CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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Reputation: 13

Wait after receiving a Webhook

After some research, I haven't found anwers for what I'm trying to achieve. I found some information about the php sleep() function, and some inforamtions about CRON jobs, but none of these options seem to solve the problem.

Here is what I try to do : I have a php file which may receive webhooks. I need to wait some time (15 minutes for example) before "reacting" to this webhook. So, basically, my script should : 1 - receive the webhook (Already done with current code) 2 - wait some time 3 - do some actions (Already done)

I've already done what I needed without the wait part, and it works very well, bu now I don't know how to do with it...

If I understood it well, Cron Jobs are executed periodically, while I want to wait some time only when the webhook is received. I thought about the sleep() function, but I'm afraid it may use to much ressources...

How can I do this ?

Update : It seems I can't use the sleep function more than 30 seconds (max execution time I guess ?)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1465

Answers (2)

H2ONOCK
H2ONOCK

Reputation: 981

If I was you, I'd build a queueing system so that when a webhook comes in, a row in a database is inserted. I'd add a column for 'execution_time' and set that to 15 mins from when the webhook came in. You can then setup a cron job that runs every minute but only fires where the execution_time is 'now'.

Upvotes: 1

J.K
J.K

Reputation: 1374

use cron

“At every 15th minute past every hour.”

Minute  Hour  Day  Month  Weekday  Command  

15      *     *    *      *        php /homelink/path/filename.php

Note:

You can set an email address for the cron. Every trigger it will send an email notification. If receive email means cron is working, If not then need to check your code. Also you can debug using the appropriate echo's.

Upvotes: 0

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