Cron Explained

Explain cron expressions in plain language

API executable

Overview

ID: cron-explained

Category: data

Call this tool over HTTP with POST /execute/cron-explained. Path, headers, body fields, sample responses, and errors are documented below.

Endpoint

POST

/api/v1/execute/cron-explained

Authenticate with X-API-Key or Authorization: Bearer. See Authentication.

API reference

Path, header, and body fields accepted by this execute call.

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
tool	path	string	Yes	Tool identifier used in the execute path. Example: cron-explained
X-API-Key	header	string	Yes	Your IT-ToolBox API key. Authorization: Bearer is also accepted. Example: YOUR_API_KEY
Content-Type	header	string	Yes	Must be application/json for execute requests. Example: application/json
input.expression	body	string	Yes	Argument for Cron Explained. Example: /5 * * *

Code examples

shell

curl -X POST /api/v1/execute/cron-explained \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "input": {
    "expression": "*/5 * * * *"
  }
}'

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