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I have a Python script that gets data from Google Analytics and puts in into a CSV file. I currently run this script on a local machine but I'd like to run the script in my companies Azure tenant. What Azure service could / should I use to run this script on a daily schedule?

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For your needs, I suggest you use Web Jobs in Web Apps Service.

It has two types of Azure Web Jobs for you to choose: Continuous and Trigger. For your needs, Trigger should be adopted.

You could refer to the document here for more details.In addition, here shows how to run tasks in WebJobs.

I created a simple Trigger webjob for your reference.

Step 1: I write a Sample.py as below:

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I used the python third-party module virtualenv create a isolated python environment and used the pip install requests command line to download the libs packages that the requests depend on.

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​ then keep the Sample.py uniformly compressed into a folder with the libs packages dependent on the requests that you rely on.

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Step 2: Create webjob in Web app service. Here, I choose Triggered Type and set cron expression 0/5 * * * * * which means this job will be excuted per 5 seconds.

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you'll see the Web Job list after your successful creation.

Step 3: You could check your running web job's status and logs via the Logs button as below:

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What's in activate.bat (Step 1, second screenshot)?
@Mike That's the Virtualenv in Python, please see this document:virtualenv.pypa.io/en/stable/userguide
Yep, should've checked the path in the screenshot. I thought you had created a custom wrapper for it. Thanks
Hello! May I ask because the guy asking the question asked that the program generates a .csv file, in that case if he would run it on azure where would he be able to get the .csv file? Thank you! :D
Using a Python Runtime stack requires you to use a Linux App instance, which does not currently support WebJobs learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/webjobs-create
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In addition to the first answer you can also use azure functions with a timer which is basically a script on a cronjob without a full machine and paid by invocation. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-overview

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Thanks, this looks like a better option than a VM however it seems the Timer trigger - necessary for the script to run on a schedule - doesn't work with Python (only C#, Javascript, and F#)
Worthwhile to say that Azure Functions now support the Timer Trigger in Python

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