Here I have created Django cronjob by using django-crontab
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pip install django-crontab in terminal
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add it to installed apps in django settings.py: INSTALLED_APPS = ( 'django_crontab', ... )
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Now create a new method in cron.py which must be in your application folder that should be executed by cron every 5 minutes, f.e. in myapp/cron.py:
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def my_scheduled_job(): pass
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now add this to your settings.py: CRONJOBS = [ ('*/5 * * * *', 'myapp.cron.my_scheduled_job'), ]
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you can also define positional and keyword arguments which let you call django management commands:
CRONJOBS = [ ('*/5 * * * *', 'myapp.cron.other_scheduled_job', ['arg1', 'arg2'], {'verbose': 0}), ('0 4 * * *', 'django.core.management.call_command', ['clearsessions']),
('0 0 1 * *', 'myapp.cron.my_scheduled_job', '>> /tmp/scheduled_job.log'),('0 0 1 * *', 'myapp.cron.other_scheduled_job', ['myapp']), ('0 0 * * 0', 'django.core.management.call_command', ['dumpdata', 'auth'], {'indent': 4}, '> /home/john/backups/last_sunday_auth_backup.json'),
] ]
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Inally run this command to add all defined jobs from CRONJOBS to crontab (of the user which you are running this command with):
python manage.py crontab add
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show current active jobs of this project: python manage.py crontab show
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removing all defined jobs is straight forward: python manage.py crontab remove
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