Laravel - How to make Cron Job work on my localhost Windows - laravel

Question

I am consuming and external API using Guzzle. The I want to save into the database on my localhost before I eventually move it to the server.
Localhost:8888/myapp
It works on Postman and I could see the data when I used dd();
Console\Commands\UpdateCreateEmployee
<?php
namespace App\Console\Commands;
use Illuminate\Console\Command;
use App\Employee;
use Carbon\Carbon;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
use Exception;
use GuzzleHttp\Client;
use GuzzleHttp\ClientInterface;
use GuzzleHttp\Exception\GuzzleException;
class UpdateCreateEmployee extends Command
{
protected $signature = 'command:UpdateCreateEmployee';
protected $description = 'Update or Create Employee Profile';
public function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
}
public function handle()
{
$userCompany = Auth::user()->company_id;
$client = new Client();
$res = $client->request('GET','https://api.apptest.net/staff', [
'query' => ['key' => 'wwwwwwdddd']
])->getBody();
$clientdatas = json_decode($res->getContents(), true);
foreach($clientdatas as $clientdata)
{
$employee = HrEmployee::updateOrCreate([
'employee_code' => $clientdata->staff_id,
],
[
'username' => strtok($request->email_company, '#'),
'first_name' => $clientdata->first_name,
'last_name' => $clientdata->flast_name,
'other_name' => $clientdata->middle_name,
'date_of_birth' => Carbon::parse($clientdata['date_of_birth'])->toDateString(),
'hr_status' => $clientdata->hr_status,
'address' => $clientdata->address,
'company_id' => 1,
'country_name' => $clientdata->country,
'email' => $clientdata->email,
]);
//user
$user = User::updateOrCreate([
'email' => $employee->email,
],
[
'username' => $employee->username,
'password' => bcrypt("123456"),
'first_name' => $employee->first_name,
'last_name' => $employee->last_name,
]);
$user->assignRole('Employee');
$employee->update(['user_id' => $user->id]);
}
}
}
kernel
<?php
namespace App\Console;
use Illuminate\Console\Scheduling\Schedule;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Console\Kernel as ConsoleKernel;
class Kernel extends ConsoleKernel
{
protected $commands = [
'App\Console\Commands\UpdateCreateEmployee',
];
protected function schedule(Schedule $schedule)
{
$schedule->command('command:UpdateCreateEmployee')
->everyFifteenMinutes();
}
protected function commands()
{
$this->load(__DIR__.'/Commands');
require base_path('routes/console.php');
}
}
After fifteen minutes, I checked the database, there was nothing there.
How do I make it work on my localhost windows?
Thanks

Answer 1

The native way to use cron jobs under Windows environment is Task Scheduler.
Make a new task to run every minute:
Program script: path/to/your/php.exe
Add arguments: path/to/your/artisan schedule:run
More information can be found here: https://quantizd.com/how-to-use-laravel-task-scheduler-on-windows-10/