How to run a Python program automatically?

by: mnalevanko, 9 years ago


The wording of my question might be a little bit misleading. I am trying to figure out whether it is possible to make a Python program running on a remote server.

My plan is simple: I want to make a script that would automatically run once a day, go to a web page, parse it, register number of new highs and new lows in the stock market and add it to a file. All this would be done automatically at a pre-set time.

What is the proper way to do this?

Thank you very much!



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You want a cron.

Here's a tutorial on the crontab, within one of the Flask tutorials. You do NOT need to be using Flask to use a cronjob, nor do you even need to be using Python. It's purely a way to schedule tasks to run:

https://pythonprogramming.net/crontab-tutorial-basics/

-Harrison 9 years ago

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Thanks a lot. Looks like a new learning challenge ahead!

Mike

-mnalevanko 9 years ago

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