How do you run a Python script as a service in Windows?

Question

I am sketching the architecture for a set of programs that share various interrelated objects stored in a database. I want one of the programs to act as a service which prov

Answer 1

nssm in python 3+

(I converted my .py file to .exe with pyinstaller)

nssm: as said before

• run nssm install {ServiceName}

• On NSSM´s console:

  path: path\to\your\program.exe

  Startup directory: path\to\your\ #same as the path but without your program.exe

  Arguments: empty

If you don't want to convert your project to .exe

• create a .bat file with python {{your python.py file name}}
• and set the path to the .bat file