AliasAlreadyTaken/yl_matterbridge#9 Adds fetch frequency setting

README.md

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ Download and install [matterbridge](https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge)
 
 ## Configuration
 
+### Matterbridge
+
 Create a config for [matterbridge](https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge) and the chat protocols you want to use.
 
 * https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/wiki/How-to-create-your-config
@@ -55,6 +57,48 @@ account="api.mt"
 channel="api"
 ```
 
+### Minetest
+
+See also [settingtypes.txt](settingtypes.txt)
+
+On top of adding `yl_matterbridge` to http_mods, there are settings to add to minetest.conf:
+
+```
+yl_matterbridge.address = 127.0.0.1
+```
+
+The address or IP to the matterbridge server
+
+```
+yl_matterbridge.port = 4242
+```
+
+The port the matterbridge server listens on
+
+```
+yl_matterbridge.gateway = default
+```
+
+The name of the gateway of the matterbridge server
+
+```
+yl_matterbridge.token
+```
+
+A secret token string to identify yourself towards the matterbridge server
+
+```
+yl_matterbridge.debug = false
+```
+
+Set this to true to enable debugging
+
+```
+yl_matterbridge.fetch_interval = 0.0
+```
+
+Specifies the interval (in seconds) at which a new query is sent to the bridge.
+
 ## Modmakers
 
 API: Overwrite these function in your chat mod, if you want to handle messages yourself

init.lua

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ settings.port = core.settings:get("yl_matterbridge.port") or "4242"
 settings.gateway = core.settings:get("yl_matterbridge.gateway") or "default"
 settings.token = core.settings:get("yl_matterbridge.token") or ""
 settings.debug = core.settings:get_bool("yl_matterbridge.debug", false) or false
+settings.fetch_interval = core.settings:get("yl_matterbridge.fetch_interval") or "0.0"
 
 local http = core.request_http_api()
 
@@ -85,13 +86,22 @@ local function send(user_name, message_text, gateway)
     end)
 end
 
-local function receive()
+local timer = 0
+
+local function receive(dtime)
     if yl_matterbridge.enabled == false then
         return false
     end
     if settings.debug then
         core.log("action", "[MOD] yl_matterbridge : receive")
     end
+
+    timer = timer + dtime
+    if timer <= settings.fetch_interval then
+        return false
+    end
+    timer = 0
+
     local timeout = 0
 
     http.fetch({

settingtypes.txt

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # Defaults to 127.0.0.1
 yl_matterbridge.address (Bridge IP address or URL) string 127.0.0.1
 
-# The port the matterbridge server listens to
+# The port the matterbridge server listens on
 # You need to set this to the port of the API connection, which you configured in the toml
 # Defaults to 4242
 yl_matterbridge.port (Bridge port) string 4242
@@ -26,4 +26,9 @@ yl_matterbridge.token (Bridge token) string
 # Whether or not debugging messages are enabled
 # If set to true, the mod will write every send and receive to the log, among other debug messages.
 # Optional, default false
-yl_matterbridge.debug (Debug mode) bool false
+yl_matterbridge.debug (Debug mode) bool false
+
+# Fetch/Receive interval
+# Specifies the interval (in seconds) at which a new query is sent to the bridge. A value of 0.0 means queries are sent on every server step.
+# Optional, defaults to 0.0
+yl_matterbridge.fetch_interval (Fetch/Receive interval) float 0.0 0.0 30.0