/api-re-starter

API starter project. cron-job to constantly restart web services shutdown by the free tier of services like render.com

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Welcome to my API re-starter application

About

  • This is a cron job application that constantly hits my online APIs to make sure the remain alive

Getting started [For_Developers]

  • Clone repo with

      git clone git@github.com:RashJrEdmund/api-re-starter.git

  • Navigate to project with

      cd api-re-starter

  • Install packages and start server

      npm install # or npm i
  npm run dev

Adding new API [For_Developers]

  • Navigate to /public/cron-data.json and add the new API, following the same format as the others
  interface CronData {
    server_name: string;
    api_url: string;
  }

Adjusting cron time

  • current cron - time is set to "*/12 * * * *" meaning "every 12 mins"
  • To verify or adjust this interval, visit https://crontab.guru/#***