# Recurring web process

**URL:** <https://forum.xojo.com/t/recurring-web-process/88654>\
**Category:** Web\
**Created:** [July 23, 2026, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/recurring-web-process/88654 "2026-07-23T15:38:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_Fatte](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@John\_Fatte](https://forum.xojo.com/u/John_Fatte)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/recurring-web-process/88654/1 "2026-07-23T15:38:30Z")

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I’m looking for the best way to handle a recurring web process.

This web app needs to send a report every week at a specified day of the week. How best to do this?

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**Author:** ![Clifford\_Antrim](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/clifford_antrim/32/507_2.png) [@Clifford\_Antrim](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Clifford_Antrim)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/recurring-web-process/88654/2 "2026-07-23T15:48:35Z")

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I usually store the timestamp for the next report and set a timer to check DateTime.Now against the stored timestamp. My timer period is usually something like 5 minutes.

It’s been mentioned elsewhere on the forum that long-period timers should be avoided, but i’ve never tried a timer longer than 10 minutes so I have no experience with that.

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Wheel](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/christian_wheel/32/20536_2.png) [@Christian\_Wheel](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Christian_Wheel)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/recurring-web-process/88654/3 "2026-07-23T22:22:12Z")

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I find it’s easiest to put my report-generation routine into a standalone app and run it as a cronjob.

Edit: Another possibility is creating a special url in HandleURL to generate your report and then run curl as a cronjob to invoke it. Check Request.RemoteAddress to make sure it’s coming from the local machine for security, or build some kind of private key.