cron job to run url cpanel

Question

i need to create cron job to run URL from Cpanel every minute
when i open the link from browser it's auto generate backup for database

i choose the common setting ( once per minute ) * * * * *
and this is the command i use but no one worked

GET http://example.com/backup > /dev/null

wget http://example.com/backup

curl -s http://example.com/backup > /dev/null

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

Define "no one worked". Did you get an error message? Did you try the commands interactively (instead of having cron execute them) ? Have you tried redirecting the output of your commands to a log file and inspecting it? — Frank Schmitt, Oct 18 '16 at 10:08
@FrankSchmitt no error message appears i tried the link directly and it's working, how to commands interactively or redirect the output of my commands to log file and inspecting it ?? — Mohamed Mehanny, Oct 18 '16 at 10:32
Instead of redirecting the output to /dev/null, redirect it to a log file, e.g. via `command > /tmp/cron-log.txt` — Frank Schmitt, Oct 18 '16 at 10:36
@FrankSchmitt thanks for your help, i get the error that code redirect to login page because it's required to be login to create backup , i change auth for it and working :) — Mohamed Mehanny, Oct 18 '16 at 11:20

score 17 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 04 '18 at 07:31

17

use this

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

instead of

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

answered Jan 04 '18 at 07:31

Saeed Awan

can we also use like `GET https://example.com/billing/?ng=console/0982995697/` ?? – Mar 05 '20 at 14:25
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We had to escape any `&` characters in the command, e.g., if the URL contains parameters. Maybe just a requirement of a particular version of CPanel. The example then becomes `wget -q -O - http://example.com/backup?param=1\&param=2 >/dev/null 2>\&1`. – adejones Feb 18 '21 at 08:51

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 26 '21 at 10:30

4

Alternative try this

don't forget to add the HTTP or HTTPS protocol

answered Dec 26 '21 at 10:30

Ejeh

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 02 '19 at 13:30

2

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

answered Jan 02 '19 at 13:30

saeid sayadi

Abdul Alim · Answer 4 · 2018-04-19T07:07:41.230

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You can use "links" command like:

links https://www.honeymovies.com

edited Apr 19 '18 at 07:07

answered Feb 09 '17 at 05:49

Abdul Alim

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 29 '22 at 17:46

For Cron job to work you just need to hit the url, without any output and without downloading anything.

I am using only the wget with this two parameters:

wget -q --spider https://example.com/

‘-q’ :Turn off Wget’s output.
--spider : When invoked with this option, Wget will behave as a Web spider, which means that it will not download the pages, just check that they are there. For example, you can use Wget to check your bookmarks: wget --spider --force-html -i bookmarks.html This feature needs much more work for Wget to get close to the functionality of real web spiders.

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