How to automate python scripts on a web apache server

Question

I want to create an automatic script in python that will inform me with an email when a new order is placed on my website. So far, I found I can use cronjobs from the apache server every minute, but it seems to be overkill since I don't get orders every minute.

So I'm looking for a better solution.

You can set the cronjob to be every 30 minutes, 1 hours, or whatever you want. — niaei
– niaei, Commented Oct 26, 2021 at 11:19
Thank you. but as i said it seems to be over kill. I need the script to run everytime that there is a new web order. — devblack.exe
– devblack.exe, Commented Oct 26, 2021 at 11:27

sammyhp · Accepted Answer · 2021-10-26 11:28:34Z

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Here’s the code you can call this code whenever the order is placed by the user you don’t need to automate

If you are using django you can use this:

from django.core.mail import send_mail

send_mail(
    'Subject here',
    'Here is the message.',
    '[email protected]',
    ['[email protected]'],
    fail_silently=False,
)

Without django you can use this :

import smtplib

sender = '[email protected]'
receivers = ['[email protected]']

message = “This is a test e-mail message."

try:
   smtpObj = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')
   smtpObj.sendmail(sender, receivers, message)         
   print "Successfully sent email"
except SMTPException:
   print "Error: unable to send email"

answered Oct 26, 2021 at 11:28

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