maybe this online cron can help. https://www.easycron.com/
Em qui., 3 de set. de 2020 às 02:31, Andy W <andywebster...@gmail.com> escreveu: > 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 web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/b09e640c-fd89-4d03-803a-53b5f9e91df2n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/b09e640c-fd89-4d03-803a-53b5f9e91df2n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/CAEM0BxNAVQjOBB-nMv_EFMfNHd%3D4qr3CWAAS08My2faYmVgViQ%40mail.gmail.com.
