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Using the schedule Library for Python

Why schedule

It’s simple for:

“run every hour”
“run at 09:00 daily”

Example

schedule_example.py

import schedule
import time
 
 
def job():
    print("running")
 
 
schedule.every(10).seconds.do(job)
 
while True:
    schedule.run_pending()
    time.sleep(1)

schedule_example.py

import schedule
import time
 
 
def job():
    print("running")
 
 
schedule.every(10).seconds.do(job)
 
while True:
    schedule.run_pending()
    time.sleep(1)

Notes

this keeps a process running
for server deployment, cron/systemd is usually better

🧪 Try It Yourself

Exercise 1 – List Files with os.listdir

Exercise 2 – Join Paths with os.path.join

Exercise 3 – Write and Read a File

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