schedule

Python job scheduling for humans. Run Python functions (or any other callable) periodically using a friendly syntax.

• A simple to use API for scheduling jobs, made for humans.
• In-process scheduler for periodic jobs. No extra processes needed!
• Very lightweight and no external dependencies.
• Excellent test coverage.
• Tested on Python and 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9

Usage

$ pip install schedule

import schedule
import time

def job():
    print("I'm working...")

schedule.every(10).seconds.do(job)
schedule.every(10).minutes.do(job)
schedule.every().hour.do(job)
schedule.every().day.at("10:30").do(job)
schedule.every(5).to(10).minutes.do(job)
schedule.every().monday.do(job)
schedule.every().wednesday.at("13:15").do(job)
schedule.every().day.at("12:42", "Europe/Amsterdam").do(job)
schedule.every().minute.at(":17").do(job)

def job_with_argument(name):
    print(f"I am {name}")

schedule.every(10).seconds.do(job_with_argument, name="Peter")

while True:
    schedule.run_pending()
    time.sleep(1)

Documentation

Schedule's documentation lives at schedule.readthedocs.io.

Meta

Daniel Bader - @dbader_org - mail@dbader.org

Inspired by Adam Wiggins' article "Rethinking Cron" and the clockwork Ruby module.

Distributed under the MIT license. See LICENSE.txt for more information.

https://github.com/dbader/schedule