gistfile1.py

# container is just a very basic class i use to store objects used in many parts of the code
container.scheduler.add_jobstore(ShelveJobStore(settings.CRONJOBS_DB_FILE), 'crondb')

# this is the part of code used to add jobs
if name == 'reindexer':
    target_func = reindex
    kwargs = {}
else:
    target_func = container.rpc.run_spider
    kwargs = {
        'name': name,
        'is_cronjob': True
    }
job = container.scheduler.add_interval_job(
    target_func,
    minutes=interval,
    name=name,
    kwargs=kwargs,
)

# here are the 2 functions used for jobs:
def reindex():
        if container.reindexer.isrunning:
            return
        container.reindexer = Reindexer()    
        container.reindexer.start()

def run_spider(self, **spider_kwargs):
    self._jsonrpc_call(self.host, 'crawler/queue', 'append_spider_name', **spider_kwargs)