Schedule a Python script via batch on windows (using Anaconda)

Question

I have a script that i run every day and want to make a schedule for it, i have already tried a batch file with:

start C:\\Users\\name\\Miniconda3\\python.exe

Answer 1

I'd recommend creating an Anaconda environment with the packages you need, then using the python from that environment to run your script. Read about Anaconda environments here

For example...

Say you create an environment called cristians_env

conda create --name cristians_env

and you install the packages you need

conda install pandas

Then, all you need to do is this from your batch script (assuming you use Anaconda 2)

start C:\Users\name\Anaconda2\envs\cristians_env\bin\python C:\script.py

and voila! You're using your anaconda environment from your batch script!