def run(self):
while True:
#try to get a job from queue
site = self.queue.get()
if (site != None):
newhash = checkerFunction(site['name'])
if (site['hash'] != newhash):
data = {"hash": newhash, "companyName": site['name']}
#db object is shared by other threads.
#put a lock on this object until its done executing
with self.threadLock:
self.db.updateSiteHash(data)
#notify queue that job is finished
self.queue.task_done()
from checker import checkerFunction import os import sys print checkerFunction(sys.argv[1])