Run python script in an range of hours

Question

can i run my script in an range of hours? For example: I would like to execute my script every day from 6am to 12 pm. At 12:01 pm i would like to kill the process

Thanks

PS: My script is hosted on heroku

Answer 1

TLDR; use cron in linux- make your python script executable then config your cron to run how ever you want.

In windows you can use a scheduled task.

Abit of explanation about cron - It's basically a time-based job scheduler in Unix-like computer operating systems.

Follow the link below for full explanation on how to run python scripts with crons.

https://medium.com/@gavinwiener/how-to-schedule-a-python-script-cron-job-dea6cbf69f4e

Alternatively if the heroku is running all the time you can use BackgroundScheduler() from APScheduler

reference - Scheduling a function to run every hour on Flask