Set up a scheduled job?

Question

I\'ve been working on a web app using Django, and I\'m curious if there is a way to schedule a job to run periodically.

Basically I just want to run through the dat

Answer 1

I just thought about this rather simple solution:

1. Define a view function do_work(req, param) like you would with any other view, with URL mapping, return a HttpResponse and so on.
2. Set up a cron job with your timing preferences (or using AT or Scheduled Tasks in Windows) which runs curl http://localhost/your/mapped/url?param=value.

You can add parameters but just adding parameters to the URL.

Tell me what you guys think.

[Update] I'm now using runjob command from django-extensions instead of curl.

My cron looks something like this:

@hourly python /path/to/project/manage.py runjobs hourly

... and so on for daily, monthly, etc'. You can also set it up to run a specific job.

I find it more managable and a cleaner. Doesn't require mapping a URL to a view. Just define your job class and crontab and you're set.