Hilbish/docs/api/hilbish/hilbish.timers.md

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title: Module hilbish.timers
description: timeout and interval API
layout: doc
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parent: "API"
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## Introduction
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`, or `Module hilbish` on the Website).
An example of usage:
```lua
local t = hilbish.timers.create(hilbish.timers.TIMEOUT, 5000, function()
print 'hello!'
end)
t:start()
print(t.running) // true
```
## Functions
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|----|----|
|<a href="#timers.create">create(type, time, callback) -> @Timer</a>|Creates a timer that runs based on the specified `time`.|
|<a href="#timers.get">get(id) -> @Timer</a>|Retrieves a timer via its ID.|
## Static module fields
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|----|----|
|INTERVAL|Constant for an interval timer type|
|TIMEOUT|Constant for a timeout timer type|
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<div id='timers.create'>
<h4 class='heading'>
hilbish.timers.create(type, time, callback) -> <a href="/Hilbish/docs/api/hilbish/hilbish.timers/#timer" style="text-decoration: none;" id="lol">Timer</a>
<a href="#timers.create" class='heading-link'>
<i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i>
</a>
</h4>
Creates a timer that runs based on the specified `time`.
#### Parameters
`number` **`type`**
What kind of timer to create, can either be `hilbish.timers.INTERVAL` or `hilbish.timers.TIMEOUT`
`number` **`time`**
The amount of time the function should run in milliseconds.
`function` **`callback`**
The function to run for the timer.
</div>
<hr>
<div id='timers.get'>
<h4 class='heading'>
hilbish.timers.get(id) -> <a href="/Hilbish/docs/api/hilbish/hilbish.timers/#timer" style="text-decoration: none;" id="lol">Timer</a>
<a href="#timers.get" class='heading-link'>
<i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i>
</a>
</h4>
Retrieves a timer via its ID.
#### Parameters
`number` **`id`**
</div>
## Types
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## Timer
The Job type describes a Hilbish timer.
## Object properties
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|----|----|
|type|What type of timer it is|
|running|If the timer is running|
|duration|The duration in milliseconds that the timer will run|
### Methods
#### start()
Starts a timer.
#### stop()
Stops a timer.