How to execute a function asynchronously every 60 seconds in Python?

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You could try the threading.Timer class: http://docs.python.org/library/threading.html#timer-objects.

import threading

def f(f_stop):
    # do something here ...
    if not f_stop.is_set():
        # call f() again in 60 seconds
        threading.Timer(60, f, [f_stop]).start()

f_stop = threading.Event()
# start calling f now and every 60 sec thereafter
f(f_stop)

# stop the thread when needed
#f_stop.set()

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