# Is it possible? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [May 21, 2009, 4:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-it-possible/168503 "2009-05-21T16:08:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Abhishek\_shukla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Abhishek\_shukla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Abhishek_shukla)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 4:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-it-possible/168503/1 "2009-05-21T16:08:08Z")
Hello G.s, I have a requirement in which a cron will run everyday and a rake file will execute along with rake file i need to javascript function so just wanted to know is there any way i can run a javascript. Regards Abhishek S. ---
**Author:** ![Abhishek\_shukla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Abhishek\_shukla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Abhishek_shukla)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-it-possible/168503/2 "2009-05-21T18:10:45Z")
Helloo Abhishek, On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 19:37 +0530, Abhishek shukla wrote: > Hello G.s, > I have a requirement in which a cron will run everyday and a rake file > will execute along with rake file i need to javascript function so > just wanted to know is there any way i can run a javascript. Cron and rake are server-side tools. Javascript runs in the browser. You can’t, AFAIK, run Javascript from the server. What is it, exactly, that you think you need Javascript to do? Best regards. Bill ---
**Author:** ![Abhishek\_shukla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Abhishek\_shukla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Abhishek_shukla)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-it-possible/168503/3 "2009-05-21T18:25:58Z")
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 9:10 AM, bill walton [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > You can’t, AFAIK, run Javascript from the server. What is it, exactly, > that you think you need Javascript to do? > > Best regards. > Bill You want to take a look at what the guys did over at Aptana: [http://ejohn.org/blog/server-side-javascript-with-jaxer](http://ejohn.org/blog/server-side-javascript-with-jaxer) [http://www.aptana.com/jaxer](http://www.aptana.com/jaxer) Good luck, -Conrad ---
**Author:** ![Abhishek\_shukla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Abhishek\_shukla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Abhishek_shukla)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-it-possible/168503/4 "2009-05-22T15:57:54Z")
Hello Bill, Basically i am calling a third party javascript api after a signup action. And we have a monthly renewal of account as well which execute through a rake command and even that time i’ll need to run this Javascript api ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Abhishek\_shukla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Abhishek\_shukla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Abhishek_shukla)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-it-possible/168503/5 "2009-05-22T17:05:16Z")
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 6:56 AM, Abhishek shukla [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Basically i am calling a third party javascript api after a signup action. > And we have a monthly renewal of account as well which execute through a > rake command and even that time i’ll need to run this Javascript api ☹ You don’t “run” an api. What action is being invoked, and where is it supposed to take place? – Hassan S. ------------------------ removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![Abhishek\_shukla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Abhishek\_shukla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Abhishek_shukla)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-it-possible/168503/6 "2009-05-21T20:22:06Z")
Is there any reason you can’t convert the javascript to Ruby?