py-scheduler
py-scheduler is a cron-like scheduler written in Python with some advanced features.
Format of schedule table (the tab)
sec min hour weekday day month function args kwargs
* * * * * * myfunc 5.6 y=[],z=3
The above example would execute this every second:
myfunc(5.6, y=[], z=3)
Format for time fields is very similar to crontab. It supports list of patterns (,; e.g. *5,*0), ranges (-; e.g. 5-49) and increments (/ or just / for whole range; e.g. 5-49/11,*7/5,/3). Weekdays and days can be set for same job (unlike cron).
Functions
There are two ways to set functions. One way is add whichever functions may be written in schedule table to the function repository. Example:
import scheduler
# Add my_function to scheduler's function repository as 'myfunc'
scheduler.function.myfunc = my_function
This is recommended. py-schedule will look for functions in function repository by function name written in schedule table. If it doesn't find one, which brings us to the second way of setting function, it will set the name (string) to function itself. That way you can set function of a job by checking the name yourself.
You may want to set default function for schedule entries that have no function defined. To do this, simply write:
scheduler.function.default = my_default_function
NOTE: You should add functions to function repository before parsing any tables, i.e. before calling scheduler.jobs with path or text or scheduler.Job.parse. You can still add a function later, but be aware that functions for a certaing job are retrieved from repository only at the time of the parsing of that certain job. If you want to change function of already parsed job later, you have to change function attribute of a job (e.g. myjob1.function = some_other_function).
See camscheduler (https://github.com/jzib/camscheduler) for an example of a program using py-scheduler.
Python version
I've tested py-scheduler with Python 2.7.2 and Python 3.2.2; these are the latest stable versions of Python. py-scheduler is thus Python 2/3 compatible.