How to run multiple curl requests, processed sequentially?

Question

Assuming I'm a big unix rookie, - I'm running a curl request through cron every 15 minutes. - Curl basically is used to load a web page (php) that given some arguments, acts as a script like:

curl http://mysite.com/?update_=1

What I would like to achieve is to run another "script" using this curl technique, - every time the other script is run - before the other script is run

I have read that curl accepts multiple urls in one command but i'm unsure if this would process the ulrs sequentially or in "parallel".

Answer 1

Write a script with two curl requests in desired order and run it by cron, like

#!/bin/bash
curl http://mysite.com/?update_=1
curl http://mysite.com/?the_other_thing

Answer 2

It would most likely process them sequentially (why not just test it). But you can also do this:

1) make a file called curlrequests.sh 2) put it in a file like thus:

curl http://mysite.com/?update_=1
curl http://mysite.com/?update_=3
curl http://mysite.com/?update_=234
curl http://mysite.com/?update_=65

3) save the file and make it executable with chmod:

chmod +x curlrequests.sh

4) run your file:

./curlrequests.sh

or

/path/to/file/curlrequests.sh

As a side note, you can chain requests with &&, like this:

curl http://mysite.com/?update_=1 && curl http://mysite.com/?update_=2 && curl http://mysite.com/?update_=3

And execute in parallel using &:

curl http://mysite.com/?update_=1 & curl http://mysite.com/?update_=2 & curl http://mysite.com/?update_=3