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How can I schedule Django background task in Heroku without using Credit card or without money?

I deployed a Django app using free version of Heroku. Now I need to run some background task so I choose django-background-tasks . As per the documentation, I have to run python manage.py process_tasks command after running the project using python manage.py runserver . So I added Procfile as below 

worker: python manage.py process_tasks
web: gunicorn CYC_Heroku.wsgi

But, I couldn't scale the app cause, I'm using a free version. then, can I do the same without paying money / without credit card ??

Solution

  • Actually, you can set up a clock process in heroku using APScheduler now.

    I just tried it and it works great.

    You can set up the time as you like, 1 minute is also allowed.

    And it's free.