Node.js & node-cron Monitoring

Add heartbeat monitoring to Node.js applications using node-cron, BullMQ, Agenda, or Bree.

1. Success Ping Setup

Ping when your job completes successfully

Node.js — Success Ping

const cron = require('node-cron');
const https = require('https');

const PING_URL = 'https://cronhook.site/ping/YOUR_CHECK_ID';

cron.schedule('*/5 * * * *', async () => {
  try {
    await runBackupJob();
    https.get(PING_URL);
  } catch (err) {
    https.get(`${PING_URL}/fail`);
    console.error('Job failed:', err);
  }
});

2. Failure & Exception Handling

Ping /fail for instant failure dispatch without waiting for timeout

Node.js — Failure Catch

// Fetch API (Node 18+)
async function ping(status = 'success') {
  const url = status === 'fail' 
    ? 'https://cronhook.site/ping/YOUR_CHECK_ID/fail' 
    : 'https://cronhook.site/ping/YOUR_CHECK_ID';
  await fetch(url).catch(() => {});
}

How to Implement in Node.js

Initialize Node.js scheduled job

Wrap your scheduled task inside node-cron, node-schedule, or BullMQ worker process.

Send HTTP ping on success

Call https.get() or fetch() to send a ping to CronHook when the task finishes execution.

Catch errors & ping /fail

Wrap your task in try/catch to send a failure ping to https://cronhook.site/ping/YOUR_CHECK_ID/fail for instant alert dispatch.

Pro-Tip for Node.js Developers

Node 18+ Global Fetch: Native fetch() requires zero external npm packages to ping CronHook.