Demonstrating APScheduler on a Flask App.

flask_job_scheduler.py

#!/usr/bin/python3
""" Demonstrating APScheduler feature for small Flask App. """

from apscheduler.schedulers.background import BackgroundScheduler
from flask import Flask

def sensor():
    """ Function for test purposes. """
    print("Scheduler is alive!")

sched = BackgroundScheduler(daemon=True)
sched.add_job(sensor,'interval',seconds=60)
sched.start()

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route("/home")
def home():
    """ Function for test purposes. """
    return "Welcome Home :) !"

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run()

hi,
Thanks a lot for the demonstration.. but being a noob in Python I do not understand why a is not imcrementing in this small variation of your code...

#!/usr/bin/python3
""" Demonstrating APScheduler feature for small Flask App with args """

from apscheduler.schedulers.background import BackgroundScheduler
from flask import Flask
a = 1
b = "22"
def sensor(a,b):
""" Function for test purposes. """
a = a + 1
b = "33"
print("Scheduler is alive!",a,b)

sched = BackgroundScheduler(daemon=True)
sched.add_job(sensor,'interval',seconds=5,args = [a,b])
sched.start()
b = "44"
print ("final",a,b)
app = Flask(name)

@app.route("/")
def home():
""" Function for test purposes. """
return "Welcome Home :) ! " + str(a) + " " + b

if name == "main":
app.run(debug = True, port = 5000, host= '192.168.1.24')

Hi @clemefr

Sorry for such late answer.

Here I have your same code, with a small fix and with comments about your issue, so you can make comparisons with your original implementation. I would like to go further on improving this, but I rather let you see this situation, and if want a better feedback regarding your example, I could describe here as well:

#!/usr/bin/python3
""" Demonstrating APScheduler feature for small Flask App with args """

from apscheduler.schedulers.background import BackgroundScheduler
from flask import Flask

a = 1
b = "22"

def sensor(a, b):
    """ Function for test purposes. """
    # Notice: this increment is happening under the scope of
    # sensor() function, and not outside of it.
    # That means, you are incrementing the 'a' variable which
    # is inside the sensor() function, and not the 'a' variable
    # which is OUTSIDE of the function.
    a = a + 1
    b = "33"
    print("Scheduler is alive!", a, b)

sched = BackgroundScheduler(daemon=True)
sched.add_job(sensor,'interval', seconds=5, args=[a,b])
sched.start()

b = "44"
print ("Final: ",a ,b)

app = Flask(__name__) # Here is '__name__', and not 'name'.

@app.route("/")
def home():
    """ Function for test purposes. """
    return "Welcome Home :) ! " + str(a) + " " + b

if __name__ == "main": # Here is '__name__', and not 'name'.
    app.run(debug=True, port=5000, host='0.0.0.0')