Using Cron Jobs in Google App Engine

Question

How can I use Cron in Google App Engine?

Answer 1

Google officially included cron in AppEngine, for more details:

Cron for Python: http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/config/cron.html

Cron for Java: http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/java/config/cron.html

Answer 2

This page shows how to achieve Cron functionality in Google Appengine.

Answer 3

Now you can run scheduled tasks using the Google appengine

http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/config/cron.html#Securing_URLs_for_Cron

Answer 4

Read the comments on issue 6 for possible workarounds.

Answer 5

Use http://schedulerservice.appspot.com/ or http://code.google.com/p/gaeutilities/wiki/Cron

Answer 6

See this post - maybe we will get cron functions in GAE soon.

Answer 7

According to the official AppEngine public blog, updating the roadmap two weeks ago planned tasks (as well as queues of background tasks) release in the moderately near future ("in the next six months", as of February 6, 2009).

Answer 8

Here is an example http://cron-tab.appspot.com/ , the python source code is available in a related project with the code .google.com / p / cron-tab /

Answer 9

Here's a tutorial on using the Google Cron job for the Google App Engine to send an automated email:

http://www.fishbonecloud.com/2010/11/automated-email-using-google-app-engine.html

Answer 10

You can use the GAE Cron jobs, but be careful, as they do not support HTTPS!