{"categories":[{"label":"Utilities","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/utilities/4"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Validates Unix cron expressions, matches them against specific datetimes, generates execution times within a date range, and provides a scheduler for running tasks on cron schedules.","skillfed_tags":["scheduling","cron","task-automation"],"use_cases":["Validate user-supplied cron expressions before storing or executing them in an application.","Find all times a cron schedule will fire between two dates for reporting or audit purposes.","Build a simple in-process task scheduler that runs callbacks on cron-defined intervals.","Test whether a specific datetime matches a cron expression in unit tests or data pipelines.","Parse and work with cron schedules in applications that need to integrate with cron-based workflows."],"what_it_does":"Cron Validator is a Python library for working with Unix cron expressions. It parses and validates cron syntax, tests whether a cron schedule matches a given datetime, generates all execution times matching a cron expression within a date range, and provides a simple scheduler loop for triggering tasks on cron intervals. The package also supports a subset of AWS EventBridge extended cron syntax (the 'L' and 'W' operators for day-of-month and day-of-week fields).\n\nThe library depends on python-dateutil and pytz for datetime handling and timezone support. It is a straightforward, single-purpose tool with no external system dependencies\u2014install via pip and import CronValidator or CronScheduler to start using it. The project has been abandoned since June 2023, so it receives no active maintenance.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you need lightweight cron expression parsing and scheduling in a Python application and can accept an unmaintained library. The low install friction, permissive license, and zero known vulnerabilities make it a low-risk choice for non-critical scheduling tasks. No, if you require active maintenance, ongoing bug fixes, or support for the full breadth of cron syntax variants."},"id":"cron-validator","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/cron-validator","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/cron-validator.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/cron-validator/"},"maintenance":{"status":"abandoned"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2023-06-19","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"cron-validator","python_support":"unspecified","summary":"Unix cron implementation by Python"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":1533411,"position":3803,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"1.0.8"}