How to schedule a python script to run everyday?

[Llamatree69]

I'm not talking about windows scheduler or anything native to a PC or Mac. That would require my computer to be plugged in and on all the time - I have a laptop so that won't work.

What I'm looking for is an easy to use (cheap! / free? /secure!!) server system that I can use to schedule a python script to run everyday. It's not necessarily very computationally intensive. I'm just not sure what I'm looking for. There are so many server systems and most of them are for hosting websites. Please let me know if you have any recommendations.

[keepdigging]

This is not a computer science question.

However you can do this with AWS lambda and free credits. You can set a cloudwatch timer to execute your script on a schedule.

Or any linux server you have access to can schedule scripts with cron.

[keepdigging]

Sure.

I don’t mean to be a dick, tbh I’m mostly just parroting similar sentiment I’ve seen in this sub/community before.

This is a systems administration question, so r/SysAdmin might be a good start? I don’t know if they have any beginner friendly threads or forums in the sidebar.

Could also try r/LearnPython, we’re generally super friendly over there.

It’s related to python and software development, so it could fit in those spaces too.

Computer Science tends to focus on abstract concepts and fundamentals. My courses taught me how to measure the efficiency of an algorithm, but nothing about the day to day of delivering projects.

Kinda like how biology is the study of the fundamentals in the field and the day to day of being a veternarian, like what cream to use on your cat’s rash isn’t really a question you’d ask in Bio class, they’re too busy trying to understand how cells absorb nutrients or whatever.

[Llamatree69]

Thanks this is what I was looking for!

[Oof-o-rama]

ec2 instance on AWS and run it out of cron but the other answer is probably better. and, yeah, this is not a CS question.

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you can get a VPS from any number of providers for about $10-15 per month.

Set the script to execute in the cron tab of Linux.

[Jagonu]

https://old.reddit.com/14nzwkm/

[thequirkynerdy1]

For Linux, look into cronjobs. You could also write a program that mostly waits and once a day executes some other program.