import database as db import Feed import time userID = None def login(): username = 'Dan' password = 'password' query = db.sql.text(""" select userID from Users where username = \'%s\'""" % username) result = db.con.execute(query).fetchone() print(result[0]) return result[0] userID = login() while True: Feed.updateFeeds(userID) time.sleep(3600)