我想在Python中每60秒重复执行一个函数(就像Objective C中的NSTimer或JS中的setTimeout)。这段代码将作为守护进程运行,有效地类似于使用cron每分钟调用python脚本,但不需要用户设置。

在这个关于用Python实现的cron的问题中,解决方案似乎只有效地使()休眠x秒。我不需要这么高级的功能,所以也许这样的东西可以工作

while True:
    # Code executed here
    time.sleep(60)

这段代码是否存在任何可预见的问题?


当前回答

以下是MestreLion代码的改编版本。 除了原来的函数,这段代码:

1)添加用于在特定时间触发计时器的first_interval(调用者需要计算first_interval并传递进来)

2)在原代码中解决一个竞态条件。在原始代码中,如果控制线程未能取消正在运行的计时器(“停止计时器,并取消计时器动作的执行。这只会在计时器仍处于等待阶段时起作用。”引用自https://docs.python.org/2/library/threading.html),计时器将无休止地运行。

class RepeatedTimer(object):
def __init__(self, first_interval, interval, func, *args, **kwargs):
    self.timer      = None
    self.first_interval = first_interval
    self.interval   = interval
    self.func   = func
    self.args       = args
    self.kwargs     = kwargs
    self.running = False
    self.is_started = False

def first_start(self):
    try:
        # no race-condition here because only control thread will call this method
        # if already started will not start again
        if not self.is_started:
            self.is_started = True
            self.timer = Timer(self.first_interval, self.run)
            self.running = True
            self.timer.start()
    except Exception as e:
        log_print(syslog.LOG_ERR, "timer first_start failed %s %s"%(e.message, traceback.format_exc()))
        raise

def run(self):
    # if not stopped start again
    if self.running:
        self.timer = Timer(self.interval, self.run)
        self.timer.start()
    self.func(*self.args, **self.kwargs)

def stop(self):
    # cancel current timer in case failed it's still OK
    # if already stopped doesn't matter to stop again
    if self.timer:
        self.timer.cancel()
    self.running = False

其他回答

以下是MestreLion代码的改编版本。 除了原来的函数,这段代码:

1)添加用于在特定时间触发计时器的first_interval(调用者需要计算first_interval并传递进来)

2)在原代码中解决一个竞态条件。在原始代码中,如果控制线程未能取消正在运行的计时器(“停止计时器,并取消计时器动作的执行。这只会在计时器仍处于等待阶段时起作用。”引用自https://docs.python.org/2/library/threading.html),计时器将无休止地运行。

class RepeatedTimer(object):
def __init__(self, first_interval, interval, func, *args, **kwargs):
    self.timer      = None
    self.first_interval = first_interval
    self.interval   = interval
    self.func   = func
    self.args       = args
    self.kwargs     = kwargs
    self.running = False
    self.is_started = False

def first_start(self):
    try:
        # no race-condition here because only control thread will call this method
        # if already started will not start again
        if not self.is_started:
            self.is_started = True
            self.timer = Timer(self.first_interval, self.run)
            self.running = True
            self.timer.start()
    except Exception as e:
        log_print(syslog.LOG_ERR, "timer first_start failed %s %s"%(e.message, traceback.format_exc()))
        raise

def run(self):
    # if not stopped start again
    if self.running:
        self.timer = Timer(self.interval, self.run)
        self.timer.start()
    self.func(*self.args, **self.kwargs)

def stop(self):
    # cancel current timer in case failed it's still OK
    # if already stopped doesn't matter to stop again
    if self.timer:
        self.timer.cancel()
    self.running = False

简单地使用

import time

while True:
    print("this will run after every 30 sec")
    #Your code here
    time.sleep(30)

我最终使用了时间表模块。API很好。

import schedule
import time

def job():
    print("I'm working...")

schedule.every(10).minutes.do(job)
schedule.every().hour.do(job)
schedule.every().day.at("10:30").do(job)
schedule.every(5).to(10).minutes.do(job)
schedule.every().monday.do(job)
schedule.every().wednesday.at("13:15").do(job)
schedule.every().minute.at(":17").do(job)

while True:
    schedule.run_pending()
    time.sleep(1)

它和cron之间的主要区别是异常会永久地杀死守护进程。您可能希望使用异常捕获器和记录器进行包装。

我用这个方法使每小时产生60个事件,其中大多数事件在整分钟后的相同秒数内发生:

import math
import time
import random

TICK = 60 # one minute tick size
TICK_TIMING = 59 # execute on 59th second of the tick
TICK_MINIMUM = 30 # minimum catch up tick size when lagging

def set_timing():

    now = time.time()
    elapsed = now - info['begin']
    minutes = math.floor(elapsed/TICK)
    tick_elapsed = now - info['completion_time']
    if (info['tick']+1) > minutes:
        wait = max(0,(TICK_TIMING-(time.time() % TICK)))
        print ('standard wait: %.2f' % wait)
        time.sleep(wait)
    elif tick_elapsed < TICK_MINIMUM:
        wait = TICK_MINIMUM-tick_elapsed
        print ('minimum wait: %.2f' % wait)
        time.sleep(wait)
    else:
        print ('skip set_timing(); no wait')
    drift = ((time.time() - info['begin']) - info['tick']*TICK -
        TICK_TIMING + info['begin']%TICK)
    print ('drift: %.6f' % drift)

info['tick'] = 0
info['begin'] = time.time()
info['completion_time'] = info['begin'] - TICK

while 1:

    set_timing()

    print('hello world')

    #random real world event
    time.sleep(random.random()*TICK_MINIMUM)

    info['tick'] += 1
    info['completion_time'] = time.time()

根据实际情况,你可能会得到长度的刻度:

60,60,62,58,60,60,120,30,30,60,60,60,60,60...etc.

但在60分钟结束时,你会有60个滴答;而且它们中的大多数都将出现在您喜欢的正确偏移时间。

在我的系统中,我得到了< 1/20秒的典型漂移,直到需要纠正。

该方法的优点是具有较好的时钟漂移分辨率;这可能会导致问题,如果你做的事情,比如每tick追加一个项目,你希望每小时追加60个项目。未能考虑漂移可能导致次要指标,如移动平均线,将数据考虑得过于深入过去,从而导致错误的输出。