---
title: Schedule Cron API
slug: cron-next
url: https://apyhub.com/dosvak/service/cron-next
provider: Dosvak LLC
categories: [Developer Tools, Standard Data]
tags: [cron, scheduling, datetime, developer-tools, job-scheduling]
auth: api_key
---

# Schedule Cron API

Compute the next fire times for a 5-field cron expression. Returns the original expression and an array of upcoming timestamps.

## Endpoints

| Method | Path | Description | Atoms |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GET | `` | What it does Returns the next fire times for a standard 5-field cron expression. You provide the cr… | 10 |

## About

## What it does
Cron Next Times returns the next scheduled fire times for a standard 5-field cron expression. Send an `expression` query parameter, and optionally `count` to control how many upcoming times you want back.

The response includes the original `expression` and a `next` array of timestamp strings. `count` defaults to 5 and can be set from 1 to 20, which makes this useful for previewing schedules before you save them, validating user-entered cron strings, or showing the next run times in an admin UI.

Use Cron Next Times when you need to check whether a cron pattern matches the cadence you expect. It is a small, focused utility for scheduling workflows, background jobs, and reminders where the next execution times need to be computed consistently from a cron expression.

## Usage

Authenticate with an ApyHub API key in the `apy-token` header.
Full docs and a live playground: https://apyhub.com/dosvak/service/cron-next