Deployed app to run indepentently on a daily basis

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Hi there, is there a way to have a deployed app running on a daily basis without any user using it?

My app should retrieve financial data and fulfill a db (e.g., at midnight, after stocks markets closure), and it should do this every day without me opening the app itself. Indeed what I’m working on is the next step, that is another python file that analyzes these data only when the user actually opens the app.

Any suggestion?

Thanks!

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Just to understand a little more here - are you suggesting that you want your app to run everyday on a schedule without user interaction, and that your app will not need user input nor show output, but will “do something” (it sounded like it would read some data, process it, and write to somewhere else).
If that’s the case, then this isn’t really a Streamlit app as much as a general Python app.

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Hi @tom97

As @brianmhess suggests, it would be helpful to understand what you are trying to achieve.

Depending on what you are after, there may be some options available. E.g. if you are looking to schedule background jobs, one option which uses our Streamlit SDK and offers a near-plug-and-play solution is DataButton, :

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We are currently thinking about implementing a similar solution natively, but I cannot confirm anything yet! :wink:

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Best regards,
Charly