No quite like that. If you're sending an HTTP GET request to any URL, you would pass parameters to the URL itself, something like: http://localhost:3000/cron?param1=value1¶m2=value2 etc
What looks attractive to me about this approach (of using wget via cron instead of a rake task) is that you are not bringing up an entire rails environment to handle a task. There's less overhead. Just be sure to lock it down with a combination of things that have been suggested here: IP Address check, local_request?, http basic authentication. There may be more you can do... On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 12:52 AM, Valentino Lun < rails-mailing-l...@andreas-s.net> wrote: > > >> wget http://localhost:3000/cron > >> > >> cron_controller invokes your method > > > > Thanks, it is a very good idea. How about if my action require 2 > > parameters? How to do that? > > Let me further elabroate on my question. For example in my Cron > Controller > > def someaction > some_method(params[:one],params[:two]) > end > > Is it possible to do this in my crontab as follow? > > 10 10 * * * wget http://localhost:3000/cron/someaction "para1" "para2" > > Many thanks > > Valentino > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
