refactor(core): Make AJAX cron script work without jQuery

Signed-off-by: Ferdinand Thiessen <opensource@fthiessen.de>

core/Listener/BeforeTemplateRenderedListener.php

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class BeforeTemplateRenderedListener implements IEventListener {
 
 				// If installed and background job is set to ajax, add dedicated script
 				if ($this->config->getAppValue('core', 'backgroundjobs_mode', 'ajax') == 'ajax') {
-					Util::addScript('core', 'backgroundjobs');
+					Util::addScript('core', 'ajax-cron');
 				}
 			}
 		}

core/js/backgroundjobs.js

@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Jakob Sack owncloud@jakobsack.de
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
- */
- 
-// start worker once page has loaded
-window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function(){
-	$.get( OC.getRootPath()+'/cron.php' );
-
-	$('.section .icon-info').tooltip({
-		placement: 'right'
-	});
-});

core/js/public/publicpage.js

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {
 		$('#remote_address').focus();
 	});
 
-
 	$(document).mouseup(function(e) {
 		var toggle = $('#body-public').find('.header-right .menutoggle');
 		var container = toggle.next('.popovermenu');

core/src/ajax-cron.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+import { getRootUrl } from '@nextcloud/router'
+import logger from './logger'
+
+window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', async () => {
+	// When the page is loaded send GET to the cron endpoint to trigger background jobs
+	try {
+		logger.debug('Running web cron')
+		await window.fetch(`${getRootUrl()}/cron.php`)
+		logger.debug('Web cron successfull')
+	} catch (e) {
+		logger.debug('Running web cron failed', { error: e })
+	}
+})

webpack.modules.js

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ module.exports = {
 		init: path.join(__dirname, 'apps/comments/src', 'init.ts'),
 	},
 	core: {
+		'ajax-cron': path.join(__dirname, 'core/src', 'ajax-cron.ts'),
 		files_client: path.join(__dirname, 'core/src', 'files/client.js'),
 		files_fileinfo: path.join(__dirname, 'core/src', 'files/fileinfo.js'),
 		install: path.join(__dirname, 'core/src', 'install.js'),