Allow script to run only once in a given period of time.

[pablumatic]

I'm a novice in coding, but I've figured out a few simple Python scripts to keep EventGhost doing most of what I want it to do. I got stumped at my attempts in timing the running of scripts from event triggers.

What I would like to do is take this below code and make it so that once its called from an event trigger that it can only be triggered again after a specific amount of time like 60 seconds. I don't want the script to use Python's sleep function since that keeps EventGhost from doing anything else during the sleep timer period.

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if "string" in eg.event.payload[1]:
    eg.TriggerEvent("event")

[krambriw]

Provided you have that python script in a macro do as follows:

Put the following in the macro in this order
- the event that shall trigger
- your script
- an action from SchedulGhost to start an egg timer 60 sec
- an action that disables the macro 'itself'

Make a second macro and put in
- the event that is generated by the egg timer after 60 sec
- an action that enables the previous macro

[Pako]

I hope I have understood correctly and that the situation in the figure corresponds to the desired situation.

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Then Python Script may look like this:

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timeout = 60
if not "myFilterVariableString" in eg.globals.__dict__:
    eg.globals.myFilterVariableString = 0
pld = eg.event.payload
if pld and isinstance(pld, (list, tuple)) and len(pld) > 1 and "string" in pld[1]:    
    new = eg.event.time
    if new - eg.globals.myFilterVariableString > timeout:
        eg.globals.myFilterVariableString = new
        eg.TriggerEvent("event")

Pako

[Pako]

- an action from SchedulGhost to start an egg timer 60 sec

Dear Walter,
I think it is totally unnecessary to use SchedulGhost for this purpose.
Look at EventGhost plugin and action TriggerEvent.
There you can set the desired timeout.
Otherwise, of course, your solution is correct.

Best regards,
Luboš

[piert]

Pako, interesting script to keep everything contained within one macro.

I think that the "myFilterVariableString", since it is part of eg.globals, can only be used for one single instance, right?

In other words; if you would need to have the same function in a different macro, you would have to use a different variable in each?

[Pako]

I think that the "myFilterVariableString", since it is part of eg.globals, can only be used for one single instance, right?

Correctly.

Pako

[piert]

Would it be possible to use a non-global variable instead. And, if so, would that mean that you don't have to worry about using different variable names in each new Macro?

[Pako]

Would it be possible to use a non-global variable instead.

I am afraid that it is impossible (or prohibitively complicated).
You still need to have some reference to a particular "instance" macros.

Pako

[piert]

Thank you for the reply.
So it is important to keep track of the variables in use if one uses this piece of python in multiple instances.