When you have a web application, almost always, you need to run some functions/scripts regularly. This what cron is for. I wanted to find an easy way to run “cron-like” jobs inside a FastAPI app. The app runs inside docker, and I just need those jobs to run as long as the app is also running. Since the app is “async”, I found I can just have recurring background tasks as part of the app. We need to use the app lifespan and some functions that run a task, the asyncio.sleep for a pre-de...
