A simple agent for Huginn that passes through events only between given times.

time_gateway_agent.rb

# Pass through an event if within a time setting range
# A more sophisticated version of this would handle weekdays/weekends, etc

require 'active_support'

module Agents
  class TimeGatewayAgent < Agent
    cannot_be_scheduled!
    
    description <<-MD
      The TimeGatewayAgent passes through an event if it falls within the time ranges specified.

      The ranges are combined with OR.
    MD
    
    event_description <<-MD
      Events are a copy of the input parameters
    MD

    # Currently we only handle the 24 hour clock
    def default_options
      { 
        :times => [{
                      :from => "23:00",
                      :to => "23:59",
                  },
                  {
                      :from => "0:00",
                      :to => "8:00",
                  }]
      }
    end
    def working?
      true
    end

    def validate_options
      errors.add(:base, "At least one time range is required") unless options[:times].present? && options[:times][0][:from].present? && options[:times][0][:to].present?
    end

    def receive(incoming_events)
      incoming_events.each do |event|
        # Get current time as seconds since midnight
        secs_since_midnight = Time.new.seconds_since_midnight
        options[:times].each do |time|
          # if current time in between times
          if Time.parse(time[:from]).seconds_since_midnight <= secs_since_midnight && secs_since_midnight <= Time.parse(time[:to]).seconds_since_midnight
            create_event :payload => event.payload
            # OK, skip to next event
            next
          end
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

For use with Huginn.

@KenYN Did you ever create a pull request for getting this merged? Could be useful?

Linked from: huginn/huginn#67
Also see: huginn/huginn#351