How do I create a crontab through a script

Question

I need to add a cron job thru a script I run to set up a server. I am currently using Ubuntu. I can use crontab -e but that will open an editor to edit the curr

Answer 1

I have written a crontab deploy tool in python: https://github.com/monklof/deploycron

pip install deploycron

Install your crontab is very easy, this will merge the crontab into the system's existing crontab.

from deploycron import deploycron
deploycron(content="* * * * * echo hello > /tmp/hello")