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Scheduling a periodic update on kvstore using python

vinay3006 — Sun, 07 Jun 2020 18:23:31 GMT

Hi
I have a python code which pulls data from a source using REST API and updates the KVStore collection. However i want this to run on a period basis say once in 24 hours. What is the best way to schedule this?
Regards,
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Re: Scheduling a periodic update on kvstore using python

richgalloway — Wed, 25 Mar 2020 14:26:33 GMT

You could use cron or you could create a scripted input that runs your python daily. I prefer the latter.

Re: Scheduling a periodic update on kvstore using python

vinay3006 — Wed, 25 Mar 2020 14:35:34 GMT

for scripted inputs, I do not have any data to index, i would like to use only the kvstore collections. Is it possible to run the scripts without indexing data?

Re: Scheduling a periodic update on kvstore using python

richgalloway — Wed, 25 Mar 2020 16:52:02 GMT

If the script does not write anything to stdout then nothing will be indexed.