You want to schedule a Flask Celery task to run every Monday at 8:00 AM using Celery Beat. Which beat_schedule entry correctly achieves this?

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Flask - Background Tasks

You want to schedule a Flask Celery task to run every Monday at 8:00 AM using Celery Beat. Which beat_schedule entry correctly achieves this?

A{'weekly_task': {'task': 'app.weekly_report', 'schedule': crontab(hour=8, minute=0, day='mon')}}

B{'weekly_task': {'task': 'app.weekly_report', 'schedule': crontab(hour=8, minute=0, day_of_week=1)}}

C{'weekly_task': {'task': 'app.weekly_report', 'schedule': crontab(hour=8, minute=0, weekday='mon')}}

D{'weekly_task': {'task': 'app.weekly_report', 'schedule': crontab(hour=8, minute=0, day_of_week='mon')}}

Step-by-Step Solution

Solution:

Step 1: Understand crontab parameters
Celery's crontab uses 'day_of_week' to specify weekdays as strings or numbers.
Step 2: Validate options
{'weekly_task': {'task': 'app.weekly_report', 'schedule': crontab(hour=8, minute=0, day_of_week='mon')}} uses 'day_of_week="mon"' which is correct; {'weekly_task': {'task': 'app.weekly_report', 'schedule': crontab(hour=8, minute=0, day_of_week=1)}} uses integer 1 (also valid but less readable); Options C and D use invalid keys.
Final Answer:
{'weekly_task': {'task': 'app.weekly_report', 'schedule': crontab(hour=8, minute=0, day_of_week='mon')}} -> Option D
Quick Check:
Use 'day_of_week' with string weekday names [OK]

Quick Trick: Use 'day_of_week' with string weekday names [OK]

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