Can't start the scheduled jobs properly

Hi there,

I’m trying to use schedule to runs two simple task in the background on a small project. And I don’t know how to start it properly.

My code:

schedule.py

import threading, time, schedule

def run_continuously(interval=1):
    cease_continuous_run = threading.Event()

    class ScheduleThread(threading.Thread):
        @classmethod
        def run(cls):
            while not cease_continuous_run.is_set():
                schedule.run_pending()
                time.sleep(interval)
        continuous_thread = ScheduleThread()
        continuous_thread.start()
        return cease_continuous_run

def sunday():
    now = datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
    if now == 'any chosen date':
        do my thing ...
    else:
        print('print a message')

def hour_job():
    now = datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
    if now == 'another chosen date':
        do my other thing ...
    else:
        print('print another message')

schedule.every().sunday.at("14:00").do(sunday)
schedule.every(2).hours.do(hour_job)

cease_continuous_run = run_continuously()
time.sleep(1)
stop_run_continuously.set() # even if I comment this line the jobs do not start

# and when I did an attempt from outside like:

from diary.alert.schedule import run_continuously
run_continuously()

# or with sunday() or hour_job()  not the three at same time of course! each job runs twice O,O

Just one more thing. I did noticed when I comment the line

stop_run_continuously.set()

and comment the external trigger

from diary.alert.schedule import run_continuously
run_continuously()

save both files start the server then uncomment the external trigger and save the file the jobs run like they supposed to. Perfectly in harmony with the desired schedule.

I do thank in advance for any help!

[SijmenHuizenga]

Ah I see, it is getting better and better! The indentation is almost perfect now.

Yes, this is a good way to start a background thread that runs scheduled jobs 👍

[DoomCreature]

Ah I see, it is getting better and better! The indentation is almost perfect now.

Yes, this is a good way to start a background thread that runs scheduled jobs +1

Thank you for your help @SijmenHuizenga