How to perform periodic task with Flask in Python

Question

I\'ve been using Flask to provide a simple web API for my k8055 USB interface board; fairly standard getters and putters, and Flask really made my life a lot easier.

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Answer 1

For my Flask application, I contemplated using the cron approach described by Pashka in his answer, the schedule library, and APScheduler.

I found APScheduler to be simple and serving the periodic task run purpose, so went ahead with APScheduler.

Example code:

from flask import Flask

from apscheduler.schedulers.background import BackgroundScheduler


app = Flask(__name__)

def test_job():
    print('I am working...')

scheduler = BackgroundScheduler()
job = scheduler.add_job(test_job, 'interval', minutes=1)
scheduler.start()