I am attempting to get a Timer functionality to work in Python (Python 2.7 currently). Here is what I have so far. I am struggling with a threading issue and resetting the timer. from threading import Timer def api_call(): print("Call that there api") t = Timer(10.0,api_call) def my_callback(channel): if something_true: print('reset timer and start again') t.cancel() t.start() print("\n timer started") elif something_else_true: t.cancel() print("timer canceled") else: t.cancel() print('cancel timer for sure') try: if outside_input_that_can_happen_a_lot: my_callback() finally: #cleanup objects Basically, my_callback() can be called a lot of times very quickly and can hit any part of the "if", "elif", or "else" statements. The issue I am having is that when the something_true variable is true, then it will start a timer. Which works great the first time. Every time after that that it is called, I get a threading error telling me that only one thread can be used for the timer. Basically, I want to be able to reset my timer on the first "if" and cancel if the "elif" or "else" is hit. Continue reading...
