Scheduling Random Number Generation with APScheduler

This code defines a function named `schedule_random_number` that uses the APScheduler library to schedule the `generate_random_number` function, which randomly generates a number between 1 and 100, to be executed every 1 minute. The code uses `BackgroundScheduler` to run the scheduled task in the background.

Technology Stack : APScheduler, random

Code Type : Timed task

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
from apscheduler.schedulers.background import BackgroundScheduler
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
import random

def generate_random_number():
    return random.randint(1, 100)

def schedule_random_number():
    scheduler = BackgroundScheduler()
    scheduler.add_job(generate_random_number, 'interval', minutes=1)
    scheduler.start()
    print(f"Scheduler started at {datetime.now()}")
    try:
        # To keep the main thread alive
        while True:
            time.sleep(2)
    except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
        scheduler.shutdown()