Django: reset a specific field of a model every hour

Question

I have a field in one of my models in django which I want to be reset every hour. (i.e. at each o'clock its value becomes zero)

How can I do this task? Can I schedule a function in django?

As you know we can define EVENTs and TRIGGERs in mysql and other database backend. Also I am familiar with signals in django but those can not fit in my needs. (because database event is somewhat outside of django and have problems; with signals although it seems this is impossible!)

Answer 1

You could use schedule, it's very easy to apply for your problem.

import schedule
import time


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


schedule.every().hour.do(job)

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

Here there is a thread where it is shown how to execute a task periodically. Then you could add some conditions to fit your scenario.