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  • No pi handy at the mo to test but does the second start get executed? You can tell by putting a simple print(‘Starting 2nd’) between the two start lines. My gut feel is that it does not execute as flask takes over the main environment but that could be totally wrong :). I would be tempted to split the program into two - one web services, one read csv etc as the Pi is multi-tasking but if you want it all in one edureka.co/community/30828/… may help. Commented Jun 23, 2020 at 14:03
  • @Andyroo i was thinking of splitting it as well and just start it as 2 separate programs; though i dont know yet (as mentioned, im not an expert at Python) if i can set a variable from script A in script B (e.g. to break the loop) as they run completely seperate from eachother Commented Jun 24, 2020 at 5:49
  • Passing variables between programs is a pain - I normally cheat and use a file in ram disk or a database that handles multiple simultaneous access. This is one of the advantages of threading / multiprocessing - maybe looking at the multiprocessing module may work. Did you try the print I mentioned? Commented Jun 24, 2020 at 10:34
  • @Andyroo seems i got it woking now (edited my post with the working solution) though i still don't understand why it works now, and what was wrong in the first instance. Commented Jun 24, 2020 at 11:04
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    NICE THIS IS SWEET! Thanks for the post & edit Commented Jun 13, 2021 at 20:16