aiocall 0.2

The missing call methods for python asyncio

The missing call methods for python asyncio.

I found that python asyncio is lacking some basic methods to invoke calls:

call_soon_periodic(interval, callback, *args)
call_later_periodic(delay, interval, callback, *args)

This module provides these methods.

Example:

import asyncio
import aiocall

def do_something(what):
    print('doing', what)

timer = aiocall.call_later_periodic(0.5, 1.0, do_something, 'stuff')

loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
loop.call_later(4.0, timer.cancel)
loop.call_later(5.0, loop.stop)
loop.run_forever()
loop.close()

Output:

doing stuff
doing stuff
doing stuff
doing stuff