;

    public MyScheduledTask(
        IServiceScopeFactory serviceScopeFactory,
        ILogger<MyScheduledTask> logger) : base(serviceScopeFactory)
    {
        _logger = logger;
    }

    protected override string Schedule => "*/10 * * * * *"; //Runs every 10 seconds

    public override Task ScheduledExecuteInScope(IServiceProvider serviceProvider, CancellationToken stoppingToken)
    {
        _logger.LogInformation("MyScheduledTask executing - {0}", DateTime.Now);
        return Task.CompletedTask;
    }
}

namespace MvcTest
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddHostedService<MyScheduledTask>();

D:\MvcTest>dotnet run
Hosting environment: Development
Content root path: D:\MvcTest
Now listening on: https://localhost:5001
Now listening on: http://localhost:5000
Application started. Press Ctrl+C to shut down.
info: MyScheduledTask[0]
      MyScheduledTask executing - 02/19/2019 19:18:50
info: MyScheduledTask[0]
      MyScheduledTask executing - 02/19/2019 19:19:00
info: MyScheduledTask[0]
      MyScheduledTask executing - 02/19/2019 19:19:10
Application is shutting down...
^C