How to make this script loop every hour

Question

I\'m creating a bot that posts every 60 minutes covid numbers, I have it finished but idk how to make it repeat. Any idea? It\'s a little project that I have in mind and it\'s t

Answer 1

You have to use a timer like this one below. (The function refresh refers to itself every hour)

from threading import Timer

def refresh(delay_repeat=3600): # 3600 sec for one hour
    # Your refresh script here
    # ....
    # timer
    Timer(delay_repeat, refresh, (delay_repeat, )).start()

Have a look at my runnable refresh graph here to have an idea : How can I dynamically update my matplotlib figure as the data file changes?

Answer 2

You might want to use a scheduler, there is already a built-in one in Python (sched), read more about it here: https://docs.python.org/3/library/sched.html

Answer 3

You can simply add this statement at the end of the code

sleep(3600)

If you want it to run endlessly, you can do it like this:

while True:
    insert your main code here
    sleep(3600)