Sometimes, we want to add a background thread to Python Flask.
In this article, we’ll look at how to add a background thread to Python Flask.
How to add a background thread to Python Flask?
To add a background thread to Python Flask, we can use the flask_apscheduler package.
To install it, we run
pip install Flask-APScheduler
Then we run it by writing
from flask import Flask
from flask_apscheduler import APScheduler
class Config(object):
JOBS = [
{
'id': 'job1',
'func': 'jobs:job1',
'args': (1, 2),
'trigger': 'interval',
'seconds': 10
}
]
SCHEDULER_API_ENABLED = True
def job1(a, b):
print(str(a), str(b))
if __name__ == '__main__':
app = Flask(__name__)
app.config.from_object(Config())
scheduler = APScheduler()
scheduler.init_app(app)
scheduler.start()
app.run()
to call app.config.from_object to add the job config in the Config instance.
Next, we create the scheduler APScheduler instance.
And then we call init_app with app to add the scheduler to the app.
Then we call start to start the scheduler.
