If you are using PythonAnywhere, they have Scheduled Tasks and (for paid accounts) an Aways-on Task. These are very simple to use. I use them for managing the queue of outgoing emails.
Andy On Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at 5:09:15 PM UTC+10 mostwanted wrote: > You are on point Jim, you get what i'm trying to achieve, let me see if i > can put it together. > > Regards; > > On Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at 8:48:34 PM UTC+2 Jim S wrote: > >> Ah, so this sounds a little different than what I thought you were after. >> >> Looks like you want to run a task at a regularly scheduled time, not >> based on something that you've triggered in your application. >> >> Given that information, I'd turn to the scheduler on my host system. Are >> you running Linux then I'd just create a cron job. Windows - add it to the >> windows scheduler (they still have that on windows server, right?) >> >> Then I would go here -> >> http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/04/the-core#Command-line-options >> >> to learn how to craft a command that would call my script to determine >> who to send emails to, and then send them. >> >> Does that help? >> >> (or, please correct me if my understanding of your problem is still off) >> >> -Jim >> >> >> On Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at 11:59:02 AM UTC-5, mostwanted wrote: >>> >>> Hey Jim, I'm failing to understand the scheduler, please if its not a >>> bother simplify it for me. In my script below I wanna send users who host >>> stuff on my site emails when their subscription is left with 7 days to >>> expire. Ideally twice a week for these 7 days. I'm hosting my app with >>> pythonanywhere. How do i put it together? >>> >>> *CODE*: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *import datetimedef email_reminder(): >>> dt=db(db.house_owner).select() for dt in dt: >>> now_dt=dt.expiry_date-request.now.date() >>> now_dt2=now_dt.days new_con=dt.controller+1 if >>> now_dt2 <= 7: mail.send(to=dt.email_address,subject="House >>> Hosting Reminder",message ='Hello %s %s, \nThis is a reminder that your >>> house listing with our service will expire in %d days. \nTo increase your >>> suscription time or for further details please contact us at the given >>> details.\n\nBest regards;' % (dt.Name, dt.Surname, now_dt2)) >>> db(db.house_owner.controller).update(controller=new_con)* >>> >>> *Regards; * >>> >>> On Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at 4:02:42 PM UTC+2 Jim S wrote: >>> >>>> The web2py scheduler pretty much is a background task that runs >>>> unnoticed. >>>> >>>> I use it in a number of places to queue hundreds or thousands of >>>> outbound emails. I like the scheduler because it then also servers as a >>>> log of the emails that were sent. >>>> >>>> If that isn't what you're looking for then how about celery or >>>> redis-queue? But, they are a bother because then you have more services >>>> you need to grok, start up and manage. The web2py scheduler takes care of >>>> all of that for you. Let me know if you want to see a sample of how we >>>> handle it. >>>> >>>> -Jim >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at 8:41:27 AM UTC-5, mostwanted wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Is there a way to have a function always running without having to use >>>>> a scheduler? >>>>> I have a function that i want to always send emails based on its >>>>> arguments & conditions but i want it to run in the background unnoticed >>>>> like a worker but not run by a scheduler, is this possible? I hope my >>>>> question is clear. >>>>> >>>>> Regards; >>>>> >>>>> Mostwanted >>>>> >>>> -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/b09e640c-fd89-4d03-803a-53b5f9e91df2n%40googlegroups.com.
