# Postgres as a CRON Server

DevFeed: [Postgres as a CRON Server](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/postgres-as-a-cron-server-494.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://supabase.com/blog/postgres-as-a-cron-server>)

Author: Paul Copplestone

Published: 2021-03-05T07:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Supabase Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/supabase-blog.md>)

Topics: [Supabase](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/supabase.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [Extension](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/extension.md>), [Script](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/script.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [extension](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/extension.md>), [http](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/http.md>), [payload](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/payload.md>), [postgres](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgres.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to use Postgres extensions with Supabase to schedule recurring jobs and send HTTP webhooks. It covers enabling the scheduling and HTTP extensions, granting access, and combining cron syntax with database functions to post payloads to external endpoints.

## Source excerpt

Running repetitive tasks with your Postgres database.