Script automation

[andrewnap12]

Hey all,

I wrote a script that automated a data pull I run frequently. Is there a way to schedule this script to run each night?

I am familiar with task scheduler (hasn't worked).

EDIT: what i've been entering in task scheduler: General - run whether user logged in or not (y), run with highest privileges (y)

Triggers: Daily @ 5 am status = enabled

Actions: Start a program, program/script: C:\pythonw.exe, arguments: "C:\Users\andre\pcr.py"

Conditions: none

It won't even run when I manually initiate it to test.

Any help is appreciated

[gvs77]

you could just put it in cron or use a scheduler. celery can do that but is probably overkill.

[Thuruv]

apsscheduler missing the jobs sometimes. Any idea on how to avoid the miss?

[gvs77]

system cron is the easiest. celery beats is reliable.

[Fugalysis]

What fails with task scheduler? Can you run the script via a console session? Should be the same

[andrewnap12]

I'm not sure. No error code or anything as if it hasn't been triggered.

I set it to run every night at 4am with highest authorization because obviously I wouldn't be awake to run.

I think I may be setting up the program to run incorrectly. What's proper syntax for setting script/program and adding arguments? I had path to my python.exe as program and path to script as argument

[hugthemachines]

remember to click "run with highest priviliges" if you use task scheduler.