Can I have some code constantly run inside Django like a daemon

Question

I'm using mod_wsgi to serve a django site through Apache. I also have some Python code that runs as a background process (dameon?). It keeps polling a server and inserts data into one of the Django models. This works fine but can I have this code be a part of my Django application and yet able to constantly run in the background? It doesn't need to be a process per se but a art of the Django site that is active constantly. If so, could you point me to an example or some documentation that would help me accomplish this?

Thanks.

Answer 1

You could either set up a cron job that runs some function you have defined, or - the more advanced and probably recommended method, integrate celery in your project (which is quite easy, actually).