From e2cb8b929bba51cbfa8c28200881899c451ec7d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frans de Jonge Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2018 21:08:41 +0100 Subject: [docs] Add note about specific user for webcron (#2142) * [docs] Add note about specific user for webcron Cf. https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/issues/613#issuecomment-353585547 * Small changes * Use one of the RFC addresses for examples --- docs/en/users/03_Main_view.md | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/en/users/03_Main_view.md') diff --git a/docs/en/users/03_Main_view.md b/docs/en/users/03_Main_view.md index 57eab192d..53d7131b6 100644 --- a/docs/en/users/03_Main_view.md +++ b/docs/en/users/03_Main_view.md @@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ Here is an example to trigger article update every hour. If you do not have access to the installation server scheduled task, you can still automate the update process. -To do so, you need to create a scheduled task, which need to call a specific URL: https://your.server.net/FreshRSS/p/i/?c=feed&a=actualize (it could be different depending on your installation). Depending on your application authentication method, you need to adapt the scheduled task. +To do so, you need to create a scheduled task, which need to call a specific URL: https://freshrss.example.net/i/?c=feed&a=actualize (it could be different depending on your installation). Depending on your application authentication method, you need to adapt the scheduled task. #### No authentication This is the most straightforward since you have a public instance; there is nothing special to configure: ```cron -0 * * * * curl 'https://your.server.net/FreshRSS/p/i/?c=feed&a=actualize' +0 * * * * curl 'https://freshrss.example.net/i/?c=feed&a=actualize' ``` ### Form authentication @@ -60,16 +60,21 @@ You can also configure an authentication token to grant a special right on the s The scheduled task syntax to use will be the following: ```cron -0 * * * * curl 'https://your.server.net/FreshRSS/p/i/?c=feed&a=actualize&token=my-token' +0 * * * * curl 'https://freshrss.example.net/i/?c=feed&a=actualize&token=my-token' ``` +You can also target a different user by adding their username to the query string, with `&user=insert-username`: + +```cron +0 * * * * curl 'https://freshrss.example.net/i/?c=feed&a=actualize&user=someone&token=my-token' +``` ### HTTP authentication In that case, the syntax in the two previous section are unusable. It means that you need to provide your credentials to the scheduled task. **Note that this method is highly discouraged since it means that your credentials will be in plain sight!** ```cron -0 * * * * curl -u alice:password123 'https://your.server.net/FreshRSS/p/i/?c=feed&a=actualize' +0 * * * * curl -u alice:password123 'https://freshrss.example.net/i/?c=feed&a=actualize' ``` ## Manual update -- cgit v1.2.3