Bypass your website cache by adding timestamps
Your web server may cache your script output, rendering online cronjob ineffective.
You should add __timestamp__
to your cronjob URL to bypass website cache.
For example, you set up a cronjob with the URL to call
or
Every time your cronjob runs, the __timestamp__
keyword will be replaced with a Unix timestamp:
or
Supported keywords
FastCron supports 3 keywords:
__timestamp__
will be replaced with the scheduled execution time (Unix timestamp)__timestamp_ms__
will be replaced with the scheduled execution time (Unix timestamp in milliseconds)__cronjob__
will be replaced with the cronjob ID
You can also add those keywords to your postData
or payload
when using HTTP method POST, PUT, or PATCH.
Bring your own variables
You can head to the
Environment variables page, and add your own keywords/variables.
For example, if you add a variable named token
with the value SECRET
, you can use __token__
in all your cronjobs, POST data, and payload.
Use it when:
- you don’t want to share secrets with your team members.
- you want to change it once and apply it to all cronjobs.
Auto update cronjob URLs
You can let us automatically add the __timestamp__
keyword to your cronjob URLs on the Account settings page.
When FastCron detects website cache, it will update your cronjob URLs.