TimedInputPy 1.0.1

Implemenation of thread-based timed input object

TimedInputPy

TimedInputPy is a python library that provides input function/object that has a thread based time limit on input.

API

object	method	description
TimedInput(timeout, prompt, default		Timed input reader:
		timeout -> how long to wait?
		prompt -> what to ask?
		default -> what to sat when timeout happens?
		action -> action callback to perform when timeout happens
	get_input()	Function to be used as input reader
	read()	Reads the input from the reader
timed_input(timeout, prompt, default)		Function for reading timed input, arguments same as above

Example usage

# Sample usage:
if __name__ == '__main__':
    test_timeout = 5
    test_prompt = 'Enter name: '
    test_default = 'world'

    # As a method
    s = timed_input(test_timeout, test_prompt, test_default)
    print('Hello {}!'.format(s), flush=True)

    print()

    # As a class
    s = TimedInput(test_timeout, test_prompt, test_default).read()
    print('Hello {}!'.format(s), flush=True)

Instalation

Module can be installed using pip3: pip3 install TimedInputPy