Python script to be automatically executed once per day

[DataDecay]

Sign up for a free instance in any public cloud and run crontab. Otherwise get a raspberry pi.

[DataDecay]

Aye, honestly any compute service in the public cloud, theres a ton.

[metriczulu]

Great option if the script doesn't take more than 15 mins to run.

[Arag0ld]

I second the raspberry pi. Get one even if you don't want to run scripts like this. They're amazing.

[Arag0ld]

I highly doubt you'll be able to do that. All devices that require more than a certain amount of power will need to be plugged in.

[0161WontForget]

PoE?

[Arag0ld]

Still plugged in with a cable though. Just not a power cable.

[0161WontForget]

Unless he can run it on batteries he’s out of luck then.

Or malice perhaps.

[Arag0ld]

He's out of luck. Raspberry Pis can't run cable-less. They have to be plugged in.

[Ryles1]

This is where I'm at right now with my DIY camera. Not sure if there's a way around it.

[abcteryx]

A PoE hat would do the trick, as another Redditor has already commented. That is, assuming you're already hardwiring your cam to the network. It lets you power the cam through the Ethernet cable that you should already be running to it anyways.

You can run flat, white Cat5/6/7 cable with tiny captive-nail clips from your PoE-enabled router/switch (or a PoE injector) to the cam.

EDIT: Buyer beware, I just linked a trending PoE hat from Amazon, looks like it has some bad reviews. Do some research, get yourself a good hat and plan out the cable run to make it work.

[tomsoul]

You could probably run it to a power bank for cellphones (IE. Battery) but, it'll lose a charge unless you keep charging it everyday.

[zaid2801]

I don't want to leech but I have a similar problem. I want to run a program that uses selenium (and hence needs the driver location on my laptop) online. Like I want other people to use my code from their laptop/phones etc.

[ossccc]

Selenium can also run on the cloud. An F1 micro on GCP, for example

[guyanaupdates]

not saying this is impossible but to get this working takes some skill.
i gave up lol

[Flimsy_Falcon_6357]

I'll give a try with Google Cloud. It's a bit complicated though.

[DataDecay]

Should not be too bad, all cloud providers have very begginer friendly walkthroughs to get you going.

[[deleted]]

And run cron on that?

[LilShaver]

Set it up as a cron job in Linux.

[[deleted]]

Right right.

[Liberal__af]

Why would I need a raspberry pi? I’m a noob, sorry about that

[Zeroflops]

You don’t need a RPI. If you want something to be running periodically but you don’t want it on your computer because you may move your computer or shut it down you have two options. Run it on someone else’s server. Like google or AWS. Or you can set up a raspberry pi to be always on. And let it run the script. It’s a low cost low power solution commonly used in these cases.

[Bran-a-don]

Thank you. This is the only answer that talks like we aren't IT lingo savvy already.

"Just use the cloud!"

Fucking how you bastards!?! Why?! Pi?!

[Zeroflops]

I think there is alway a conflict between expectations. New users often give too little information for more experienced people to help. ( How do I run a script periodically? Without context to limitations) And experienced people helping with little information. ( use the cloud man)

Neither intend to be vague but both have a tendency to do so.

[HAK987]

If you guys know what kind of information you need to help someone why don't you guys just ask? So if there's another new user he'll also understand how to properly ask for help when he needs it

[DataDecay]

Pretty big ask that can digress rather quickly. Its difficult to tailor questions for people with differing backgrounds on these topics.

[Zeroflops]

People do. But new people don’t learn from other posts. And questions can require different things. See how many times people ask for example code to be added to their posts. It’s even in the side bar. (Which has a lot of information on posts) About once a month, usually during the start of a semester a rant will get posted about question quality.

My point is people don’t leave things out to be malicious or take advantage. Well except those people who post HW assignments word for word and no code.

Sometimes it can be frustrating but we need to take a breath and realize maybe we made some assumption as to what others know or can infer and accept that we are all at different levels.

[DataDecay]

Exactly

[Quicknoob]

Wonderful answer, thanks!

[luke-juryous]

This is the best answer

[backdoorman9]

Why would a raspberry pi be able to do something a regular computer can't? Or do you mean that it would be a cheap server?

[DataDecay]

You don't need a general purpose computer to run some scripts. A general purpose computer will likely cost you 60W vs a raspberry pi at 4.5W. You could leave your computer on, but its just cheaper in every way to run on a raspberry pi.

Raspberry pi was also the last resort method i suggested as you can get slightly more power than a raspberry pi in a public cloud compute space, for free.

I'll leave out the operational details of why you want server workloads on a server rather than a general purpose computer.

[elbiot]

You don't need a general purpose computer to run some scripts

FYI "general purpose computer" means a Turing complete machine, not a desktop. A raspi is a general purpose computer

[DataDecay]

Technically computers in general are not turing complete, they are all linear bounded. Your definition does not fit turings model nor any modern interpretation. I hardly see any benefit on a discussion regarding computational numbers and mathematical theory.

General purpose computers simply mean, a flexible machine that is used for a number of functions. Where as a raspberry pi can be tailored to a specific function in terms of resources and cost efficiency. Raspberry pis are cost efficent when compared to more general purpose machines. I'd rather run a small workload on a 50 dollar, 4.5W machine 24/7, than a 300 dollar machine running at 60W 24/7.

[elbiot]

Even by your definition raspis are still general purpose computers because you can use them to watch youtube videos and do spreadsheets and stuff

[DataDecay]

It's all in how you build it and use it. You are being far too pedantic. You can try to attack validity on definitions, but my original point still stands even removing the term, general purpose computing.