I recently needed to write a Python script that fetches data periodically from an external API and maintains it in a local txt file. I plan to host this script on my virtual hosting at lolipop.jp and run it every ten minutes through cron. However, after deploying it, the script has not been producing any output. Below is the method for deploying a Python script on the virtual hosting at lolipop.jp without using SSH.
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