[SOLVED] triggering a python script in a spring scheduled task

Issue

I have a python script needs to be run periodically. At first, I could consider triggering this script via a cronjob task. However, in my case, I have to do this through spring. The solution I am thinking of is writing a scheduled task in my spring app, and then running the python script via command line call. Is this possible in spring?

Solution

Yes this is possible take a look at spring documentation:

https://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/current/spring-framework-reference/html/scheduling.html

You can enableScheduling with the

@EnableScheduling 

Annotation. Then you have to add the

@Scheduled(cron="*/5 * * * * MON-FRI")

Annotation to your function. Just start a Process in there which executes the Python script for you. Here is another link where it is explained how to start a python script from java in the console:

How to execute Python script from Java?

Hope that helps you.

Answered By - Gulliva