import threading
import time

# Threaded repeating timer thing
# From https://stackoverflow.com/a/40965385/16432246
# It shouldn't drift, but that's untested
# Keep in mind you can't catch Exceptions for this, it just crashes the thread.
# Some more scheduling stuff: https://www.redwood.com/article/python-job-scheduling/
class RepeatedTimer(object):
    '''
    Run stuff repeatedly every x seconds
    Example usage (from SO and ported to Python 3):
    from time import sleep

      def hello(name):
          print "Hello %s!" % name

      print()"starting...")
      rt = RepeatedTimer(1, hello, "World") # it auto-starts, no need of rt.start()
      try:
          sleep(5) # your long-running job goes here...
      catch:
          rt.stop() # better in a try/catch block to make sure the program ends!
    '''

    def __init__(self, interval, function, *args, **kwargs):
        '''
        Run a functions with arguments every 
        '''
        self._timer = None
        self.interval = interval
        self.function = function
        self.args = args
        self.kwargs = kwargs
        self.is_running = False
        self.next_call = time.time()
        self.start()

    def _run(self):
        self.is_running = False
        self.start()
        self.function(*self.args, **self.kwargs)

    def start(self):
        if not self.is_running:
            self.next_call += self.interval
            self._timer = threading.Timer(
                self.next_call - time.time(), self._run)
            self._timer.start()
            self.is_running = True

    def stop(self):
        self._timer.cancel()
        self.is_running = False