node-cronlog is lightweight node-js script that helps to log cron jobs (or other scripts) and send an email if something went wrong (using nodemailer + Gmail).

OPTIONAL: If you want to receive alerts via email if something went wrong

Create a file named ~/.cronlog/.env

GMAIL_USER="[email protected]"
GMAIL_PWD="**********"
MAIL_TO="[email protected]"

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you have enabled 2FA on your GMAIL account, you need to create an "App-specific password" from your gmail account settings.

First, run npm install to install the dependencies.

Then, call the script.

# Launch the script
/path/to/cronlog.js <jobname> /path/to/command [options...] 

To use the script from CRON, install the package globally npm install -g /path/to/node-cronlog

* * * * * cronlog my_job_name echo "MY SCRIPT WORKS WELL"

The last result of each job will be stored in a SQLite file at ~/.cronlog/cronlog.sqlite