Laying out the structure of the Tasks package, and how it will be called in the systemIterator in main

cmd/sysctl/main.go

@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ func main() {
 
 	printDbDetails()
 
-	dbQueryResult := tasks.PerformQuery()
-	log.Printf("Query result: %s", dbQueryResult)
+	nextTask := tasks.GetNextTask()
+	log.Printf("Query result: Task: %s / Args: %s", nextTask.Task, nextTask.Args)
 
 	// infinite loop
 	for {
@@ -98,15 +98,9 @@ func isDatabaseReady() bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-// getNextInstruction : Retrieves next instruction from the database
-func getNextInstruction(name *string) string {
-	log.Printf("Fetching next instruction for %s", *name)
-	return "Test Instruction Command"
-}
-
 func systemIterator(name *string) {
 
-	if !isSystemReady() {
+	if isSystemReady() {
 		// Wait about 60 seconds before trying again.
 		log.Printf("System not ready. Next try will be executed in 60 seconds")
 		time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * time.Duration(60000))
@@ -114,7 +108,9 @@ func systemIterator(name *string) {
 		// Wait about 1 second before resumming operations.
 		log.Printf("Next instruction will be executed 1 second")
 		time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * time.Duration(1000))
-		log.Printf("Next instruction: %s", getNextInstruction(name))
+		task := tasks.GetNextTask()
+		log.Printf("Next instruction: %s(%s)", task.Task, task.Args)
+
 	}
 
 }

internal/tasks/tasks.go

@@ -18,8 +18,19 @@ var Dbuser string
 // Dbpass : Database password (can be tweaked in)
 var Dbpass string
 
-// PerformQuery : Performs a MySQL query over the device's Edgebox API
-func PerformQuery() string {
+// Task : Struct for Task type
+type Task struct {
+	ID      int            `json:"id"`
+	Task    string         `json:"task"`
+	Args    string         `json:"args"`
+	Status  string         `json:"status"`
+	Result  sql.NullString `json:"result"` // Database fields that can be null must use the sql.NullString type
+	Created string         `json:"created"`
+	Updated string         `json:"updated"`
+}
+
+// GetNextTask : Performs a MySQL query over the device's Edgebox API
+func GetNextTask() Task {
 
 	// Will try to connect to API database, which should be running locally under WS.
 	db, err := sql.Open("mysql", Dbuser+":"+Dbpass+"@tcp("+Dbhost+")/"+Dbname)
@@ -33,16 +44,39 @@ func PerformQuery() string {
 	defer db.Close()
 
 	// perform a db.Query insert
-	insert, err := db.Query("INSERT INTO options (name, value) VALUES ( 'TEST_OPTION_SYSCTL', 'TEST' );")
+	results, err := db.Query("SELECT * FROM tasks WHERE status = 0 ORDER BY created ASC LIMIT 1;")
 
 	// if there is an error inserting, handle it
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err.Error())
 	}
 
-	// be careful deferring Queries if you are using transactions
-	defer insert.Close()
+	var task Task
 
-	return "OK"
+	for results.Next() {
+
+		// for each row, scan the result into our task composite object
+		err = results.Scan(&task.ID, &task.Task, &task.Args, &task.Status, &task.Result, &task.Created, &task.Updated)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err.Error()) // proper error handling instead of panic in your app
+		}
+	}
+
+	// be careful deferring Queries if you are using transactions
+	defer results.Close()
+
+	return task
+
+}
+
+func updateTaskStatus(taskID *string, newStatus *int) {
+
+}
+
+func executeTask(task *Task) {
+
+}
+
+func publishTaskResult(taskID *string, result *string) {
 
 }