How to Schedule & Automatically Run Python Code!

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In this video we learn various methods for how we can schedule and automatically run python code. We'll start by looking at cronjobs & windows task scheduler and then we will walk through running tasks in the cloud using AWS Lambda & Cloudwatch. The ultimate goal of this video is to learn how we can automatically generate & send an email with an analytics report every day.

There are methods highlighted in this video that will work on Mac, Linux, & Windows.

~ GitHub resources ~
Link to source code: https://github.com/KeithGalli/scheduling-code
Link to analytics report code: https://github.com/KeithGalli/generate-analytics-report/tree/send_email

~ Relevant videos ~
How to generate an analytics report in python: https://youtu.be/UmN2_R4KEg8
How to send an email with python (@coreyms ): https://youtu.be/JRCJ6RtE3xU

~ Articles mentioned ~
AWS Lambda memory limits: https://hackernoon.com/exploring-the-aws-lambda-deployment-limits-9a8384b0bec3
Downloading python linux libraries on Windows: https://medium.com/@korniichuk/lambda-with-pandas-fd81aa2ff25e

~ Other resources ~
Python email library docs: https://docs.python.org/3.8/library/email.examples.html
AWS Cron info (scheduling): https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/events/ScheduledEvents.html
Lambda package setup: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/python-package.html

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Video timeline!
0:00 - What we’ll be doing in this video
0:56 - Check out Skillshare! (sponsored)
1:56 - How can we automate scripts? Overview of local, cloud, and serverless methods
5:18 - Simple example of local script automation w/ cronjobs & windows task scheduler
18:32 - How to schedule code on a cloud machine (use cronjobs)
18:51 - Simple example of cloud script automation w/ AWS Lambda & Cloudwatch
27:09 - Schedule & automate sending an email locally
45:12 - Schedule & automate sending an email on the cloud w/ Lambda & Cloudwatch
50:18 - Installing python packages in a serverless environment (zip uploads)
55:50 - Generate & schedule sending analytics reports (locally)
1:02:45 - Generate & schedule sending analytics reports in AWS Lambda
1:07:03 - Limitations of lambda (max file upload size)
1:09:00 - Generate & schedule sending analytics reports in AWS Lambda
1:18:32 - Final thoughts & video recap!

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