Run Python Script at OS X Startup

Question

I am very new to python as well as MAC OSX. For my academic project I need to download a bunch of tweets from twitter using twitter streaming API. I need to download atleast

Answer 1

Adapt the following accordingly, name it something like myscript_launcher.plist, and put it in either one of three locations: /System/Library/LaunchAgents, /System/Library/LaunchDaemons, /Users//Library/LaunchAgents.

    Label
    my.python.script.name
    ProgramArguments
    
        /path/to/python
        /path/to/python/script.py
    
    StandardErrorPath
    /var/log/python_script.error
    KeepAlive
    

Also, let's assume you put the plist file in ~/Library/LaunchAgents. You can start and stop it with the launchctl. To start, use launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/myscript_launcher.plist. To stop it, do the same but use the unload argument