philiprehberger-task-scheduler 0.1.1

Cron-like task scheduler with overlap prevention and interval support

philiprehberger-task-scheduler

Cron-like task scheduler with overlap prevention and interval support.

Install

pip install philiprehberger-task-scheduler

Usage

Cron Scheduling

from philiprehberger_task_scheduler import Scheduler

scheduler = Scheduler()

@scheduler.cron("*/5 * * * *")  # every 5 minutes
def check_health():
    ping_server()

@scheduler.cron("0 9 * * 1-5", overlap=False)  # weekdays at 9am
def daily_report():
    generate_and_send_report()

scheduler.start()  # blocks

Interval Scheduling

@scheduler.interval(seconds=30)
def poll_queue():
    process_messages()

@scheduler.interval(minutes=5, overlap=False)
def sync_data():
    pull_latest_data()

One-Shot Tasks

@scheduler.once(delay=10)  # run once after 10 seconds
def startup_task():
    warm_cache()

Background Mode

scheduler.start(background=True)
# ... your app continues running ...
scheduler.stop()

Programmatic API

scheduler.add("my-job", fn=my_function, cron="0 * * * *")
scheduler.add("poller", fn=poll, interval_seconds=60)
scheduler.remove("my-job")

Next Run Preview

for name, next_time in scheduler.next_runs():
    print(f"{name}: next at {next_time}")

Cron Syntax

Standard 5-field cron expressions:

┌───────────── minute (0-59)
│ ┌───────────── hour (0-23)
│ │ ┌───────────── day of month (1-31)
│ │ │ ┌───────────── month (1-12)
│ │ │ │ ┌───────────── day of week (0-6, Mon-Sun)
│ │ │ │ │
* * * * *

Supports: *, ranges (1-5), lists (1,3,5), steps (*/5).

License

MIT