> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.still200.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Scheduled job examples

> Instrument shell and Python jobs safely.

## Shell

Use a trap so failures report even when the job exits early:

```bash theme={null}
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -Eeuo pipefail

: "${STILL200_PING_TOKEN:?STILL200_PING_TOKEN must be set}"
readonly STILL200_API_URL="https://api.still200.com"

report_failure() {
  local exit_code=$?
  curl --silent --show-error --request POST \
    "$STILL200_API_URL/jobs/ping/fail" \
    --header "Still200-Ping-Token: $STILL200_PING_TOKEN" \
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    --data "{\"error_message\":\"Job exited with code $exit_code\"}" || true
  exit "$exit_code"
}

trap report_failure ERR

curl --fail --silent --show-error --request POST \
  "$STILL200_API_URL/jobs/ping/start" \
  --header "Still200-Ping-Token: $STILL200_PING_TOKEN"

./run-backup.sh

curl --fail --silent --show-error --request POST \
  "$STILL200_API_URL/jobs/ping/finish" \
  --header "Still200-Ping-Token: $STILL200_PING_TOKEN"
```

## Python

```python theme={null}
import os

import httpx

BASE_URL = "https://api.still200.com/jobs/ping"
PING_TOKEN = os.environ["STILL200_PING_TOKEN"]
HEADERS = {"Still200-Ping-Token": PING_TOKEN}


def run_job() -> None:
    with httpx.Client(timeout=10) as client:
        client.post(f"{BASE_URL}/start", headers=HEADERS).raise_for_status()

        try:
            perform_work()
        except Exception as exc:
            client.post(
                f"{BASE_URL}/fail",
                headers=HEADERS,
                json={"error_message": str(exc)},
            ).raise_for_status()
            raise
        else:
            client.post(f"{BASE_URL}/finish", headers=HEADERS).raise_for_status()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    run_job()
```

<Tip>
  Give ping requests their own short timeout. Monitoring should report the job without making the job wait indefinitely on the monitoring service.
</Tip>