I am currently working on some python scripts that involve sending emails to recipients with information I scrape from the web or by API.
The first script, magic_sea.py scrapes magicseaweed for wave heights in certain locations. The second one uses an API to get weather data.
Both scripts run as they should when I type in the command and a second later I recieve the inteded email.
python3 <script.py>
But only the first one runs when I put them in the crontab like this
* * * * * /usr/bin/python3.5 /path/to/script.py >> crontab_log.txt
* * * * * /usr/bin/python3.5 /path/to/second_script.py >> crontab_log.txt
I am using the shebang #!/usr/bin/python3.5 in both scripts
looking at the crontab_log.txt file, they both seem to run fine. But I only recieve emails from the first scripts.
Your method of logging:
* * * * * /usr/bin/python3.5 /path/to/script.py >> crontab_log.txt
* * * * * /usr/bin/python3.5 /path/to/second_script.py >> crontab_log.txt
only sends stdout to the log file, not errors. You can fix that by using 2>&1 to send stderr to stdout like this:
* * * * * /usr/bin/python3.5 /path/to/script.py >> crontab_log.txt 2>&1
* * * * * /usr/bin/python3.5 /path/to/second_script.py >> crontab_log.txt 2>&1
That should allow you to identify and correct any errors.
If you still don't see what you need, add logging all through script 2 to see what is happening while it is being executed by cron.