Error on line 31: module 'os' has no attribute 'nice'

[Exirtis]

After your instructions with my last issue:

• I downloaded the raw version of isp_data_pollution.py
• Ran the script, and got an error about not having the numpy module
• But followed the instructions in issue 9 and got numpy, requests, and Faker installed
• Then re-ran the script and got a new error:

  Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "isp_data_pollution.py", line 31, in <module>
  os.nice(15)
  AttributeError: module 'os' has no attribute 'nice'

  At first I thought I might be missing another dependency, but from your comment on line 30 of the code, it seems that nice might be an established Python method or something. So, I'm at a loss.

I hope I'm not being a pain, but... any ideas?

[essandess]

Nice sets the process priority on UNIX. You must be on Windows.

I've modified the code to check if nice exists before calling it.

I also checked if there's a Windows equivalent, but it doesn't appear promising. Someone please pipe up if there's a straightforward way to lower the process priority on Windows.

[Exirtis]

Thanks for that. :-)

Regarding lowering process priority on Windows: while I'm not much of a coder I did find a couple of possible solutions (1, 2) that might be worth looking into; although, I don't know how straightforward they are even if they do work.

Running with the modified script I do get farther in execution, but do I still hit an error further on. I have to go to work now, so I'll open a new issue later when I have time.