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utils/ticker.go

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+package utils
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func SetTimeout(f func(), timeout int) context.CancelFunc {
+	ctx, cancelFunc := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	go func() {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+		case <-time.After(time.Duration(timeout) * time.Second):
+			f()
+		}
+	}()
+	return cancelFunc
+}
+
+func SetInterval(what func(), delay time.Duration) chan bool {
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(delay)
+	stopIt := make(chan bool)
+	go func() {
+
+		for {
+
+			select {
+			case <-stopIt:
+				return
+			case <-ticker.C:
+				what()
+			}
+		}
+
+	}()
+
+	// return the bool channel to use it as a stopper
+	return stopIt
+}