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POST
/
projects
/
{project_reference}
/
cron-jobs
Create Cron Job
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.veryfront.com/projects/{project_reference}/cron-jobs \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "<string>",
  "target": "<string>",
  "schedule": "<string>",
  "environment_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "timezone": "<string>",
  "config": {},
  "timeout_seconds": 2,
  "backoff_limit": 1,
  "concurrency_policy": "Allow"
}
'
{
  "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "project_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "environment_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "name": "<string>",
  "status": "active",
  "target": "<string>",
  "schedule": "<string>",
  "timezone": "<string>",
  "config": {},
  "timeout_seconds": 123,
  "backoff_limit": 123,
  "concurrency_policy": "<string>",
  "last_scheduled_at": "<string>",
  "last_successful_at": "<string>",
  "created_by": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "created_at": "<string>",
  "updated_at": "<string>"
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Authentication via JWT token or API key. JWT: Get from Veryfront dashboard. API Key: Format "vf__" - create via /api-keys endpoint.

Path Parameters

​
project_reference
string
required

Project ID or slug

Body

application/json
​
name
string
required

Cron job name

​
target
string
required

Target image or command

​
schedule
string
required

Cron schedule expression (e.g. "*/5 * * * *")

Pattern: ^(\S+\s+){4}\S+$
​
environment_id
string<uuid>

Environment ID to scope this cron job to

​
timezone
string

Timezone (default: UTC)

​
config
object

Job configuration

​
timeout_seconds
integer

Timeout in seconds (default: 300)

Required range: x >= 1
​
backoff_limit
integer

Number of retries (default: 3)

Required range: x >= 0
​
concurrency_policy
enum<string>

Concurrency policy: Forbid, Allow, or Replace (default: Forbid)

Available options:
Allow,
Forbid,
Replace

Response

Cron job created

​
id
string<uuid>
required
​
project_id
string<uuid>
required
​
environment_id
string<uuid> | null
required
​
name
string
required
​
status
enum<string>
required
Available options:
active,
paused,
deleting
​
target
string
required
​
schedule
string
required
​
timezone
string
required
​
config
object
required
​
timeout_seconds
number
required
​
backoff_limit
number
required
​
concurrency_policy
string
required
​
last_scheduled_at
string | null
required
​
last_successful_at
string | null
required
​
created_by
string<uuid> | null
required
​
created_at
string
required
​
updated_at
string
required