Service to host/run scheduled scripts through simple web interface?
Considering creating a service that:
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Allows you to upload/schedule scripts through lightweight web interface
-Create an account, upload script(s), set schedule and forget it -
Allows you to browse script ideas (a la Zapier/IFTT, but the scripts are actual code) from community
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Lets you to build out workflows/trigger runs of scripts sequentially
Target audience would be devs that want an easy place to dump random crons, more beginner-level folks that can learn to code through leveraging existing script examples on site.
Thoughts? Does something like this exist?
I've certainly occasionally wanted a thing like that. I just need something done, and I don't want the hassle of setting up a server just for one task.
Whether I'd pay for it is another matter - if I need it frequently, it's worth the bother of a one-time setup and I can have a DigitalOcean server from $5/month.
Technically, I see a variety of problems, which maybe you've thought of and solved. Mainly, some people aren't nice and will abuse it.
What kind of scripts do you have in mind? IFTTT has it:
https://ifttt.com/date_and_time
And also Zapier
https://zapier.com/apps/schedule/integrations
Which, by the way, just found googling
Looking to create a service that allows you to actually code scripts (e.g. in Python) and deploy them. Zapier and IFTTT interface through web UI.
To my knowledge there is nothing like that. But you should consider doing a serious market research before embarking on anything like that. I think that anybody who relates to those keywords will have no problem at all setting up a 1€/month cheap webserver and running a cron task.
Allowing people to run random scripts on your server is very delicate. Take a look at Travis for instance.