How do I run another script in Python without waiting for it to finish?

python django process background subprocess
sheats picture sheats · Feb 13, 2009 · Viewed 39.8k times · Source

I am creating a little dashboard for a user that will allow him to run specific jobs. I am using Django so I want him to be able to click a link to start the job and then return the page back to him with a message that the job is running. The results of the job will be emailed to him later.

I believe I am supposed to use subprocess.Popen but I'm not sure of that. So in pseudocode, here is what I want to do:

if job == 1:
    run script in background: /path/to/script.py
    return 'Job is running'

Answer

nosklo picture nosklo · Feb 13, 2009 
p = subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, '/path/to/script.py'], 
                                    stdout=subprocess.PIPE, 
                                    stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)

That will start the subprocess in background. Your script will keep running normally.

Read the documentation here.

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