{"id":4121,"date":"2024-03-13T07:59:24","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T07:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-resolve-the-issue-of-repeated-execution-of-django-scheduled-tasks\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T01:52:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T01:52:25","slug":"how-to-resolve-the-issue-of-repeated-execution-of-django-scheduled-tasks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-resolve-the-issue-of-repeated-execution-of-django-scheduled-tasks\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix Django Scheduled Tasks Repeating Issue | Celery Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Django, the Celery library can be used to achieve the repeated execution of scheduled tasks. Celery is a distributed task queue that allows you to asynchronously execute tasks in the background, including scheduled tasks.<\/p>\n

Here is a simple example of using Celery to implement scheduled tasks.<\/p>\n

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  1. To install Celery: First, you need to install the Celery library. You can use pip to install Celery.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    pip install celery\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
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    1. Create a Celery instance: In a Django project, create a celery.py file to configure the Celery instance.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      from<\/span> celery import<\/span> Celery\r\nimport<\/span> os\r\n\r\nos.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'<\/span>, 'your_project.settings'<\/span>)\r\n\r\napp = Celery('your_project'<\/span>)\r\napp.config_from_object('django.conf:settings'<\/span>, namespace='CELERY'<\/span>)\r\napp.autodiscover_tasks()\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
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      1. Create a task: in your Django application, create a tasks.py file and define the tasks that need to be executed.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
        from<\/span> celery import<\/span> shared_task\r\n\r\n@shared_task<\/span>\r\ndef<\/span> my_task<\/span>():\r\n    # \u4f60\u7684\u4efb\u52a1\u903b\u8f91<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
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        1. To start the Celery worker, run the following command in the project root directory:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
          celery -A your_project worker --loglevel=info\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
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          1. Set up scheduled tasks: You can use Celery’s task scheduler to configure the execution time of tasks. For example, add the following code in the celery.py file.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
            from<\/span> celery.schedules import<\/span> crontab\r\n\r\napp.conf.beat_schedule = {\r\n    'my-task'<\/span>: {\r\n        'task'<\/span>: 'your_app.tasks.my_task'<\/span>,\r\n        'schedule'<\/span>: crontab(hour=0<\/span>, minute=0<\/span>),  # \u6bcf\u5929\u51cc\u6668\u6267\u884c\u4efb\u52a1<\/span>\r\n    },\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
            The above is a simple example of implementing scheduled tasks using the Celery library. With Celery’s task scheduler, you can configure the execution time of tasks to have them repeat at set intervals or time points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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