Scheduled Tasks
One solution is to use task queues. In Django it is easy to implement a task queue with a third-party library called "huey". It allows developers to specify when to execute a task using annotations:
@huey.periodic_task(crontab(minute='*'))
def print_time():
print(datetime.now())
This task would be executed every minute. Apart from scheduled tasks it also offers the option to execute tasks in the future.
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Executing tasks regularly in a Django web application
Some web applications periodically need to perform some sort of task (retrieve data from a remote location, perform data store cleanup, etc.). Sometimes these tasks would take too long for a regular request and the user should not have to wait until the task completes.
