cron.js added

backend/cron/cron.js

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import cron from "cron";
+import https from "https";
+
+const URL = "https://threads-clone-9if3.onrender.com";
+
+const job = new cron.CronJob("*/14 * * * *", function () {
+	https
+		.get(URL, (res) => {
+			if (res.statusCode === 200) {
+				console.log("GET request sent successfully");
+			} else {
+				console.log("GET request failed", res.statusCode);
+			}
+		})
+		.on("error", (e) => {
+			console.error("Error while sending request", e);
+		});
+});
+
+export default job;
+
+// CRON JOB EXPLANATION:
+// Cron jobs are scheduled tasks that run periodically at fixed intervals or specific times
+// send 1 GET request for every 14 minutes
+
+// Schedule:
+// You define a schedule using a cron expression, which consists of five fields representing:
+
+//! MINUTE, HOUR, DAY OF THE MONTH, MONTH, DAY OF THE WEEK
+
+//? EXAMPLES && EXPLANATION:
+//* 14 * * * * - Every 14 minutes
+//* 0 0 * * 0 - At midnight on every Sunday
+//* 30 3 15 * * - At 3:30 AM, on the 15th of every month
+//* 0 0 1 1 * - At midnight, on January 1st
+//* 0 * * * * - Every hour

package.json

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 		"bcryptjs": "^2.4.3",
 		"cloudinary": "^1.40.0",
 		"cookie-parser": "^1.4.6",
+		"cron": "^3.1.6",
 		"dotenv": "^16.3.1",
 		"express": "^4.18.2",
 		"jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.1",