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Mirgorod
Mirgorod

Reputation: 32673

CRON command to run URL address every 5 minutes

I'm newbie in cron commands and I need help.

I have a script on http://example.com/check/.

Whats is command for cron to run this URL every 5 minutes?

I tried

*/5 * * * * /home/test/check.php

But I want to run URL not relative script address. How to do it?

Upvotes: 89

Views: 240681

Answers (9)

Gopal Gautam
Gopal Gautam

Reputation: 39

Use perfect URL:

*/5 * * * * wget -q -O /dev/null "https://www.example.com/payment/WebhookOrderCron" > /dev/null 2>&1

Upvotes: 2

5zellsb
5zellsb

Reputation: 185

Here is an example of the wget script in action:

wget -q -O /dev/null "http://example.com/cronjob.php" > /dev/null 2>&1

Using -O parameter like the above means that the output of the web request will be sent to STDOUT (standard output).

And the >/dev/null 2>&1 will instruct standard output to be redirected to a black hole. So no message from the executing program is returned to the screen.

Upvotes: 10

Atanas Atanasov
Atanas Atanasov

Reputation: 211

Nothing worked for me on my linux hosting. The only possible commands they provide are:

/usr/local/bin/php absolute/path/to/cron/script

and 

/usr/local/bin/ea-php56 absolute/domain_path/path/to/cron/script

This is how I made it to work: 1. I created simple test.php file with the following content:

echo file_get_contents('http://example.com/check/');

2. I set the cronjob with the option server gived me using absolute inner path :)

/usr/local/bin/php absolute/path/to/public_html/test.php

Upvotes: 3

robert lenny
robert lenny

Reputation: 49

To run a URL simply use command below easy yess CPanel 100%

/usr/bin/php -q /home/CpanelUsername/public_html/RootFolder/cronjob/fetch.php

I hope this help.

Upvotes: 3

DilbertDave
DilbertDave

Reputation: 3446

Based on the comments try

*/5 * * * * wget http://example.com/check

[Edit: 10 Apr 2017]

This answer still seems to be getting a few hits so I thought I'd add a link to a new page I stumbled across which may help create cron commands: https://crontab.guru

Upvotes: 140

Jorhel Reyes
Jorhel Reyes

Reputation: 142

I try GET 'http://example.com/?var=value' Important use ' add >/dev/null 2>&1 for not send email when this activate Sorry for my English

Upvotes: 1

Arnaud Bouchot
Arnaud Bouchot

Reputation: 1993

The other advantage of using curl is that you also can keep the HTTP way of sending parameters to your script if you need to, by using $_GET, $_POST etc like this:

*/5 * * * * curl --request GET 'http://exemple.com/path/check.php?param1=1&param2=2'

Upvotes: 50

Charles Brunet
Charles Brunet

Reputation: 23120

To run a url, you need a program to get that url. You can try wget or curl. See manuals for available options.

Upvotes: 3

Yan Berk
Yan Berk

Reputation: 14428

Use cURL:

*/5 * * * * curl http://example.com/check/

Upvotes: 130

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