Issue
Assuming I'm a big Unix rookie:
I'm running a curl request through cron every 15 minutes.
Curl basically is used to load a web page (PHP) that given some arguments, acts as a script like:
curl http://example.com/?update_=1
What I would like to achieve is to run another "script" using this curl technique,
- every time the other script is run
- before the other script is run
I have read that curl accepts multiple URLs in one command, but I'm unsure if this would process the URLs sequentially or in "parallel".
Solution
It would most likely process them sequentially (why not just test it). But you can also do this:
make a file called
curlrequests.sh
put it in a file like thus:
curl http://example.com/?update_=1 curl http://example.com/?update_=3 curl http://example.com/?update_=234 curl http://example.com/?update_=65
save the file and make it executable with
chmod
:chmod +x curlrequests.sh
run your file:
./curlrequests.sh
or
/path/to/file/curlrequests.sh
As a side note, you can chain requests with &&
, like this:
curl http://example.com/?update_=1 && curl http://example.com/?update_=2 && curl http://example.com?update_=3`
And execute in parallel using &
:
curl http://example.com/?update_=1 & curl http://example.com/?update_=2 & curl http://example.com/?update_=3
Answered By - Timothy Baldridge Answer Checked By - David Marino (WPSolving Volunteer)