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Python

Posted by Rodrigo Muñoz
Rodrigo Muñoz
Courses Plus Student 20,171 Points

What is a watchdog and how can I use it to update my database for each minute

I need to change the value of a field on a model if it has expired time. I need to check it every minute and I've been told to use a watchdog with a cron job to update my database. As I know a cron job is provided from a hosting and I don't see how this fits to use it with the web framework (Django).

I'm really lost with this concept and just hope somebody could help me get through this.

1 Answer

Andreas cormack
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Andreas cormack
Python Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,011 Points

Hi Shon

As far as i am aware the watchdog package is more to do with monitoring directories for changes i. e files created,deleted etc. When these file system changes occur you can do something with that event. I recently build a command line app for work, where if a files gets created a batch file gets called and run. To do this i used the watchdog package.