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Python How to Program to be Closed After a Certain Time

This question would be a little silly, but I'm very very new to coding. I could not add the solutions I found on the internet to my codes. I would be so glad if you help.

When I open the .py file, the program does not stop automatically. And it running until I close the command window. After I open this file, I want it to run for 5 minutes and then turn itself off. How can I set a time limit for close the program?

import tweepy
import time


auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler('*','*')
auth.set_access_token('*','*')


api = tweepy.API(auth, wait_on_rate_limit=True, wait_on_rate_limit_notify=True)
user = api.me()

search = 'books'
nrTweets = 500


for tweet in tweepy.Cursor(api.search, search).items(nrTweets):

    try: 
        print('Tweet Liked')
        tweet.favorite()

        time.sleep(10)
    except tweepy.TweepError as e:
        print(e.reason)
    except StopIteration:
        break
Solution

  • You can monitor the running time of your program, and break the for-loop after the time limit.

    import time

time_limit_sec = 5 * 60
start_time = time.time()

for tweet in tweepy.Cursor(api.search, search).items(nrTweets):
    if (time.time()-start_time) > time_limit_sec:
        break
    ...  # your code here