Schedule jobs with schedule module

Hi Pythonistas!

Today we will learn a package called schedule. This module is used to run python functions periodically using friendly syntax. Let us check what are the features of this package.

• A simple to use API for scheduling jobs, made for humans.
• In-process scheduler for periodic jobs. No extra processes needed!
• Very lightweight and no external dependencies.
• Excellent test coverage.
• Tested on Python and 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11

Installation

pip install schedule

Code

import schedule
import time

def job():
    print("I'm working...")

schedule.every(10).seconds.do(job)
schedule.every(10).minutes.do(job)
schedule.every().hour.do(job)
schedule.every().day.at("10:30").do(job)
schedule.every(5).to(10).minutes.do(job)
schedule.every().monday.do(job)
schedule.every().wednesday.at("13:15").do(job)
schedule.every().day.at("12:42", "Europe/Amsterdam").do(job)
schedule.every().minute.at(":17").do(job)

def job_with_argument(name):
    print(f"I am {name}")

schedule.every(1).seconds.do(job_with_argument, name="Peter")

while True:
    schedule.run_pending()
    time.sleep(1)

schedule.every(10).seconds.do(job) - This will run the code every 10s. Every 10 we get “I’m working” on our terminal

schedule.every(10).minutes.do(job) - This will run the code every 10 minutes.

schedule.every().hour.do(job) - This will run the code every hours

schedule.every().day.at("10:30").do(job) - This will run the code every day at 10:30.

Note: Time in 24 hours format

schedule.every(5).to(10).minutes.do(job) - This will run the code at irregular (random) intervals. But the random value N is such a way the 5<= N <= 10

schedule.every().monday.do(job) - This will run the code on every monday

schedule.every().wednesday.at("13:15").do(job) - This will run the code on every wednesday at 13:15

schedule.every().day.at("12:42", "Europe/Amsterdam").do(job) - This will run the code at 12:42 in Amsterdam timezone

schedule.every().minute.at(":17").do(job) - This will run the code on every minute at 17th seconds

Schedule a function with argument

schedule.every(1).seconds.do(job_with_argument, name="Peter") - Here name is the argument to the function job_with_argument any arguments can be passed as keyword argument 

Code

while True:
    schedule.run_pending()
    time.sleep(.5)

schedule.run_pending() - Check for the pending jobs and runs.

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