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import threading
import time
import schedule
def run_continuously(interval=1):
"""Continuously run, while executing pending jobs at each
elapsed time interval.
@return cease_continuous_run: threading. Event which can
be set to cease continuous run. Please note that it is
*intended behavior that run_continuously() does not run
missed jobs*. For example, if you've registered a job that
should run every minute and you set a continuous run
interval of one hour then your job won't be run 60 times
at each interval but only once.
"""
cease_continuous_run = threading.Event()
class ScheduleThread(threading.Thread):
@classmethod
def run(cls):
while not cease_continuous_run.is_set():
schedule.run_pending()
time.sleep(interval)
continuous_thread = ScheduleThread()
continuous_thread.start()
return cease_continuous_run