Python setInterval() equivalent

set_interval.py

from threading import Timer


class SetInterval:
    def __init__( self, func, sec, run_now = False, args = None, kwargs = None ):
        self.func = func
        self.sec = sec
        self.args = args
        self.kwargs = kwargs
        self.thread = None
        self.start( run_now )

    def start( self, run_now = False ):
        args = [ ] if self.args is None else self.args
        kwargs = { } if self.kwargs is None else self.kwargs

        def func_wrapper( _args = None, _kwargs = None ):
            _args = [ ] if _args is None else _args
            _kwargs = { } if _kwargs is None else _kwargs
            self.func( *_args, **_kwargs )
            self.start( )

        if run_now:
            self.func( *args, **kwargs )

        self.thread = Timer(
                self.sec, func_wrapper, kwargs = {
                    "_args":   args,
                    "_kwargs": kwargs
                } )
        self.thread.start( )

    def cancel( self ):
        if self.thread is not None:
            self.thread.cancel( )
            self.thread = None


if __name__ == "__main__":
    import time

    def print_hello( ):
        print( "hello" )

    interval = SetInterval( print_hello, 1, True )
    time.sleep( 5 )
    # prints hello 5 times
    interval.cancel( )
    print( "interval canceled" )

More details: https://blog.timhartmann.de/2024/05/01/python-setinterval/