A simple program running a dummy service

test.py

# test.py

from twisted.application import internet, service
from twisted.python import log
from twisted.python.logfile import DailyLogFile

from twisted.internet.task import LoopingCall

import os

class MyService(service.Service):
    def startService(self):
        service.Service.startService(self)
        self.call = LoopingCall(log.msg, 'This is a test message.')
        self.call.start(1.0)

    def stopService(self):
        self.call.cancel()
        return service.Service.stopService(self)

log.startLogging(DailyLogFile("message.log", '/tmp'))

application = service.Application("Test Application")

my_service = MyService()
my_service.setServiceParent(application)