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title: Interface hilbish.timers
description: timeout and interval API
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## Introduction
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If you ever want to run a piece of code on a timed interval, or want to wait
a few seconds, you don't have to rely on timing tricks, as Hilbish has a
timer API to set intervals and timeouts.
These are the simple functions `hilbish.interval` and `hilbish.timeout` (doc
accessible with `doc hilbish`). But if you want slightly more control over
them, there is the `hilbish.timers` interface. It allows you to get
a timer via ID and control them.
All functions documented with the `Timer` type refer to a Timer object.
An example of usage:
```
local t = hilbish.timers.create(1, 5000, function()
print 'hello!'
end)
t:stop()
print(t.running, t.duration, t.type)
t:start()
```
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## Interface fields
- `INTERVAL`: Constant for an interval timer type
- `TIMEOUT`: Constant for a timeout timer type
## Object properties
- `type`: What type of timer it is
- `running`: If the timer is running
- `duration`: The duration in milliseconds that the timer will run
## Functions
### start()
Starts a timer.
### stop()
Stops a timer.
### create(type, time, callback)
Creates a timer that runs based on the specified `time` in milliseconds.
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The `type` can either be `hilbish.timers.INTERVAL` or `hilbish.timers.TIMEOUT`
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### get(id) -> timer (Timer/Table)
Retrieves a timer via its ID.