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Set up one-time cronjobs

Nguyễn An Thuận
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Create one-time cronjobs

If you would like to set up a one-time cronjob, i.e. cronjob that runs at a specific time once and never repeats, you can follow these instructions:

- Click Add a cron job or Edit existing cronjob

- Enter the URL to your cron script.

- Enter desired time into the Time Pattern field, e.g. Feb 14, 2019, 7:30

- Make sure you select the correct Timezone

- Click Save changes.

And that's it. You can click on the time pattern field e.g. Feb 14, 2019, 7:30 in the example above, and it'll show the next execution time so you can confirm the time settings are correct.

Auto delete stopped one-time cronjobs

To automatically delete one-time cronjobs after their executions, create a group and select Delete stopped cronjobs after with an appropriate value e.g. 3 days.

Then create all cronjobs under that groups.

Programmatically create one-time cronjobs using our API

Create a group

curl -X POST "https://www.fastcron.com/api/v1/group_add" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"token":"YOUR_API_TOKEN", "name": "one-time", "autoDelete": 3}'

This will create a group named "one-time" that automatically deletes its stopped cronjobs after 3 days.

It will output something like this:

{"status":"success","code":0,"data":{"id":183773,"name":"one-time","autoDelete":3,"jobCount":0,"contacts":[]}}

which shows the group ID is 183773

 

Create multiple cronjobs in that group

curl -X POST "https://www.fastcron.com/api/v1/cron_batch_add" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"token":"YOUR_API_TOKEN", "data":[{"url":"https://example.com", "expression":"May 20, 2023, 8:00", "group": 183773},{"url":"https://example.com", "expression":"May 20, 2023, 9:00", "group": 183773}]}'

This will create two cronjobs under the groups 183773

 

Edit all cronjobs in that group

curl -X POST "https://www.fastcron.com/api/v1/cron_group_edit" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"token":"YOUR_API_TOKEN", "id": 183773, "timezone": "UTC"}'

This will update all cronjobs under the group 183773 to timezone UTC.

 

Delete that group and all cronjobs in it

curl -X POST "https://www.fastcron.com/api/v1/group_vanish" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"token":"YOUR_API_TOKEN", "id": 183773}'

 

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Comments

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  • Mdibrahimkhalil807

    awesome

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  • Rgranda

    Can this be done, but from the API (cron.add) ???

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  • Agussttin

    Can this be done, but from the API (cron.add) ??? 
    Same question here! 

     

    And a new one: It is possible that one time cron jobs will automatically delete after execution? 

    Thanks!

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  • Nguyễn An Thuận

    Sorry for being late.

    Yes, you can use cron.add API function and set the expression like this

    https://www.setcronjob.com/api/cron.add?token=***&url=example.com/cron&expression=Sep 20, 2019, 8:30

    For automatically deleting one-time cronjobs, see

    https://blog.setcronjob.com/2018/09/auto-delete-one-time-cronjobs.html

    I hope this helps.

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