Cron Jobs not working

[OlavJ]

Ok so i am running a store and im using cron jobs to automaticly check a url for new orders but it doesnt work.
When i enter the url manually it works and it registers new orders and assigns them an api, but when i try to use cron jobs nothing happens
This is the command im running: wget --spider -O - http://example/cron/order >/dev/null 2>&1

Ive also tried countless variation but nothing works, like curl http://example.com/cron/order >/dev/null 2>&1

 

[quietFinn]

In crontab jobs you must use the full path, i.e. /usr/bin/wget

 

[OlavJ]

im trying to get it to open a url, i dont need to use a path for that

 

[cPRex]

He's saying for any commands that you use, you need to enter the full path as cron itself doesn't have a PATH directory or a home shell.

I would try using this in the cron command to see if that gives you better results:

/usr/bin/wget --spider -O - http://example/cron/order >/dev/null 2>&1

If not, you'll need to isolate the issue a bit more by confirming if the cron itself is actually not running through the cron logs, or if the content just isn't working how you expect.

 

[OlavJ]

I tried the new code and it still does not work
The problem is i don't have access to the logs as i dont have a dedicated server, im 99% sure the cron is running as im getting emails when i remove the " >/dev/null 2>&1 "
When i assign order id's manually and enter the "example.com/order" in my browser it successfully assigns order ids so the link is also fine. The cron is just not doing what its supposed to do

 

[cPRex]

If that is the case, you'll need to reach out to your hosting provider or datacenter to have them check the cron system, since you don't have enough access to be able to determine what the root cause of your issue may be.