Replace time stub with a decorator-based scheduler

server.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 import hashlib
 import random
+import sched
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 
@@ -16,15 +17,22 @@ app.add_template_global(random.randint, name='randint')
 app.add_template_global(datetime, name='datetime')
 app.add_template_global(timedelta, name='timedelta')
 
-def timer_func():
-	with app.test_request_context():
-		pass # do something
-	timer = threading.Timer(60*60, timer_func)
-	timer.start()
+scheduler = sched.scheduler()
+def run_scheduler():
+	while True:
+		scheduler.run()
 
-timer = threading.Timer(0, timer_func)
-timer.daemon = True
-timer.start()
+def sched_func(delay, priority=0, args=[], kargs={}):
+	def wrapper(func):
+		def sched_wrapper():
+			with app.test_request_context():
+				func(*args, *kargs)
+			scheduler.enter(delay, priority, sched_wrapper)
+		scheduler.enter(delay, priority, sched_wrapper)
+		return func
+	return wrapper
+
+threading.Thread(target=run_scheduler, daemon=True).start()
 
 config = app.config
 config.from_pyfile('config.py.example', silent=True)
@@ -272,7 +280,7 @@ tabs = {
 	'featured': ('featured', 'id', ['title', 'text', 'internal', 'visible', 'deleted'],
 			['created_by', 'time_created', 'time_updated']),
 	'auth': ('auth', 'auth_id', ['auth_type', 'auth_user', 'auth_passwd'],
-			['auth_id', 'course_id', 'lecture_id', 'video_id'])
+			['course_id', 'lecture_id', 'video_id'])
 }
 
 @app.route('/edit', methods=['GET', 'POST'])