I am building a python script which needs to run infinitely on a server. It will access a Microsoft Exchange server and read mails, process them and trigger automated voice calls.
I have successfully implemented the automated call action. Presently the script runs on my PC. I have three questions.
If your goal is to run the python server as a service on the server, then more information about what type of server (windows/linux) is required. Assuming you are considering running it on an exchange server, I suppose it's most likely you'll want to run on Windows. This has been asked and answered here . In relation to your code, you will want to make sure your script can be handled as a library, and you won't want to call sys.exit
inside your code, but should rely on exceptions to pass up errors. My preferred pattern is something like
def main(argv=None):
# parse arguments if you have them and run the script
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
Then in your service you can import and call main(...)
without running another executable.
See #1. Whether it can run on that server depends on whether all of the required resources and files are available there. There is possibly a question of whether you would WANT to run the script on your exchange server. That answer depends on the load the script takes, how busy/active your server is, Whether you want the extra software installed on your server, etc.
Your best solution here will depend on your situation. If you can login and edit the files, then maybe that's what you do. If you want to edit them on your PC and then push them up, then there are solutions for that. All depends on what makes sense for your project/situation.
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