def index():
form = ReminderForm(request.form)
if request.method == 'POST' and form.validate():
with open('db.bin', 'wb') as f:
# getting timezone with phone number
raw_phone_number = request.form['phone']
phone_number = phonenumbers.parse(raw_phone_number)
time_zone = ptz.time_zones_for_number(phone_number)[0]
pickle.dump(
{
'phone': request.form['phone'],
'message': request.form['message'],
'timestamp': datetime.now(),
'time_zone': time_zone
}, f)
_time_zone = timezone(time_zone)
time_zone_time = datetime.now(_time_zone)
# timezone helps determining the night hours of user's country
scheduler = BackgroundScheduler()
scheduler.add_job(send_message,
'cron',
hour='7-23',
second=time_zone_time.second,
minute=time_zone_time.minute,
id="sms_job_id",
timezone=time_zone)
# the above cronjob will run forever every hour from the time it called
scheduler.start()
# Shut down the scheduler when exiting the app
atexit.register(lambda: scheduler.shutdown(wait=False))
return redirect('/info')
return render_template('home.html', form=form)
