---
title: "Describe cron expressions and compute upcoming run times."
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/cron"
tags: ["Web Tools"]
---

# Describe cron expressions and compute upcoming run times.

`POST /api/v1/cron`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://programmes.net`
- URL: `https://programmes.net/api/v1/cron`
- Auth: none declared

Cron Expression Parser. Operations: `describe` — Produce a human-readable description of a cron expression. `next-runs` — Compute the next N run times for a cron expression.

## Request body

- union
  - CronDescribe: Produce a human-readable description of a cron expression.
    - `operation` 'describe', required
    - `input` string: A 5- or 6-field cron expression.
    - `options` object
  - CronNextRuns: Compute the next N run times for a cron expression.
    - `operation` 'next-runs', required
    - `input` string: A 5- or 6-field cron expression.
    - `options` object
      - `count` integer: How many runs to return.

## Response `200`

The operation ran.

- object
  - `ok` unknown, required
  - `tool` 'cron', required
  - `operation` 'describe' | 'next-runs', required
  - `result` unknown, required

## Other responses

- `400`: The request is not valid (https://programmes.net/api#invalid-request); The tool has no such operation (https://programmes.net/api#unknown-operation)
- `404`: No such tool (https://programmes.net/api#unknown-tool)
- `413`: The request or its input is too large (https://programmes.net/api#content-too-large)
- `415`: The body must be JSON (https://programmes.net/api#unsupported-media-type)
- `422`: An option is missing, of the wrong type or out of range (https://programmes.net/api#invalid-options); This call needs more CPU than one API call may use (https://programmes.net/api#refused); The operation could not process the input (https://programmes.net/api#tool-error)
- `429`: Too many requests (https://programmes.net/api#rate-limited)
- `500`: Internal error (https://programmes.net/api#internal-error)

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