chore: set a default schedule for the GithubEntityProvider

Signed-off-by: djamaile <rdjamaile@gmail.com>

.changeset/cuddly-schools-scream.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-github': patch
+---
+
+Pass in a default shedule to the `GithubEntityProvider` if none is provided

plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GithubEntityProvider.test.ts

@@ -621,22 +621,6 @@ describe('GithubEntityProvider', () => {
     ).toThrow('Either schedule or scheduler must be provided');
   });
 
-  it('fail with scheduler but no schedule config', () => {
-    const scheduler = {
-      createScheduledTaskRunner: (_: any) => jest.fn(),
-    } as unknown as SchedulerService;
-    const config = createSingleProviderConfig();
-
-    expect(() =>
-      GithubEntityProvider.fromConfig(config, {
-        logger,
-        scheduler,
-      }),
-    ).toThrow(
-      'No schedule provided neither via code nor config for github-provider:myProvider',
-    );
-  });
-
   it('single simple provider config with schedule in config', async () => {
     const schedule = new PersistingTaskRunner();
     const scheduler = {

plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GithubEntityProvider.ts

@@ -126,12 +126,6 @@ export class GithubEntityProvider implements EntityProvider, EventSubscriber {
         );
       }
 
-      if (!options.schedule && !providerConfig.schedule) {
-        throw new Error(
-          `No schedule provided neither via code nor config for github-provider:${providerConfig.id}.`,
-        );
-      }
-
       const taskRunner =
         options.schedule ??
         options.scheduler!.createScheduledTaskRunner(providerConfig.schedule!);

plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GithubEntityProviderConfig.test.ts

@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@
  */
 
 import { ConfigReader } from '@backstage/config';
-import { readProviderConfigs } from './GithubEntityProviderConfig';
+import {
+  readProviderConfigs,
+  DEFAULT_GITHUB_ENTITY_PROVIDER_CONFIG_SCHEDULE,
+} from './GithubEntityProviderConfig';
 
 describe('readProviderConfigs', () => {
   afterEach(() => jest.resetAllMocks());
@@ -124,7 +127,7 @@ describe('readProviderConfigs', () => {
         },
         visibility: undefined,
       },
-      schedule: undefined,
+      schedule: DEFAULT_GITHUB_ENTITY_PROVIDER_CONFIG_SCHEDULE,
       validateLocationsExist: false,
     });
     expect(providerConfigs[1]).toEqual({
@@ -142,7 +145,7 @@ describe('readProviderConfigs', () => {
         },
         visibility: undefined,
       },
-      schedule: undefined,
+      schedule: DEFAULT_GITHUB_ENTITY_PROVIDER_CONFIG_SCHEDULE,
       validateLocationsExist: false,
     });
     expect(providerConfigs[2]).toEqual({
@@ -160,7 +163,7 @@ describe('readProviderConfigs', () => {
         },
         visibility: undefined,
       },
-      schedule: undefined,
+      schedule: DEFAULT_GITHUB_ENTITY_PROVIDER_CONFIG_SCHEDULE,
       validateLocationsExist: false,
     });
     expect(providerConfigs[3]).toEqual({
@@ -178,7 +181,7 @@ describe('readProviderConfigs', () => {
         },
         visibility: undefined,
       },
-      schedule: undefined,
+      schedule: DEFAULT_GITHUB_ENTITY_PROVIDER_CONFIG_SCHEDULE,
       validateLocationsExist: false,
     });
     expect(providerConfigs[4]).toEqual({
@@ -196,7 +199,7 @@ describe('readProviderConfigs', () => {
         },
         visibility: undefined,
       },
-      schedule: undefined,
+      schedule: DEFAULT_GITHUB_ENTITY_PROVIDER_CONFIG_SCHEDULE,
       validateLocationsExist: false,
     });
     expect(providerConfigs[5]).toEqual({
@@ -214,7 +217,7 @@ describe('readProviderConfigs', () => {
         },
         visibility: undefined,
       },
-      schedule: undefined,
+      schedule: DEFAULT_GITHUB_ENTITY_PROVIDER_CONFIG_SCHEDULE,
       validateLocationsExist: false,
     });
     expect(providerConfigs[6]).toEqual({
@@ -232,7 +235,7 @@ describe('readProviderConfigs', () => {
         },
         visibility: ['public', 'internal'],
       },
-      schedule: undefined,
+      schedule: DEFAULT_GITHUB_ENTITY_PROVIDER_CONFIG_SCHEDULE,
       validateLocationsExist: false,
     });
     expect(providerConfigs[7]).toEqual({
@@ -251,7 +254,7 @@ describe('readProviderConfigs', () => {
         visibility: undefined,
       },
       validateLocationsExist: false,
-      schedule: undefined,
+      schedule: DEFAULT_GITHUB_ENTITY_PROVIDER_CONFIG_SCHEDULE,
     });
     expect(providerConfigs[8]).toEqual({
       id: 'providerWithSchedule',

plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GithubEntityProviderConfig.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 const DEFAULT_CATALOG_PATH = '/catalog-info.yaml';
 const DEFAULT_PROVIDER_ID = 'default';
 
+export const DEFAULT_GITHUB_ENTITY_PROVIDER_CONFIG_SCHEDULE = {
+  frequency: {
+    hours: 3,
+  },
+  timeout: {
+    hours: 1,
+  },
+};
+
 export type GithubEntityProviderConfig = {
   id: string;
   catalogPath: string;
@@ -99,7 +108,7 @@ function readProviderConfig(
     ? readSchedulerServiceTaskScheduleDefinitionFromConfig(
         config.getConfig('schedule'),
       )
-    : undefined;
+    : DEFAULT_GITHUB_ENTITY_PROVIDER_CONFIG_SCHEDULE;
 
   return {
     id,