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pythontimeautomationgeojson
LiamHems
LiamHems

Reputation: 121

Creating automated python scripts that run every minute

I have currently created a python script that runs when I double click and open it. It then creates/overwrites a geojson file. I would like to automate this script to run every minute. I have used:

import time

while True:
    # code goes here
    time.sleep(60)

This code works. However, it only works when I have the python file opened up by double clicking it. If I do not have it opened, the code does not run and the file will not be overwritten. Is there a piece of code I can write to tell python to run the code, even if the .py file is not open?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 550

Answers (1)

Stefano Fiorucci - anakin87
Stefano Fiorucci - anakin87

Reputation: 3536

I don't think you can run any code if the computer is off.

You need your script running on a server that is always on.

In any case, I would use a cronjob to start your script every minute. The code you are using only starts sleep after the actual job, so the job does not repeat precisely every minute.

Upvotes: 1

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