async_schedule_task_periodically

import asyncio
    
async def run_periodically(wait_time, func, *args):
    """
    Helper for schedule_task_periodically.
    Wraps a function in a coroutine that will run the
    given function indefinitely
    :param wait_time: seconds to wait between iterations of func
    :param func: the function that will be run
    :param args: any args that need to be provided to func
    """
    while True:
        func(*args)
        await asyncio.sleep(wait_time)

def schedule_task_periodically(wait_time, func, *args):
    """
    Schedule a function to run periodically as an asyncio.Task
    :param wait_time: interval (in seconds)
    :param func: the function that will be run
    :param args: any args needed to be provided to func
    :return: an asyncio Task that has been scheduled to run
    """
    return asyncio.create_task(run_periodically(wait_time, func, *args))