Implementing Cron Job for Feed Importer
By Scott Eagle on Sunday, 03 September 2017
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Hi,

I have a website here where i want a few feeds to be automatically imported everyday. Followed some tutorial here on the website but couldn't make it to work. Take a look at the attached images what i have. One is for all feed i have one is a screenshot of one feed.

I did setup cron job like this but it doesn't work so it's probably wrong as nothing happens

/bin/wget -O /dev/null https://highlevelstudios.com/index.php?option=com_easyblog&task=cron

Thank you!
Hey Scott,

I am really sorry for the delay of this reply as it is a weekend for us here. Ah, it looks like you did not setup the cronjob for feed imports yet as we have separated the cronjobs for mail dispatcher and feed imports to avoid php time out.

You need to setup the following cronjob so that it automatically import feeds,



/bin/wget -O /dev/null "https://highlevelstudios.com/index.php?option=com_easyblog&task=cronfeed"
Mark
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Monday, 04 September 2017 01:39
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Can you tell by attached image if i did this correctly or what should i change?

If i go directly to that address, feed are imported.

Also, isn't this a security issue? Someone might spam that address and can look like a ddos attack?

Thanks!
Scott Eagle
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Tuesday, 05 September 2017 21:35
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Hey Scott,

Yep, the cron looks correct. You don't have to worry about others accessing the URL because EasyBlog is intelligent enough to know if these items are already imported

If they are already imported, it will not re-import them again.
Mark
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Tuesday, 05 September 2017 22:09
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