CronJob-Scheduler

A simple yet powerful cron job scheduler to automate recurring API requests (GET/POST) using Agenda.js. Schedule jobs, view logs, and control execution — all from a modern web dashboard.

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🚀 Features

• 🕒 Schedule recurring jobs using cron expressions
• 📡 Supports GET, POST and many other requests options with custom headers/body
• 🧠 Built on Agenda.js for robust background processing
• 📊 View job execution logs and status (success/failure)
• ✨ Toggle jobs on/off without deleting them
• 💻 Clean React + Tailwind
• 🔐 JWT-based authentication
• ⚡ Dedicated Job Runner for background execution

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🛠️ Tech Stack

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🏗️ Current Architecture

📦 Installation

⚠️ Before you start, make sure you have the following installed:

• pnpm (package manager used in this project)
• TypeScript (tsc compiler)

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/sunjay-dev/CronJob-Scheduler.git
cd CronJob-Scheduler

2. Setup Backend (Required)

cd Backend
pnpm install
cp .env.example .env
# Update .env with your MongoDB URI (Other fields are optional until you're testing them)

pnpm run dev

3. Setup Frontend (Required)

cd Frontend
pnpm install

# Update VITE_BACKEND_URL in .env (defaults to http://localhost:3000)

pnpm run dev

4. Setup Job Runner

⚡ Required for actual scheduling

cd job-runner
pnpm install
cp .env.example .env
# Make sure the MongoDB URI matches the backend
pnpm run dev

4. Setup Email Service (Optional)

⚡ Only needed if you want to test/run email service.

cd email-service
pnpm install
cp .env.example .env
# Update .env with your RESEND_EMAIL_API_KEY, SENDEREMAIL, and EMAIL_SERVICE_SECRET

pnpm run dev

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🖥️ Folder Structure

CronJob-Scheduler/
├── Backend/        # Server (Express + Agenda.js)
├── Frontend/       # Client (React + Tailwind)
├── job-runner/     # Background worker (Agenda.js)
├── email-service/  # Email microservice (Express + Resend)
├── README.md

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🧭 Roadmap

• Create/Update/Delete jobs
• Job toggle (enable/disable)
• Execution logs viewer
• Support for PUT/DELETE requests
• User account settings
• Google login config
• Forget password
• Email notifications on failure
• Retry on failure + backoff strategy
• Convert to Micro-service architecture

🤝 Contributing

Contributions, suggestions, and improvements are always welcome!