How to run a python code in background? [ANSWERED]

Question

I have made a python program to notify about news etc. after every hour but I'm unable to run it in the background 24*7. I've tried the 'pythonw' command but it isn't running.

Answer 1

This will help you:

https://therain.dev/four-ways-to-implement-background-jobs-in-JUMP_LINK__&&__python__&&__JUMP_LINK/

Answer 2

try this to debug:
pythonw.exe yourScript.pyw 1>stdout.txt 2>stderr.txt

can you post your script?

Answer 3

Abdurahman Jemal Adem
maybe Jitesh Singh can help explain what the main goal of the topic is.

It is not actually about ui and popups, but how to make a python program run invisibly in your computer or device. You cannot do this in Sololearn.

Answer 4

oh. I thought it was a lieral gui popup 😁. so i created them with pysimplegui.
Anyway, the main goal is scheduled background script execution.
The executed task can actually be anything.

Answer 5

JaScript
yes, async operations are probably better for more complex things

Answer 6

You can use this application, Sololearn, for your own code. Just click on the 'Create', then choose the language of your code and write down your code, and hit run.

Answer 7

It is a program to notify, it just make a notification pop on the screen.

Answer 8

I assume your script is running in a continuous loop? Are you sure it is not killed when the popup is closed? How about network connection? is it being automatically stopped for some other reason?

Answer 9

Yeah but , using time module, it sleeps for 1 hr than notifies again.

Answer 10

Looking at stackoverflow suggestions, maybe use the sched module for scheduling.
do a trial with smaller time interval first for testing.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59125493/how-to-constantly-run-JUMP_LINK__&&__python__&&__JUMP_LINK-script-in-the-background-on-windows

Answer 11

Jitesh Singh
it is an interesting idea. Here is my test. The code will not work in Sololearn, but I got it working as a hidden background process in my laptop.

https://sololearn.com/compiler-playground/cDFvvNI3QHD9/?ref=app

Answer 12

Bob_Li
There is no module with the name of "PySimpleGUI".

Answer 13

Abdurahman Jemal Adem
you can't run it here in Sololearn
you have to run it in a laptop or pc and also pip install the necessary modules.
Sololearn is just a learning platform. There are so many things you can do with an actual development setup.

Answer 14

Bob_Li
I have seen that. On here, the error it raises is no module with that name.

Answer 15

Abdurahman Jemal Adem
It has a popup gui, so it cannot be executed in Sololearn. Also, scheduled function execution is also probably impossible in Sololearn, since the playground have time limits...

Answer 16

Bob_Li My code is very much similar to yours except the fact that I have used plyer module instead of PySimpleGui but your code is wonderful.

Answer 17

Jitesh Singh pysimplegui is simpler. I will check out the plyer module.

plyer looks nice, mobile-centric. I have not played with the Kivy ecosystem for a long time. But I can't find any popup gui examples... maybe you mean Kivy Popup?

Answer 18

Bob_Li I think I didn't make you understand it very well. By a popup notification, I meant a simple alert notification appearing in the side of the screen.

Answer 19

Bob_Li
OK 👍 thanks

Answer 20

As Bob_Li said, the main goal was to run a python program as a background task and was not related to the source code.