Prestashop 1.6 - Cron tasks manager or alternative

[artellando]

Hi all,

I am new to the developer community. At this very moment I am developing my first module, and I found I need  to allow some tasks to execute periodically. I've been looking for tools to ease it in Prestashop, and I found in the docs (http://doc.prestashop.com/display/PS16/Administration+modules#Administrationmodules-Crontasksmanager) there should be an administration module called "Cron tasks manager" that works like cron, calling URLs periodically.

The problem is I can't find that module. I installed Prestashop 1.6 using a Bitnami installer. It brings only a few administration modules, and none of them is that cron tasks manager. I also could not find it in the marketplace, or in GitHub, 1.6.x branch, in the modules folder (https://github.com/PrestaShop/PrestaShop/tree/1.6.1.x/modules). After making a more extensive search in GitHub, I found a cronjobs module in a folder called "tests-legacy".

Is there really a "cron tasks manager" admin module for version 1.6.1.5? If not, is there any free and stable alternative to it?

Thanks in advance

Edited January 22, 2019 by artellando (see edit history)

[artellando]

I've been caught in a typical newbie error: I hadn't choose the right search terms -or whatever- before posting here.

After searching again, I found a few hints to follow:

Article Hennes Herve - Prestashop : Gestion des taches cron (thread https://www.prestashop.com/forums/topic/736402-cronjob-documentation/?page=0#comment-2771351)

https://www.prestashop.com/forums/topic/608175-prestashop-cron-jobs-not-working/?tab=comments#comment-2781838

I'll keep updating, hoping it could help anybody

Edited January 23, 2019 by artellando (see edit history)

[Rhobur]

The full proof way would be to add the script to the system cron not the PS cron.

[artellando]

On 1/26/2019 at 9:12 AM, Rhobur said:

The full proof way would be to add the script to the system cron not the PS cron.

I'm working on an admin module: if I call curl or similar from system cron, I think I should authenticate. Would it be a problem?

[Rhobur]

On 1/28/2019 at 2:21 AM, artellando said:

I'm working on an admin module: if I call curl or similar from system cron, I think I should authenticate. Would it be a problem?

curl has flags for authentication

[Ableson]

The module at https://github.com/PrestaShop/cronjobs.

[artellando]

Thanks Rhobur and Ableson. I'll try both.

Cheers

[Mediacom87]

Hi,

There is still this free module, the oldest to date, allowing you to centralize your cron tasks on your store.

https://www.prestatoolbox.com/free-prestashop-modules/115-crontab.html