How to create a thread that runs all the time in the background on a .net website?

Question

I intend to create a small website that will try a third-party web service, say every 15 minutes, store the collected data in db and display the results through web pages.

I want the survey to work 24 hours a day with or without a website visitor.

I know that I could create a standalone application that could run on a server to do this, but is there a clean way to include this in the site code. I need something that would be easy to deploy to a third-party hosting site cheep.

Any pointers in the right direction would be welcome.

thanks

Answer 1

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